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- In time for Xmas 2016
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- April 2018
- May 8th - 12th 2018
- May 12th 2018
- May 31st 2018 (Indiegogo deadline)
- June 15th 2018
- July 6th 2018
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RCL claim to have never refused to refund anyone
If you wish to apply for a refund, post publicly on the Indiegogo comments section (if you haven't been banned that is), make a screenshot of your request and email RCL, plus log your request with the independent ZX Vega+ Backers Refunds Request list.
Please note that this page is no longer being maintained and remains here for historical reasons only.
The anonymous employee at Retro Computers Ltd that posts on the Indiegogo campaign has posted the following message in the last 24 hours: "We have never refused to refund a backer."
When asked to clarify why refunds have not been processed, RCL have claimed on a number of occasions that emails and Indiegogo messages have gone missing. To help poor old RCL out with their missing emails problem, here is a collated a list of refund requests in a handy list for them. This should make the refunds quick and easy. Links to their backer profiles are included so that RCL can verify each one and return their money:
- Alan Christie - £110
- Alastair Hallows - £105 pledged in February 2016
- alexbentleyuk - £105, order 1282, pledged 17/02/2016
- ammeir - £110, 8 refund requests
- Andrea Milana - £110 pledged 18/02/2016, order 1786, 54 refund requests
- Andy Honeywood - £105
- Anna Morris - £105
- anthonymicallef - £105, 2 refund requests
- armenmirzoian - £105
- Bobi Ruzinov - £110
- boughen - £105
- Bryant Booth - £110
- Chris Matthews
- chrisfjm - 15 refund requests
- Claudio Mazzuco - multiple refund requests
- cskg2605
- Dan Huby
- Daniel Engelmann
- dap70 - £105, "so many refund requests"
- Darren Sellars
- daveashton101 - 2 refund requests
- davefaupel - £105 pledged in February 2016
- dbowers71 - 2 x £105, pledged 16/02/2016, Indiegogo orders 895 and 935 (email references 15287365 and 15287550), 3 refund requests
- Dave Wragg - multiple refund requests
- dean.mccabe
- dean willis - £105, multiple refund requests
- Diego Vizcaino - £110, order ID 5721, pledged 27/09/2016, multiple refund requests
- Drew Miller - £105, pledged April 2016, multiple refund requests
- dsadites
- Fossil Games - £105
- Gordon Jeffrey - £105, order 5669, pledged 26/09/2016
- Graeme Nattress - 3 refund requests
- Gregory Paul
- Helen Leecy - #2492
- Ian Harkess - £105, 5 refund requests
- ianhucker
- ignos - £25 as "book does not make sense at all anymore"
- jasondun - multiple refund requests
- James Brown - £105, order 15685921, multiple refund requests
- Javier Murillo
- Jeff Eldridge
- Jens Van Broeckhoven - multiple refund requests
- Jolyan
- Jorge Louzao Penalva
- jose ramon rodriguez
- Julie Gallagher
- k_i_richardson - multiple refund requests
- Kieran
- Liam Murray - £290, multiple refund requests
- lornalalji - 3 refund requests
- Mark Fernandes
- Mark Lawless
- Mat Hillman - dozens of refund requests
- Mat M-G - multiple refund requests
- mj9123456 - 19 refund requests
- neil_m_devaney - £105, multiple refund requests
- Nick Brennan - £105, ID 1512 pledged 18/02/2016
- Nigel Malin
- Bob Dangler - £155, order id 6393 and 6395, many refund requests
- Paul Cartwright - £105, pledged 17/02/2016, 20 refund requests
