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I am auctioning my single ASICMINER Block Erupter Blade - in hand and ready to ship! Lane voltages are pre-tuned to 1.2v and will include high-speed cooling fan that is much, much better than the original fan. This things is rock solid and stays very cool while overclocked. I'll update this post with any questions you guys have. Cheers!

http://batteryfire.com/u/asicminer.jpg

Terms:
The auction will last 48 hours, ending at 9pm EST on Sunday, May 5th. Auction winner will receive payment address via PM.

Shipping:
Free shipping. Blade will be express shipped immediately upon payment from auction winner and will ship from Atlanta, Georgia. Local pick-up is also welcome for anyone near Atlanta.

User Tips:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VMO3VfIBy3KIwUaaQ8XhKrSVEbXeeMEqsVhhk6Bz9io

My information:
Ebay Account (11+ years!): http://myworld.ebay.com/batteryfire/
Bitcoin-OTC: http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=batteryfire
My personal website: http://batteryfire.com

Auction Countdown Timer:
Timer removed. End time: 2013-05-05+20:00:00

Sounds good, have a pic of your unit? Hashing away would be nice too.

If I may ask, what is the reason for selling unit so fast, and shall be escrow service involved in auction? I might be willing to bid if I knew answer to this questions.

0.1 btc

This was purchased for a client, who unfortunately needs the cash / BTC right now. I'd keep it if I could.

Sure. Unit is running at my client's office right now, but I'll get a pic ASAP.

Thanks for the bid! Please keep bidding in increments of 0.5 BTC though.

0.5

1BTC

Is there a way to edit my original post? I wanted to add that escrow service from any reputable forum member or company is more than welcome.

2BTC

I can add details if you want. (but not anything that changes the original terms like extending time etc) Just PM me.

5btc

20btc

25 btc

Is there any escrow service?

26btc

27

28

What kind of client was this? Are you a bitcoin consultant or something?

29 btc

30 btc

40 btc

45 btc

46btc

46.5

47

50

51

this is going skyrocket price again , ill get some popcorn and watch  ;D

52

We've already passed the BTC price of the second auction  ???
Well, I'm still interested but it looks like prices are going to stupid places again.

This first round blade comes with 6 month warranty + free upgrade to newer blade later on. Second round only gets new power/ethernet modules. This will also ship much faster to anyone in the US, since I am in Atlanta.

Now look into my eyes and repeat after me:

I WILL BUY THIS BLADE WHATEVER THE PRICE!

http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_6002/1e142910256e88e3ad3cf59e6ab1e14f/1e142910256e88e3ad3cf59e6ab1e14f.gif

You people are nuts, really.

That animation is awesome. Saved for future brainwashing use!  ;D

zombi land  ;)

Is there any escrow service?  :)

52,5

55

55.5 assuming we can use John K. as escrow.

Sure, that's fine with me.

at which board time does the auction end?

ah the auction end is already described in the starting posting.

56 BTC with escrow by John

also some pics with your unit running would be nice  ::)

does it means Fedex or DHL kind of shipment, for international bidders.

Here you go. Just updated original post too.
http://batteryfire.com/u/asicminer.jpg
Fedex for US, but I can do DHL or other method for international.

56.5

57BTC.

58

59btc with escrow if possible.

59.5

Oh well, shall w8 for another auction... Gratz winner (whoever it was) :).

60 btc

Damn I was going to be at the correct mark.

https://i.imgur.com/j8b8tyj.png

But this happened and had to refresh and post :(

If he keeps what he said it will be mine :)

Now lets hope difficulty does not raise alot so that i can at least get what i payed in at least 6 to 8 months.

Dont worry, when i setup 6,6mhs scrypt mine 2 months ago i expected to get it back in 7 months. Well, earned arround 45BTC in like less than 48hr of mining FRC so do your math :). I payed for it (whole 6000$) in 50 days. Be sure with BTC price 30% up from now blade is payed off in 100days with all diff changes. It is if we buy it in like this 15 days or so. After that, who knows... Maybe BFL ship in august 1000 units and screw us up :). But now, that blade is gonna be profitable even when it gets 300$ per month, cos its power consumption (in my case) would be 5.6$ for whole month. Gratz on auction again.

* not FRC, FTC.

To be fair my screenshot shows two things :

The bug (or whatever restriction this board gives users in general), as well as the date/time on the top-right corner, which is dated right after fgkrew threw in his vote.

I will let the seller decide though who he wishes to sell to.

Yes, but you could have also been refreshing the page increasing the time to suit your needs.

Why are people spending 60+ when 50 just ended @ 50 last week?

