it was $30 for a 3 pack of the tops plus 4 mason jar mouth size thick glass circles (to hold the veggies down in the mason jar so they don't contact the top). Kickstarter projects are usually pretty good but there have been some that the people lose out on. This one particularly was from a company that was already in business selling other largely related to pickling products on Amazon so it was pretty safe. Pretty much the idea is that a company (or individual) researches out a product and says "If I had $45,000 I could do a run of 3000 of these covering initial costs as well as materials and at least break even, but have my molds, jigs, etc already covered for future sales" So they start the kickstarter, set the $45,000 as the funding goal and determine themselves at what dollar amount of more or less donation people get what reward. If it doesn't reach the $45,000 in the 30 days, nobodys credit card gets charged. If it does reach it (or goes over by any margin), the business receives their funding less kickstarter's processing fees and is responsible for delivering the orders on the schedule listed. But if they go out of business before delivery somehow? Then its pretty much either going back to your credit card or joining a class action lawsuit.