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Title: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: AG992379519 on April 22, 2013, 05:29:20 PM This is ridiculous! LOL There's even a guy trying to pawn off the 1500 GH/s rig
http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=asic+miner&_sacat=0&_from=R40 Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: robotrebellion on April 22, 2013, 06:58:19 PM Doubly risky.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: GigaPixels on April 22, 2013, 07:01:33 PM Your best bet are the ASIC miners from Butterfly Labs ;)
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: ChaseD on April 22, 2013, 07:02:20 PM I saw some guys putting on BFL rigs and were 16k in line.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: mxc0bbn on April 22, 2013, 07:03:59 PM Yeah that's a hell of a risk because basically you have bought "nothing" so eBay Buyer protection may not cover it....
Plus you have to rely on the honesty of the seller to send you your rig once he gets it...and since it may be months from now even PayPal will not hold the money that long. I asked a couple of them if they would defer payment until they actually get it in their hands and then allow me to pay them and they said no... Now...I know you always want the money now...but if the "handshake" is done (i.e. you win the auction) you are bound to pay for it...so as the seller they are asking you to trust them with your cash but are not willing to trust you that you will actually send them the money once the rig is actually in the seller's own hands... Definitely does not pass the smell test. Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: talnted on April 22, 2013, 07:05:21 PM Please noobs, dont trust anything you see on ebay related to ASICs right now
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 22, 2013, 07:07:11 PM I am skeptical about eBay when buying regular items, buying a ASIC that hasn't even shipped is scary.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Tobius on April 22, 2013, 07:13:33 PM This thing reeks of scam :P
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 22, 2013, 07:15:35 PM Also I bet there is a bunch of scammers jumping on eBay trying to sell fake orders from BFL, stay clear in my opinion.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: SmithR on April 22, 2013, 07:18:23 PM indeed scammers greed must be high nowdays :-\
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: linuxninja39 on April 22, 2013, 07:20:01 PM Some of them want to be paid in BTC which is even more sketchy. Although in that case using an escrow service seems like it's be reasonable.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: hidziugas on April 22, 2013, 07:20:20 PM People don't get fooled!
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: ISAWHIM on April 22, 2013, 07:24:37 PM I just report all ebay items as fraud. They have already confirmed that all those listings are fraudulent.
That is not an "allowed" sale-item, since there is nothing being sold. Report every one you see, so it stops fueling the "scam" fire. I think I saw ONE honest listing related to an ASIC, and even that was, "questionable", but seemed legitimate, for the most-part. (Not worthy of a second look, because he was more greedy than those listings. lol.) Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 22, 2013, 07:25:13 PM Yea, the only time I would buy one is if I used a escrow service.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: vvhiteknight on April 22, 2013, 07:25:44 PM BFL is a scam.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: sleger on April 22, 2013, 07:30:52 PM I personally wouldnt report them because :
1- people need to learn from their mistakes 2- as long as people buy fake ASICs they dont buy the real ones and dont increase the difficulty ... Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 22, 2013, 07:32:47 PM I personally wouldnt report them because : 1- people need to learn from their mistakes 2- as long as people buy fake ASICs they dont buy the real ones and dont increase the difficulty ... Nobody deserves to get scammed, some people could be sending them everything they have in hopes of receiving a unit to earn their money back. Getting scammed is horrible, the loss of money and knowing someone took you for a ride. Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: LordTheron on April 22, 2013, 07:33:55 PM its crazy.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Tobius on April 22, 2013, 07:34:32 PM BFL is a scam. Well, at the very least, units do exist :-\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mmTRheUzg Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: GerMG on April 22, 2013, 07:48:21 PM BFL is a scam. Well, at the very least, units do exist :-\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mmTRheUzg 1 unit ;) Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: jt7382 on April 22, 2013, 07:59:35 PM Should be interesting to see how the ASIC miners affect things in the upcoming weeks. Even if they DON'T ship it'll affect the market imho.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: CryptoCurrencyMiners on April 22, 2013, 08:14:30 PM I think this is why everyone is switching to LTC with their current mining rigs.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: ghostlander on April 22, 2013, 09:14:20 PM GPU miners switching from Bitcoin to Litecoin have already made the difficulty to soar from 18 in the beginning of March to 375 now. Litecoin CPU mining is nearly over.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Alphaj on April 22, 2013, 09:31:55 PM Nobody knows when BFL will start shipping ASICS. Maybe that's why Avalon ASICS are so expensive on eBay.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 22, 2013, 09:59:17 PM Nobody knows when BFL will start shipping ASICS. Maybe that's why Avalon ASICS are so expensive on eBay. All ASIC's are expensive at the moment. Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: fran2k on April 22, 2013, 10:58:56 PM Yea, the only time I would buy one is if I used a escrow service. Totally, I don't get how people can buy stuff with btcs without escrow. Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Lgetty17 on April 22, 2013, 11:03:46 PM It really is sad to see how many scammers have popped up in the world of bitcoin. I guess that this just comes with the pseudo-anonymity of the currency. *sigh*
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: LordTheron on April 22, 2013, 11:10:36 PM bfl is late so much so wouldnt expext their asic any time soon
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Chakraball on April 22, 2013, 11:18:25 PM Ebay is attracting lots of bitcoin scammers.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: LordTheron on April 22, 2013, 11:23:40 PM Ebay is attracting lots of bitcoin scammers. true Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: detail3 on April 22, 2013, 11:51:13 PM Very true...eBay and Bitcoin don't mesh well.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 23, 2013, 12:07:14 AM That's why eBay / PayPal don't like BTC, no chance of them controlling your funds and refunding buyers if the deal goes wrong.
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: 1978280z on April 23, 2013, 01:28:56 AM Take my money!
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: fortalyst on April 23, 2013, 02:25:46 AM The fact that someone has put it on ebay rather than using it to mine coins is making me worry of the potential for scam
Title: Re: ebay ASIC Miners Post by: Joshster on April 23, 2013, 02:27:48 AM Yea, I find it strange people just don't mine their money back then sell it on or just mine till they made a nice amount. Most of them are scams.
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