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Old 01-05-17 | 10:34 AM
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harlond
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Originally Posted by Gibsonsean
Wow, this was fun to wake up to!

Jur, really appreciate your continued input - balanced and informative as ever.

The design is special and I do believe the designer is doing all he can to make it happen.

I'm on the pre-order list and need to decide on committing the deposit in 20th or not.

Risk of delay aside, the question is how big a risk is there that the company will fail with orders (KS and pre-order) unfulfilled and investment/deposits lost.

Discounting the scam scenario, I guess the two key risk drivers are an insurmountable cashflow crisis or a design flaw in the product design or manufacturing process which results in the manufactured product ultimately being non-viable either from a quality standpoint or in terms of profitability at a marketable price point.
A third risk driver would appear to be this guy's management ability and experience.
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