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Group Buy CLOSED. Thank you everyone!

Happy New Year everyone!  :D

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Target reached! This is an ongoing GB until the countdown timer ends!  241/200

Since the GB Target has been met you can order directly from here: http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb I'll be happy if people continue to pay the reservation fee, but now it's optional.

Please note that while you can directly order the minimum number of units is still 2! Don't order 1 unit. Thank you.

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Hello home and big miners,

Since it's gift season it's time to rewards yourselves with the best miner on the market in terms of both efficiency and $/GH. For $1,000 you can get yourself 2xSP20 miners with shipping included!

SP20 efficiency graph thanks to johnyj:

The excellent quality of this miner has been reviewed by 13 Legendary members:

1) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=898562.0 jjiimm_64
2) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=896161.0   johnyj
3) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895798.0   Xian01  
4) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=896065.0   Mushroomized
5) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=896004.0  John (John K.)
6) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=896134.0  SaltySpitoon
7) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=896910.0  THE JOINT
8.) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=896913.0 Syke
9) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=900307.0 goxed
10) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895085.0  spiccioli
11) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=901021.0 OgNasty
12) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=901758.0  Epoch
13) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=901771.0  MrTeal

Group Buy terms:
- Deadline is 28 December 23:55 CET;
- The minimum number of units required for this Group Buy is 200 units;
- Minimum number of units per buyer is 2 units!

In order to reserve your place please send 0.04 BTC + 0.02BTC for every additional unit that you plan to purchase to the wallet address below*:

1BbHy3JQiEMizLV2nWV3tDrfHzkaZtBLLV

For example: If you want to buy 8 units the reservation fee will be 0.16 BTC. For 12 units the reservation fee will be 0.24 BTC

*I will keep 40% and for the rest of 60% I am open for suggestions regarding donations. (here or in PM after you send your reservation fee). Also I will refund reservation fee if GB doesn't go ahead. You're committing to send full payment when you place your reservation and after you get payment details from Spondoolies Tech.

PM me with the followings:
- your e-mail;
- transaction ID;
- your preffered payment method(Bitcoins, Dollars or Euros);

The list will be forwarded to Spoondolies Tech so that you can arrange payment afterwards.

Please note that the prices are in addition to the reservation fee!

Shipping
When we'll be close to the 200 mark, SP-Tech will contact customers with a product page for the GB. Shipping will be within 24 hours of payment.

Thank you for joining.

Confirmed.

Edit: More units added to the GB.

Reserved!

I presume this GB is for global shipping direct from SPTech?

Thanks.

i'm in. reservation fee sent.

Yes. Shipping is directly from SP-Tech.

So, if the GB doesn't reach 200 units, are you just pocketing the reservation fees?

some of it should go to good causes, as was done previously.

That's a silly way of doing it. For example, I might be interested in a few units, but I wouldn't put in an order until I see at least BTC4 in that wallet. If you get enough self-interested people waiting, you could end up with demand for a few hundred units but no one buying because they don't want to lose a deposit on a failed group buy.
The deposit should be non-refundable if the GB goes ahead, and refunded if it does not.

I will keep 40% and for the rest of 60% I am open for suggestions regarding donations. (here or in PM after you send your reservation fee)

Also I will refund reservation fee if GB doesn't go ahead.

OP edited with this information.

I consider my wallet a very worthy cause..... ;D

Seriously though, I have to agree with MrTeal on his point.

Sorry, that's still not very clear. Are you saying that you will keep 40% and donate 60% for people who do not follow through with orders in the event that the group buy does go ahead, but that you will refund the reservation fees if the GB fails to reach 200 units?

If the GB will fail to reach the 200 mark, I will refund everyone their full reservation fee.

If the GB will reach the 200 mark, I will keep 40% and donate 60%.

.... he said, thru gritted teeth  :-*

kidding.  :D

Reservation Payment and PM sent

Edit --- **** only want 2, been up for 45 HRS.  Keep the change. 

Perfect, much clearer. Thank you.

.04 Sent, thanks.

Reservation Payment and PM sent

reservation and payment sent

very interesting. any better deals available if I want 5 units?

ill be keeping on eye on this. Nice idea.

naaaaah it's not for watching, it's for reserving units... the quicker we get to 200, the quicker they ship  :o

well ill still be watching regardless of your thoughts for now :)

what if you blink and it sells out? you'll have missed out  8)

I just reserved 16 units, thanks!

