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Summary:
Description: Auction of 4 black Avalons with 3 modules each from batch 2
Starting bid: 5 BTC per Avalon, increase 1 BTC minimum
Buy it now: 25 BTC per Avalon
End date and time:September 30, 14:00h CET
Payment methods accepted: escrow via John K
Additional information:

Shipping from the Netherlands, Europe by DHL Express from depot Rotterdam.
Buyer creates the shipment label(s), I will print them, attach them to the box(es) and bring them to the DHL depot. Other shipper is possible, please investigate yourself and ask in PM with details you found.

Payment via escrow, John K, buyer will pay the fee. I have worked with him before, I will contact John and ask him to confirm in this thread with his escrow terms.

All four machines are running firmware 20130703. All machines are rock solid, not a single problem since they have been turned on. All modules hash full speed according to the cgminer api log(match_work_count), no dead modules. Frequency varies between 345mhz and 355mhz. Cgminer arguments include --avalon-auto --avalon-freq 325-375. Fan 1, 2, 3 rpms are 1560, 2280, 2400. Temp1 is ~22, Temp2 ~43, Temp3 ~49.

The Auction runs till September 30th, 14:00h CET. If you do your part of the deal quick enough, I will will do my best to bring them to the depot in the original boxes on September 30th. The depot closes at 19:00h CET. I will need about 1 hour, so you have 4 hours.

If you live within 160km/100miles from Rotterdam, I will bring them myself that evening and help you setup if needed.

Buy it now price is 25BTC per Avalon.

Please place your bid like: <number of Avalons>@<BTC bid per Avalon>

1@10 means 1 Avalon for 10 BTC, excluding shipping and escrow fee.

3@15 means 3 Avalons for 15 BTC each, in total 45 BTC, excluding shipping and escrow fee.

When the auction has finished, I will determine the winners and send a PM with a payment request. If you haven't paid within 24 hours, I will send you a PM and void your bid and the next in line will get a PM. Please pay as soon as possible, so I can ship quickly for you.

In my payment request I will also ask if you want the wireless antenna, powersupply and Euro power cord. Some custom problems were reported due to them being in the box. You will not get a discount if you don't want them.

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hi

possible to come in NL to collect and paid in cash ?

10 day is a real long auction in Bitcoin terms, and 25BTC price for buy it now is way unrealistic and is a rip-off

I would like to bid but I do not know what will happen in 10 days, and I do not want to be the person who wont honor his word, I suggest you reduce it to 3 days so we can all bid on short market conditions.


 

sure difficulty raise in 5 days or 6 max now

that is not true, It is an avrege of 8-10 days


https://i.imgur.com/Xh5RG1A.png

http://bitcoinwatch.com/

Next Difficulty in 1061 blocks     

Blocks last 24h     187

1061/187= 5.6 days

yes I was referring to the hole retarget, not from today till the next one, but still I am afraid to bid on this one, I am a man of his word and I would really hate to put my self in a position where I would have to withdraw my offers.

me too for bid but depend price and if i can collect in NL

That is possible, as long as the cash payment is in BTC.

I also don't know what will happen in 10 days, you can start by taking a 30% difficulty increase for the next change.

I will think about reducing to 3 or 5 days, let me first read the other posts.

Ok, I understand the objections against a 10 day auction. So I am changing it into a 4 day auction:

Auction end date changed to Tuesday September 24, 14:00 CET.

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if i come it s to paid in €uros

i would buy 2 or 3 depend on price

but if only btc it s dead for me. too long to buy alot of btc

OP I appreciate your understanding I will start bidding


4@5

If you can agree with these terms, we can have a deal:
You bid in BTC and pay cash in Euro's.
The Euro amount will be BTC bid multiplied by Eurozone exchange rate on https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-exchange-rates
We will go to the bank together to deposit the Euro's, to prevent counterfeit Euro's.

2@5

sorry for prior bid.
2@6

Ok

4@10

1@11
1@12

3@15

I confirm that OP has PM'ed me about this, and I agree to be the escrow here. Please PM me when the auction is done, and I'll issue specific signed contracts to all parties involved.

Thanks John. Could you please inform the potential buyers here about your fee, so they know upfront ?

you can use sebastianJu and no fee.  you give what you want.

one at 13.1, sebastianju escrow.

I think you mean 1@13.1 ? Do you mind if I round it down to whole BTC ?
And JohnK is the escrow.
I don't want to make things complicated.

why would it be complicated to use another escrow? silly to pay huge amounts for receving a few messages..

1 @ 13.5 BTC, Escrow through JohnK

Summary of bids till now:
mmitech      4@5
alfabitcoin   2@6
ste0024      4@10
alfabitcoin   1@11
alfabitcoin   1@12
ste0024      3@15
driksson   1@13.1
midwestminer   1@13.5

Since the buyer is always right, I will contact SebastianJu and ask him if he is also willing to do an escrow for this auction.
Like with JohnK, the buyer will pay the fees of SebastianJu, if any.

I can provide escrow. Please send me a pm when you want to use my service. Ill then send you instructions.

3@15
4@14

4@12

So buyer pays for shipping label but if it's doa or gets lost in international shipping how will insurance be handled?

Can you advice on ballpark shipping to the US for 1 unit using DHL or Fedex? (not overnight, most reasonable shipping option that takes less than 1 week)

It's up to the buyer to pay for insurance if wanted and if the unit gets lost, he/she can take the appropriate action. Once the unit is recovered, or the insured value has been paid by the insurance company, the escrow funds can be released to the seller.

