Ngemuva kokunyamalala kwePebble ngesonto eledlule ngemuva kokutholwa yiFitbit, abalandeli bayo abaningi baphoxeke kakhulu ngesikhathi kuqinisekiswa ukuthi izimpahla ezigqokwa yile nkampani, iPebble Time 2 nePebble Core, ngeke zigcine zifinyelele emakethe.
Ngenhlanhla, uma kukhulunywa ngemali, abaxhasi bale mikhiqizo bangathula kancane noma kancane ngoba inkampani ikuqinisekisile ukuthi izoqhubeka nokubuyisa imali enikelwe, into esevele isiqalile ukwenziwa, yize iyingxenye.
Ngempela, endaweni yesikhulumi seKickstarter, I-Pebble isiqalile ukuthumela ukubuyiselwa kwemali okuyingxenye kubasekeli abaningi, okuthile okufundiwe ngenxa yemibono ethunyelwe yilezi, inhlanganisela yentukuthelo nokuchazeka.
UBen Schoon, umhleli we-9to5Google, uthi yena uqobo uphila ngalolu lwazi. I-Schoon ixhase i-Pebble Time 2 isamba esingu- $ 179 ($ 169 yedivayisi kanye ne- $ 10 eyengeziwe yokuthumela), kepha ayikatholi mbuyiselo ephelele:
Uma isikhangiso sePebble kufanele sikholwe (futhi abakasho lutho ukuphakamisa ngenye indlela), kufanele ngithole leyo $ 179 emuva, kepha esikhundleni salokho ukubuyiselwa kwami imali kungama- $ 70 kuphela..
Lesi yisimo nakwabanye abaxhasi abaningi kuKickstarter, iningi labo bathola imali efanayo engu- $ 70 kunoBen Schoon, kanti abanye bathola amanani aphakeme kakhulu noma ngaphansi ngokususelwa ekuxhasweni kwabo.
USchoon uyakuveza lokho kukhona "amanye amaphethini kulezi zimali mbuyiselo"Ngendlela yokuthi labo abanikele ngama- $ 179 bathola ama-70, labo abanikele ngama- $ 249 bathola i-131, njalo njalo. Kodwa-ke, amanye amakhasimende athola izimbuyiselo eziphansi kakhulu.
Akucaci ukuthi kungani kwenziwa lokhu; USchoon uveza ukuthi "ngokwazi kwethu, futhi ayikho incazelo enengqondo" nokuthi "kungaba iphutha nje." Mhlawumbe izimali zeKickstarter zinokuthintana nakho, yize lokhu kungachazi kungani i-Pebble ingalethi ekubuyiselweni kwemali okuthenjisiwe.
USchhon uphetha ngokuthi yize "lokhu kubuyiselwa kwemali ngabantu abaningi, futhi abaxhasi akufanele baphathe iKickstarter njengesitolo, kulokhu uPebble usho ngqo ukuthi abaxhasi bazobuyiselwa imali ephelele."