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Reply To: Large Kickstarters should be more open about shipping costs

April 27, 2021 at 2:21 pm #1640128

sundancer

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Anyway just a bit of a potential topic for discussion.

…he says after a wall of text. Now, let’s see….

My take on this: I agree, companies (or persons) who run a crowdfunding campaign (There is more in the world than Kickstarter) should do their best in giving shipping cost estimates early on. And to be fair most projects I look at closer do that. And that’s why I keep myself from pledging often. Most shipping costs are up to 50% of the product and that’s a bit steep for my taste. However there are things that are hard to calculate: sudden increase of tariffs, shipping costs and/or supply shortages (Brexit anyone?) or even when a project goes through the roof and suddenly the project leader needs to get thousands of copies shipped. But one thing projects could do better on: give shipping quotes on how much the maximum will be when every stretch goal is met. If anybody remembers the OGRE Designer’s Edition? That thing went from box to monster.