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Regolith  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A team of architects wants to crowd-fund Minas Tirith

It just occurred to me, a lot of people might put some money towards it just for a laugh, expecting they'll get their money back at the end of the failed campaign like Kickstarter does. On Indiegogo, the campaign keeps the money whether it's successful or not.

These guys just got £66,055 (Minus 5%) from a joke... They claim they'll refund it at the end of the campaign, but there's no system in place to guarantee that; they could just take the money and run.

If it raised hundreds of thousands, millions even, could you repress the urge to just take the money?





rob05c  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Only if the creators selected 'flexible funding,' which they didn't.

Regolith  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh good; had no idea Indiegogo added that feature.