I think it's fair that the buyer and seller investigate the doa unit. If it can not be fixed, the doa unit will be shipped back to the seller at the expenses of seller.

Thanks for your confirmation.

I understand your bid, but:
You had already bid 3@15
Your bid of 4@14 is lower than your 3@15 + midwestminer's 1@13.5

Since I do not know the exact destination address, it is best if you try to figure out the shipping cost yourself, using the address of DHL Rotterdam as the starting address.

yes normal

if i buy 3 i bid at 15 BTC each

if i buy 4 i bid low because i buy 4

buy 1 or 4 is not the same

From what I know about shipping only sender can make an insurance claim.  Going to check on dhl shipping to USA.  What will you put on customs forms if it is shipping to USA?

Still have my offer on the table, good at any time.

OK, so then it will be me that will do the insurance claim.
And on the customs form, I would like to suggest to use the description "engineering sample", just like Avalon did.
But feel free to do a better suggestion.

Thanks Bob.

Np, Best of luck.

4@16

Thanks Despi, highest bid till now:
4@16.

I am extending my offer to deliver the Avalons to you to a maximum of 300km.
So if you live in a circle of 300km radius from Rotterdam, or can meet within that circle, you can have the Avalons tomorrow evening!
Halve of the payment upfront and 1 BTC extra for my driving that far ;D

Hi,

ik woon zelf ook in Rdam. en kan er 1500 euro bieden voor 1 Avalon @80GB.
Kan zelfs vandaag nog komen  ophalen en betalen.

ik hoor het van je!

Hi,
First in English for all others:
The poster is living in Rotterdam and is offering 1500 euro for 1 Avalon and can pick it up today.
My answer:
Sorry to disappoint you a bit, but this is an auction that ends on Tuesday at 14:00h, so I am interpreting this as an offer for 1 Avalon.
Using the exchange rate(90.6763) of https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-exchange-rates this calculates into:
1@16.5
You are welcome to pick it up tomorrow at the end of the afternoon, IF you are the highest bidder for one of the four in this auction.

The same answer in Dutch:
Sorry dat ik je een beetje moet teleurstellen, maar dit is een veiling die eindigt op dinsdag om 14:00u, dus ik beschouw dit als een bod voor 1 Avalon.
Gebruik makende van de wisselkoers(90.6763) van https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-exchange-rates komt dit op:
1@16.5
Je bent van harte welkom om er morgen een op te halen aan het eind van de middag, INDIEN je de hoogste bieder bent voor een van de vier in deze veiling.

Srry, confused with other topic!

My offer again 1@16,5

Sorry but: Starting bid: 5 BTC per Avalon, increase 1 BTC minimum

I bid BTC16 for all Miner and boymok bid BTC16.5
The bid is not correct, it must be 17!

Thanks and sorry

1@1500 EUR

Thanks for your bid Nick, for comparison I am also giving the BTC value according to https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-exchange-rates
1@16.5

I agree with you Despi, the bid is not according to the OP.
But the bid was not in BTC, but in Euro. I converted it in BTC to make it possible to compare the others bids against it.

So I would like to change the bid increase rule of this auction:
Bid increase can either be 1 BTC, or 100 Euro. Just to keep it simple.


Euro bids will be converted to BTC by me.

Highest bids till now:
Despi 2@16 BTC
boymok 1@16.5 BTC (actual bid is 1500 euro)
nick0016 1@16.5 BTC (actual bid is 1500 euro)

Tick tock ...
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The bidding seems to be confusing to some.

Please bid in either Euro or BTC.

I will calculate the BTC equivalent of a Euro bid, for your convenience.

2@17  paid in BTC

whats the dimensions and weight of a single avalon?
and will you pack 2 together or just an other package with the same size?

Avalon shipped in two different boxes.
Either roughly 20cm x 50cm x 70cm or roughly 25cm x 55cm x 75cm.
I will use the original boxes.
I am not sure about packing two together.
I will PM the actual sizes and weight to the winners when I get back home later today.

thanks that allowed a good shipping calculation

packing 2 together could get more expencive then 2 packages - funny;)

3@17 and collect in person

2@18

Highest bids till now:
ste0024 2@17 BTC
erem 2@18 BTC

The forum clock is leading, only bids done on or before the whole hour will be valid.
(I have seen discussion about the clock in other auctions, just thought to be clear)

Roughly half an hour to go ...

I know, but it's impossible to see who posted before the clock stops (As far as I know?), that's why I want to use the forum clock.

2@18

shit, this auction went out of my price expectations....

1 minute ...

4@19

hahaha despi is a damn good bidder, he got all of you at the last minute  ;D

I think we have a clear winner: Despi 4@19. Congrats!
I will contact you in PM.

Thanks all for bidding.

for me impossible to add a new bid

Please try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator.

Ebay robot:)

I think you needed to just post again from new window. your session might have died on you.
Waited long to press save?

no this is the first time i have this error here

i just wait last 10s to add my bid

good collection now with 12 avalons !

I am in PM contact with both Despi and ste0024.
I feel a bit sorry for him(I once had the same when I wanted to buy a 20th Anniversary Macintosh on eBay).
I have a fifth Avalon that I wasn't planning on selling, but will to him if he is interested in it.

Ready to ship 3 module avalons at 15 BTC each here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=299204.msg3207571#msg3207571.

Lesson learned: lock your auction thread once the bidding is done...