Hope the auction winner gets the blade because Batteryfire bought it for 75 BTC in the first auction round. Not a really good deal...

I have PM´D him but he did not answer yet.

But he was online already today, so lets wait how this go..

Batteryfire, please get back to me! Time is money with this things.

So the is OP acted like a scammer here.


I was the one winning the auction, following the forum rules.

He did not answer me for a full day even after being online.

A couple of hours ago he messaged me telling that he was selling it to "sprunger" because he bidded higher and he was already losing money on the auction.

I understood and offered to pay the same amount he did, so that he would get the same money and still giving the hardware to the person who won.

Now he answered telling me that he already shipped this to "sprunger".

That was a really bad move on my books.

Not sure how deals are done here on bitcointalk, but for me that is not a normal way of making business.

Funny part was that he was willing to send me 0.25btc for my "trouble". What a prick.

Beware with next deals with this guy, he clearly does not know how to follow the rules.

My apologies to you, but this is my auction and my discretion. Please PM a moderator if I've violated any forum rules (or any moderators reading this, PM me). Thanks.

So tell me why is this called an auction?

I also do not know why you put a countdown timer if accept bids after the time passed...

Nevermind, hope you get great things with your 0.5btc more. Karma will take care of the rest.

Doesn't sound like a prick to me.

If the same had happened with you, for sure you would think the same way. whatever...

Well, auctionerholder, I personaly would give you 1BTC over last auction if I thought you accept bids after counter stop. But I havent done so, my last bid was pleaced 5 sec before end of auction. I consider this has to be reported. If you thought you can get back whole 75BTC after 50 block auction ended with 51BTC you were wrong. Next time make auction without counter, minimum bid, and time till you receive bids on PM. In the light of this auction I only can say: shame on you Bush, throw my shoe on you, cos you sold name for 1BTC more. I live in country where monthly earnings of worker in factory is 200$, and never would have done that.

Between the screenshot that showed the attempt to post and the fact that the post was only three seconds late, I think that this is enough of a grey area that I don't think the moderation team should do anything about it.  If your goal is to maximize income, though, you should really have added a provision that would have automatically extended the auction if someone were to place a bid within the last few minutes.

It was not 3 seconds late, it was 33 seconds late. I was there, I gave last offer within 10 sec counter, and on my post says "May 06, 2013, 12:59:33 AM". So it is 33 seconds after me. I would place another bid if I was within 30 seconds (or would try). Must be counter-forunm lag, I dont know what it was, but timer was 30 seconds ahead of forum.

If the same thing happened to me, I would have remembered I was participating in an auction within a forum.  A forum that contains users in all different timezones as well as a forum that does not have any precise auction time cutoffs.  Forums were not intended to be used as an auctioning platform.  If they had been intended for this use, the thread would automatically lock itself once the auction was closed.  There would also be a mechanism to place a maximum bid that would increase your bid automatically once someone else bid.  Since we don't have that ability here, there will always be the possibility for grey area.

Personally, If I was the seller, I would have given it to you.
Personally, If I was in your shoes, I wouldn't get mad about losing the auction.

daaamn you got logicbombed!

I'm a bit of a stickler for rules, but I don't think any malicious intent was there, OP seems decent enough. If he had waited like 3 hours or something I could see it being something to make a big fuss about.

This part of the site is called auction.

OP established a finish time and also put a counter. (If it was ebay, i would have won).

OP did not try to contact me, i even sent him a message right after the end of the auction to contact me for details, which he did not.

This part of the forum does not let you edit your posts, the happens for a reason.

If he was not happy with the price, he should have put a reserve price.

If a person is willing to do this type of moves because of one or half btc for sure is not one i want to deal with.


I hope that at least one moderator gives a word about this, if not i dont know why there is a auction section if the people that put the auction up does not follow there own rules..


If i had won and did not pay for sure someone will come and call me a scammer and whatnot, what he did was the same from a sellers perspective.

that auction went really bad! have you already reported it?
in other auctions you get banned if you can't pay within xx hours after action ends.
both sides should conform to their rules. the auction end was clearly defined by the OP.

It said that the auction lasts 24 hours. Did not say 24 hours and 33 seconds. And a second is out of time! Regulations must be followed!

Although Maged gave his view above, I would agree with you that this is a form of bad business practice to be renegading against one's own words here, especially when I had first hand experience of dealing with auctions here (I was the auctioneer for the AM blades). This is an auction for a reason - the seller is expected to fulfill his end of the contract here. I wouldn't blame you if you posted a thread about this in the scam accusation subforum to warn others about this.