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My concern isn't that things will get delayed, it's that I'll give them my money and get nothing in return
That's. Uh.. the entire idea of a kickstarter.
It may crash and burn. Don't want that, don't back anything on kickstarter.
The idea is that you judge each Kickstarter venture on its likelihood of doing that vs actually delivering.
Understandable, which is why I'm choosing to not preorder. However, they also have a full refund policy that's good until your unit is being prepared to ship, and several notifications leading up to that point. One of the best ways to handle preorders I've encountered.