- Paul Henehan - £105, order ID 2774
- Paul Lawrence - many refund requests
- Paul Varty - multiple refund requests
- Paul Wardle
- Phill Saddington - approx 35th refund request (refunded 17/08/2017 after posting links to blog article every day for 9 days)
- retromonkey
- Richard Hemingway - £105, multiple refund requests
- Robert Yau - £110
- S.A. Droll - £110 pledged on 30/03/2016
- sancottrell - £115, pledged on 16/02/2016
- Scott Davies - £105, 50 refund requests
- Sergey Andreev - £110
- Simon Sheppard - multiple refund requests
- Slavomír Slovanský - £110, ID 15280093
- smilerbaker - £105, "must be the 20th refund request" (refunded 30/03/2017)
- stacey_29
- Stephen Cleobury - £105 pledged on 02/03/2016, multiple refund requests
- Stephen Murray - £105
- Steve Claringbold - £105 on 19/03/2016, 16+ refund requests via Indiegogo, RCL site, RCL facebook, Twitter, Instagram (refunded 30/03/2017)
- steve.hanslow
- stevemars - 10 refund requests
- Steve Shearer - backer #696, multiple refund requests
- swordheartuk - £105
- Tony Ball - £105, more than 15 refund requests, also 10 will-donate-to-charity refund requests
- werner.m - £110
- wezmoore - £105, pledged 16/02/2016, backer 704, multiple refund requests
- Mark Toshack - £105
- H Verbeek - £385, 4 units (all colours), Order ID 392 for £95, Order ID 384 for £290 for the whole bundle, multiple refund requests
- Stephanie Adams - £110
- Graham Kenny - £110, multiple requests, also 12 will-donate-to-charity refund requests (forced refund on 15/08/2017)
- anthonyweedon - £280, pledged on 17/02/2016, order 808, 2 refund requests, Paypal payment requested 07/03/2017 which RCL cancelled about a week later
- David Rodriguez Moldes - £110
- Guitari - £105
- demerspas - £110
- Kris Cochrane - £105 pledged February 2016
- James Marshall - £105
- thetyke - £105, order 853
- philspokes - £105
- Zach Munro - £105, order 1173, 15 refund requests
- binaryrooster - £105, multiple refund requests
- Jeanie Hughes - £105, backer 852, at least 11 refund requests
- cmwillox - £105
- andylukebutler
- n.griffiths1
- Vicki Leeming - £105 (refunded 30/03/2017)
- Londinium - multiple refund requests
- Niall Balmer - £105, backer 453 for a blue Vega+, around 20 refund requests
- Martin Mackay - £105 (refunded 24/04/2017)
- harmindersmith - £105
- whythelongplayface - £105, order #99, 339 refund requests
- goochjs - £105
- grreth - £105
- Lee Staniforth - £105 pledged 04/10/2016, backer number 15147013, order number 5913 (refunded)
- Tony Hill - £105
- Chris Cheesman - £105, multiple refund requests
- harmindersmith - £105
- John Lewis - £105, Order ID 418, pledged 16/02/2016, 9 refund requests
- Duncan James
- baggys - £1,055 (that is not a mis-print!), Order ID 1622, 30 refund requests,
- dustyn.frameworx
- Jesús Martínez del Vas - £110
- Nick F - £105, multiple refund requests
- andrewjack_5 - £105 pledged 18/02/2016, order 1630, 21 refund requests
- Trevor Fowler - £110 pledged 12/06/2016, order 3776
- ian
- NICK BARR - £105, backer #27
- Gary Hunter - £105, order 6079
- Michal Adam - £110
- harleygirl70uk - £105
- Costa Papanikolaou - £105
- Dom Young - £105, pledged 16/02/2016
- Andre Lessa - £135, pledged 17/02/2016, 3 refund requests
- Pablo Doval - £105, order 6031
- Luis Miguel Silva - £110
- Kevin Simmons - £105, 4 refund requests
- Guy Black - order 57, multiple refund requests
- Paulo Santos
- Shane Wims - £110, order 5736, 4 refund requests
