Nope, not under Kickstarter rules. If a company offers items as rewards, it has ...

davefp · on Jan 27, 2015

Lockitron wasn't funded on Kickstarter. They built their own self-hosted solution, called selfstarter: http://www.selfstarter.us/

notatoad · on Jan 27, 2015

do you have a link to that rule? i don't see it on their site, only this: https://www.kickstarter.com/rules

this:https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter+basics#faq_...

and this: https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter+basics#faq_...

all of which seem to pretty clearly say you might not get what you think you paid for.

maxerickson · on Jan 27, 2015

https://www.kickstarter.com/terms-of-use#section4

There's a bunch of soft language, but it ends with If they’re unable to satisfy the terms of this agreement, they may be subject to legal action by backers.

But as davefp already pointed out, Kickstarter isn't relevant here.