Originally Posted by Kostaz 
What's the point of that?
They are doing their fundraiser through paypal, so it's easier to donate using the paypal option on the Obsidian website than moving the money to an account and than donate to Kickstarter via Amazon payments.
Also, it allows them to keep it running up until the Kickstarter end and not have to stop before it.
The guy who reserved the spot probably removed the pledge right when 2.6 mil was reached just to troll though. We are talking about the Codex.