- Michal Adam - £110
- Kevin Gaughan
- STEPHEN KNIGHT - £385, order 1155 (The Whole Bundle £280) and order 1156 (The Clive £105), pledged 17/02/2016 - multiple refund requests
- jed_btz - £110, order ID 814
- Paul Spann - £105, order 271, 28 refund requests
- Stephen Bubb - £130 pledged 23/07/2016, order 3871
- samrylance
- John McDermott - £105 pledged 11/10/2016, order 5990 - multiple refund requests
- jackelmoss - £105
- Rob Morton - 45 refund requests (partially refunded on 30/01/2018, the night before winning his small claims court case against David Levy! Levy has been ordered to pay £584 as reported in The Register)
- Mark Henning - £105, order 2718, pledged 03/03/2016
- Jason Brooks - £90, order 17, more than 90 refund requests
- George Fyvie - £105, multiple refund requests (refunded to bank account 14/02/2018)
- stephan_michels - £110, pledged 6/6/2016, order 3762
- lee.sylvester - £110, invoice id 15935680
- Fabio Gerosa - £110, order 3659, 2 refund requests
- Dan Vaughan - £110, order ID 2983, 180 refund requests
- Darrell Rogers - £110, order ID 3272 pledged 25/03/2016
- Rob Maxfield - order 3817, 32 refund requests (refunded)
- Michael lang - £105, order 2478, 2 refund requests
- wimbledonpaul - £110, order 1159, multiple refund requests
- mikekirk - £105, order 1799, multiple refund requests
- gaterichard - £105, order 5778 - multiple refund requests
- Gary Robertshaw - £105, order 1274 (the Clive), pledged 17/02/2016, more than 300 refund requests
- E Petreanu - £110, order 3381, multiple refund requests
- jon parry - £105, order 2593
- rpodgo - order 960
- mrcoops - £105, order 412, more than 120 refund requests (refunded 19/02/2018)
- Nik Aves - £105, order 6317
- Phil Hillier - £210, orders 169 and 426
- Steve Kelly - £105, pledged on 16/02/2016, order 368, 3 refund requests
- Darron Gibbard - £130 pledged on 16/02/2016, order 344, 11 refund requests
- Duncan Frost - £105, order 1026, 6 refund requests
- Richard Chalu - £105, order 349
- stewartchambers - £105, order 2945
- Marc Wallace - £105, order 5679, 4 refund requests
- Johnny Choudhury-Lucas - £105, order 1516, pledge 15299262, 4 refund requests
- David Misteur - £110
- David Counihan - £105, Order ID 6406, multiple refund requests
- thetartanbananaas - £105, order 1457
- andrew_nevada - order 2008
- scimitar - £105, pledged 16/02/2016, order 544 (the blue one), 100 refund requests
- David Rixon - £105
- Wayne Baker - £110
- Shaun Double - order 943, multiple refund requests
- cpnorman - backer 1185, 12 refund requests
- andy.gillham - order 940, pledge id 15287635
- Ash - first requested a refund March 2017
- rainegrosvenor - £210, order ids 1091 and 1108
- Emma Steel - £105, pledged 18/02/2016, order 1467
- Emily Collins - £105, order 1222
- atodd917 - £280, pledged 16/02/2016 order 246, 26 refund requests
- Kevin Taylor - £105, order 1333, multiple refund requests
- Carlos López Leal - £110, pledged 17/02/2016, order 838 - multiple refund requests
- Jamie Ball - £5, pledged 31/01/2017, multiple refund requests
- Dave Barter - £105, order ID 1015
- peter.czeiner - £110, order 3644
- Didier Luthi - £110, order 36
- paulodiz - £110, order 1242, 3 refund requests
- Richard L Sutherland - £110, order 3770, multiple refund requests
- laurent SINTIS - £110, order 3508
- Marc Kloosterman - £10 for Roll of Honour pledge
- Eric Leisey - £110, order 3409
- Lee Wilson - £105
- Rob in Toronto - Order ID 752, pledged 17/02/2016
