Just because a project has full funding, or even a lot more, doesn’t mean that there will be a delivered product. I can say that with some experience, having participated in several project fundings. About a third of those I helped fund, and that received more than their ask, failed to deliver. A number of very well funded projects famously failed. Some fail through incompetence, some fail through fraud.
Melgross,
That is totally true! A lot of crowdfunding projects have failed that have already funded and that would cause concern for any potential backer... be it DURING the campaign or AFTER the campaign...
I guess our only rebuttal is the fact that we successfully funded our first Kickstarter Campaign and delivered 40% of orders within 3 weeks of the Kickstarter ending... and the other 60% of orders 3 weeks after that.... just as promised and stated in our 1st kickstarter.
For our 2nd Kickstarter, we already have our first run of V2 produced. In fact, it is being packaged as I write this. Our manufacturers updated us this morning (11/2/18) and told us that they have 3 more days of packaging before air shipping 20,000+ units to our warehouse, where we have a full team scheduled and dedicated to fulfilling and shipping out Super Duper Early Bird pledge orders the last week of November and first week of December... ensuring that they arrive before Christmas of this year.... as promised in our 2nd Kickstarter.
But you know what? I'm going to throw a curveball at you and respond to your hesitancy with this.
We have 76 Golden Samples left of the Micro & Magnum. I have attached a photo showing you that they're not even packaged yet.
You and ONLY you will get this offer;
Send us an email at [email protected] with your shipping address, phone number and email address and I'll personally package for you a 2-Pack of MICRO Universal Lens Caps (V2), 2-Pack of MAGNUM Universal Lens Caps (V2) and throw in another 6-Pack of the Original Version and have it expedite shipped to that address you provide... All for free... All in hopes that you back us on Kickstarter for V2... and for whatever amount you feel comfortable pledging.
I see this all play out in the following three ways... all to your benefit I might add;
-If you end up NOT backing us for V2, you still get 4 Golden Samples of V2 and a 6-Pack of the Original Version... hopefully it compensates for those failed Kickstarter campaigns that you helped fund, yet never delivered as promised... I mean gosh, it's weeks before Christmas, you could even gift them to fellow photographers winning over their admiration and loyalty (haha).
-If you end up backing us for V2 and you DON'T get your order, at least you got 4 Golden Samples and 6 of the Original Version to compensate for the fact that we ended up falling into the category I'm trying to convince you we're not apart of... that is, the "fully funded, yet never delivered" Kickstarter Campaigns.
-If you end up backing us for V2 AND we deliver your order as promised, you'll have 4 Golden Samples of V2, your Kickstarter order of V2 and a 6-Pack of the Original Version.
You win in all scenarios... so the ball is pretty much in your court.
Look forward to proving myself and keeping your camera gear KUVRD ('covered').
Your Bestie,
KUVRD