Originally Posted by
harlond
Once you recognize that your deposit may be necessary to "keeping Helix alive," then you have to admit that putting down a deposit is inarguably imprudent and constitutes an act of faith rather than a sensible business decision. The thing about acts of faith is that you do them in spite of the evidence, not because of it.
There is a difference in an act of faith in spite of evidence and one in the absence of conclusive evidence. Nothing wrong with faith. Faith and greed built the western world.
As for sensible business decisions, buying Helix is not, for me at least, a business decision. It will be useful but us not essential and certainly is not an investment - provides no distinct return beyond the pleasure of having it.
I therefore think more in terms of risk/reward.
Least risk is wait and see/do nothing as I have no dependency on the product.
Deposit is higher risk that I lose money but perhaps lower that I don't get what I want (if the deposit helps keep Helix alive - unlikely in my view either way), with the reward that I get what I want earlier than 'wait and see' and have the pleasure of 'being invested'. If I can also mitigate the risk of loss using credit card protections, then it is all upside
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In fact my main worry is more that I buy something that doesn't live up to its promise in terms of quality/utility - always a risk with early adopting a new product, particularly when there are no reviews or market feedback.