But leaving it there I did not found any indication on the kick starter page that it is new, and their pledge goal of $20,000 does not feel like they want to rip someone off.
I perceive it has the company itself want to start to sell to the "consumer" directly, and kick-starter is a great way to test if there is any interest.
What I want to know is does anybody see something wrong with Microduino to use kick starter like this?
Don't think you need to. From the dates on the feedback, it's obvious even without speaking Chinese that this has been for sale since March, and after running both the current description and archived versions through Google Translate there's no disclaimers I can see about it being a sample or beta or anything.
thats fast. SO basically, take existing product start kickstarter + nice profit margin, and claim the credit if I understand correctly. Not that its wrong or anything...
I don't know about claiming credit, It seems that they were a supplier that now wants to become a distributor of their own product, but correct me if I'm wrong.
What is questionable is how they are informing the public about other distributers.