> It's not fraud because Kickstarter is not a store?
It's fraud, but it's not commerce, so this is the wrong law to use.
> I've sold things on message boards, which are also not stores. If I didn't deliver, why shouldn't I be prosecuted under the same law?
Because people on message boards know they're not buying from a store and can't expect the same level of state consumer protection, and it's not in the states interest to expend resources on protecting message board buyers. If you didn't deliver you'd be breaking the law and the people who bought things would be able to sue you, but I wouldn't expect the state AG to go after you.
It's fraud, but it's not commerce, so this is the wrong law to use.
> I've sold things on message boards, which are also not stores. If I didn't deliver, why shouldn't I be prosecuted under the same law?
Because people on message boards know they're not buying from a store and can't expect the same level of state consumer protection, and it's not in the states interest to expend resources on protecting message board buyers. If you didn't deliver you'd be breaking the law and the people who bought things would be able to sue you, but I wouldn't expect the state AG to go after you.