People can complain, and they will, because that’s what the internet is for: anonymous rage, immaturity and passive aggression.
However, there was NEVER a guaranteed date. He gave only estimates, and his call to arms was for us, the community, to invest in the form of a preorder to get the project through development. He misled no one, and if you feel misled, then you preordered for the wrong reasons: you wanted something shiny but didn’t think about the risks of “investment”.
This was, and always has been, a request by Jeremy to help fund the project. There was always a hope that the project would move quickly, but NEVER a guarantee. Nothing in your order suggested when it would be done, and besides an honest business ethic and interest by him to succeed, nothing guaranteed a final product. For the risk of this type of niche market, in this condition of the economy, a small business could go bankrupt on an endeavor like this, and often do.
No one should have ordered more than they were willing to 100% lose, and no one should have ordered if there was a timeline they couldn’t live with. If you needed more security, you should have waited for the project to be complete before ordering.
That said, yes, you can certainly be disappointed with the situation, but I don’t believe anyone but Jeremy has the right to be angry. You should have known the risks.