Indiegogo just tried to make a stealthy change their to Refund Policy. It used to say this:
When are contributions not eligible for a refund?
Contributions cannot be refunded by Indiegogo, if any of the following are true:
- The contribution funds have already been transferred to the campaign owner
- The campaign has ended
- The perk associated with the contribution has been fulfilled (contribution is marked as fulfilled on Indiegogo by the campaigner)
- Indiegogo determines that there has been an abuse of our Terms of Use, or the refund policy.
Now it says this:
When are contributions not eligible for a refund?
Contributions cannot be refunded by Indiegogo, if any of the following are true:
- The campaign owner has already received the contribution
- The campaign has ended
- You have received the perk that you backed on the campaign
- Indiegogo determines that contribution is in violation of our Terms of Use or any policy
Can you figure out why they needed to make the latter change? This confirms what I suspected from the moment I noticed it. These people are stupid. And they just tacitly admitted that they don’t have a case.