How was this allowed to happen?

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Enthusiasm can bring out the best and worst in us. It was an obviously flawed project from the start. But then again most modern projects that carry the Commodore name tend to be flawed in some manner.

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If you follow some of the converstations form it She isn't exactly remorseful about the acustation.
 
(Had to post from mobile as twitter is banned on works computers)
https://mobile.twitter.com/jeriellsworth
 
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She is probably acustomed to been shafted considering she has recently been shafted by Valve too.

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Most crowd funding ventures, even if it could be followed up on, end in faliure. The only reason it went on Idegogo is because it is more lax than say Kickstarter on what is allowed to be posted. Pretty sure you need some form of actual working prototype and more solid buisness plan than just "oh it might work" for it to get on kickstarter.
 
Now reading some of the comments people made about this project a lot mentioned the Pi. I know from experience that getting Vice to run on a Pi is a royal pain in the backside. But it would have made a good viable option. But would have still needed a considerable investment.

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Jeri in one of her tweets admits she is sitting on a stock of the SOC's used for the dtv.

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Two backers of $75 so yeah $150. Thing is he would have had to pay the listing fee regardless. And I beleive on a fixed sum capaign it's 9% of the total earned before either failure to raise the amount or cancelation. Which comes to $13.50 if my maths is right. So he should think himself lucky because that could have been a lot worse.

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So did anyone seriously think this project would really be happening? For $150000? Automatic detection of PAL/NTSC software? Close to 100% compatibility by hiring "a firm to do the electronics"? Who would design the specs?

It truly is a scam in that he pulled all the numbers out of his ass, whether he did it knowingly or out of ignorance. To say that he could produce such a computer and sell it for $75 is an outright lie, and he deserves no respect.

The only thing he is guilty of is stupidity and naivety. Pretty sure people can make mistakes especially where enthusiasm and blind devotion are involved. If it was a scam he would have at least put a bit more effort into the pitch.