Case 4 · All-or-nothing, honored
The Night Bus to Irbid
A short that missed its goal — and the refund ledger that proves the promise.
- Funded
- 31%
- of the all-or-nothing goal
- Committed
- $3,800
- of the $12,000 goal
- Backers
- 0
- confirmed contributors
- Milestones
- 0 of 2
- released from escrow
Live figures, read from the same records the project page serves — nothing here is illustrative.
The Night Bus to Irbid closed short of its goal. It is listed here, unhidden, because the pipeline's most important behavior is what happens when a campaign fails.
A modest goal, honestly missed.
Six pledges carried the campaign partway — real support, short of all-or-nothing. The deadline passed and the resolver called it.
No partial keep, no quiet rollover.
There is no threshold where close-enough keeps the money. The campaign resolved as goal missed, and every pledge reversed in full.
Every refund is a ledger row.
Each pledge's reversal is written against its original row — same amount, opposite direction. The milestones below never released a cent; the record stays public.
- 1 · Shoot$7,000Planned
- 2 · Post and delivery$5,000Planned
Failure on the record is the trust.
A market that only shows its successes is not a market. The refunded campaign stays listed with its numbers intact — which is why the funded ones mean something.
Check the source
Every number in this article reads from the live project. Open the project page and compare — the case study has no numbers of its own.