Their prices are insane, $999.00 for a 11.5" tablet? $799.00 for a mini-PC? Are they fucking mental? Who would buy these?
I did. Saved up for years and then finally pulled the trigger.
It broke after about a week of use and took them about a year to give me a partial refund.
pricing is in line with the top ipad. I consider it kind of an activist move to buy one of these though, more about supporting a cause than getting a device with maximal functionality.
From what I’ve read and listened to, they’re misleading in this report when they say all crowdfunding backer devices have been fulfilled/delivered.
As someone who requested a refund, I can confirm to have neither the phone nor the refund :(
I feel that pain, but probably not to the same degree. I’ve backed over 300 campaigns on Kickstarter and Gamefound. I’ve had around 8 that didn’t fulfill and didn’t give a refund – somewhere in the vicinity of $500-800 worth overall. It’s maddening when it feels like our money was either stolen or at best, wasted.
True, i kinda only ordered it to support mobile Linux development, however, by now I think there would have been much better places to do this than this company.
Wow, looks like there is profit to be made in scamming
I like the ethos behind Purism, I was worried they wouldn’t be profitable at all. I hope this is enough profitablity to attract greater investment to grow and create economies of scale and lower the retail price and reduce lead times to be in line with the rest of the market.
