I’d generally agree with redscope, local shipping and local delivery are not the same thing.

Catalyst stated they were covering the distribution half of costs in a update, that’s distribution around the world we are really getting into nitty details nobody knows anything about without directly speaking to the distributor or catalyst about them, something that wont happen. Basically there’s more work than just magically sending a package out, those packages still need to be organised and packed in the local hub. Again as i’ve previously pointed out, its a Kickstarter, theres no consumer and there’s no purchase, by checking that box on Kickstarter your pledging support, not buying something.

Lied and theft are strong words. Its not that simple, the campaign stated they <b><i>expect </i></b>to provide local shipping rates, they have tried to do that but they never promised it, they have even made adjustments with the intial problem of excessively high rates and then offer people credit to help, as the case of this thread points out. This really isn’t uncommon for Kickstarters, I’ve hand numerous over the years, may of which often involve high shipping and distribution costs as they are principally coming from China and transporting things isn’t cheap

If that doesnt fit right with people and they want to just “purchase” a product then I’d probably suggest waiting until it hits retail and think twice before using a crowdfunding platform. It seems a lot of “the internet raging” is coming from people not understanding what they are agreeing too.