- Steve Bolton - £105, order ID 2404
- Roger Keidel - £110, multiple refund requests
- Justin King - £105, order 1386 (The Red One)
- Dean Birkett - £110, pledged 20/02/2016, Order ID 2118
- Jennifer Wilderspin
- cloudming - £110, order ID 2734
- nicola.zabeo - £110
- cyprus.mary - Order IDs 1712 and 2653
- James Kenneth Burton - £105, multiple refund requests
- Chris Langridge - £105, 2 refund requests
- Kristan Paul - £105, order ID 3503
- dwetherilt - £280, order ID 820
- adjb - £105, order 446 (the Red one), pledged 16/02/2016, multiple refund requests
- kingsley - £110, order 3011
- Paul Tempest - £105, order ID 5989, pledged 11/10/2016
- Paul Evans - £105, order ID 170 (the Clive), pledged 15/02/2016, multiple refund requests
- Lewis Johns - £210 for the two white ones
- Jamie Wittridge - £105, pledge number 15298153, multiple refund requests
- Nick Herd - £105, Order ID 6754, pledged 09/01/2017
- Bryan Sturdy - £105, Order ID 1866, pledged 19/02/2016
- hharmjanz - £110, Order ID 3056, pledged 16/03/2016
- Sven Vogelgesang - £110 , Order ID 930
- Matthew Caunt - £105, Order 1759
- e2010.gen - £105, Order ID 1683, pledged 18/02/2016
- Stephen Booth - £105, Order ID 5999, multiple refund requests
- Deryck Pritchard - £105, Order ID 3456 (the Clive), pledged 30/03/2016
- joe.gass - £105, Order ID 3179
- Joaquim Pinto
- gillian.hilliard - Order ID 540
- Richard Harrington - £105, multiple refund requests
- Ronan McEvoy - £110, pledge ID 17125975 (the Clive), 2 refund requests
- Marcus Liotta - £110, Order ID 2803 (the white one), pledged 07/03/2016
- Kilroy Henocied - £110
- plcurtis37 - £105
- Andrew Kay - £105, Order ID 1103
- Brian Boru
- blythy79 - £105
- Rosemary Turner - Order ID 6051, multiple refund requests
- Andy Skinner - £110, Order ID 2289 (The Clive), pledged 22/02/2016
- Stephen Storr - 3 orders for The Clive (Order ID 111 pledged 15/02/2016, Order ID 6452 pledged 14/12/2016, Order ID 6864 pledged 10/02/2017)
- sean.popple84 - £105, Order ID 2481, pledged 26/02/2016
- el_diablo_72 - £105, Order ID 5685, pledged 27/09/2016
- a.pearson - £105, Order ID 2092, pledged 20/02/2016 (the Clive), multiple refund requests
- Hev - £280, Order ID 470 (The Whole Bundle), pledged 16/02/2016, 3 refund requests
- Metal Jesus - £110
New refund requests will be added to the bottom of the list from now on, but it's hard to keep track of so many refund requests.

Due to RCL having no physical office, random locations are now playing host to crowds of angry Vega+ backers demanding action!
Latest Funky Spectrum RCL Videos
Confirmation of the shilling that went on from certain individuals during this absolute scandal. What a disgrace!
(03/04/2019)
Well it seems justice has prevailed for once and no surprises there to be honest what a ridiculous bit of behaviour !
(15/03/2019)
Indiegogo Campaign
"Our Indiegogo campaign is to raise funds to manufacture the first 2,500 or more units of the Vega+ in the UK, and to prepare us for the second production run."
— RCL (15/02/2016)
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Vega+ Status
- All refunds processed: ✘
- Roll of honour email: ✘
- Address confirmation: ✘
- Battery specification: ✘
- PEGI certification: ✘
- Final specs released: ✘
- Games list released: ✘
- Finished box design: ✘
- Manual released: ✘
- Working website: ✘
- Final devices made: 0 ✘
- Small claims victories: 0 ✘
- Prototypes made: ~100-200 ✔