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		dm2 on July 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kickstarter project spent $3.5M to finish a protot... That would make a lot of sense and avoid a lot of confusion. All projects that offer items that don't exist yet should only be allowed to have coupons for "1 free" or "half off" of the final product, if it's ever produced.

svarrall on July 11, 2014 [–]

I guess the issue with this is there would be no incentive for the project to actually deliver the final item!

robryan on July 11, 2014 | [–]

Isn't that almost the same as saying a VC funded company has no incentive to become profitable?

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