Believe me (or not), MEATER is not the worst Kickstarter campaign that I've been in - by far! They've been pretty upfront about the delays (which were extensive!!) and they have actually shipped product. I'm in other campaigns that have been far worse about lack of communication/openness. One actually came back after a whole year of no updates and had the gall to ask for more money to help them finish the project (documentary.) Won't bore you with the actual details; I just wanted to put this Kickstarter campaign (MEATER) into perspective with the truly bad ones! Most are very good about updates, candor, etc. In fact, I got a Kickstarter campaign reward in today's mail - unannounced (no advanced notice email with tracking number.) They only missed their delivery target by a month, very good by Kickstarter standards. YMMV