Tx ID: 7f715af4a98eb9a372b2df4a13062629911b783b0ff58bffb9109e1b3c725a39

then I will be forced to admit defeat haha it is a great deal though. I am torn between the SP20's and S5 at this point, that is my only hesitation. I know SP quality is there and I have been happy with BMT products so far but I am unsure of the S5 design... decisions decisions.

wow, only 500$ with shipping included, this clearly beats BitMaintech's AntMiner S5 !

^^ see?  :D

well, i also have S5 arriving so i'll pop up a review upon arrival and you can make your mind up in your own time.

for 500$ with shipping included ? SP20 all the way !
S5 has no room for OC, while you can use SP20 at 500w and 1000 GH/S and also use it at 1600 GH/S for 1200 W !

how stable are they underclocked that low though? the S5 would have about the same efficiency for about $90 less, shipping included. Current rate with shipping included for 2 units from BMT website 2.769 BTC ( 910.658 USD )

EDIT: assuming the S5 are stable to begin with haha

Extremely stable. Read the legendaries review.

Underclocked SP20's are one of the most stable miner i've known... fluctuating by only 3 or 4 GH/s - if you have never owned an SP-Tech rig, then i'd seriously advise getting one to see for yourself.

fantastic, thank you :)

I bought 2 previous through Holiday deal and reserved 2 more in this GB, I can tell you once you get one in your hands you will want more.
I have S2's, S3's, S3+'s, S4's and Tubes and hands down the design and build alone of the SP20 is heads above anything else currently out there (haven't seen a S5 yet). You won't go wrong with this GB. 

how do you ship? dhl or ups?

ok ok ok.... I just reserved my spot for 2 :)

DHL mostly, sometimes FedEx.

PM'd

The big selling point on this GB is free shipping

/me chuckles  :D
it's like the last supper...

From where(country)?

Israel

PM'd

Thanks for setting this up guys. (RS and Spondoolies) I've recently made the decision to move from one supplier over to SP-Tech having sampled the water with the SP10 a while back and recently an SP20.  For a while now I've been contemplating the best way to transition, and then this offer came up and solved my dilemma in split second.  

So...just wanted to say that it's nice to see a company this responsive to its customers...and vice versa.

I'm in for 2.

We are half way there. The faster to 200 the faster the shipping!

I, myself, have reserved 2x sp20, i have PMed you !
Please confirm
Thank you !

I'm upping my order to 30 units (14 additional).

Transaction ID: 63b71bfc66f72e960f162ae73ef8b1368d3d6c3c62b92c34e79b8e6a32ef224a

I have reserved another 2 units !

Reserved two.  Are we going to get confirmation PM?

this is going crazy fast, much faster than I expected !
serious competition to BMT

Add 4 more to the total, just paid and PM'd you ... goodbye S3s, will be hashing purely on Sponds kit when they arrive.

... hoping Sponds might include a T-Shirt this time  ;D

We just need someone to organize a PSU group buy now ...

1 pair (2xSP20) reserved

True, quicker than I thought too ... but when you do the maths for the flexibility of over and under clocking, the SP20 wins hands down.

Along with their 'legendary' customer service, you just somehow feel more reassured about things.

clearly better performance than s5 !
anyway, with this rate we should get shipping by tommorow !

Are we there yet?
When shipping?

Me thinks Road might be a little busy right now to update the total counter  ;)

yeah, counter stuck since 124
I wouldn't worry about that

Live groupbuy counter (https://blockchain.info/address/1BbHy3JQiEMizLV2nWV3tDrfHzkaZtBLLV)

138
= 62 to go.

So I must be doing something wrong.  

I can give you $1000 and get 2 SP20s in a few days that maybe will get me $1000 in BTC back in roughly 105(ish) days time barring large swings in price/diff and cheap power.

-OR-

I can go buy $1000 worth of BTC right now which gives me almost 3 of them... again, right now.


All I see is the risk and not the payout. What exactly am I missing.  What are you gambling on?

it'd be a pretty boring world if we were all just like you huh?  ;)

Its not to say I am not a gambler but anything over 3 months payback is a no go for me.  That was a hard lesson learned.

yeah man, i hear ya. have a nice Christmas  :-*

some, like the OP who got 30, will sell on ebay, amazon for $750-800.
the count is actually at 146 units right now and someone even gave extra 0.001 BTC (paid 0.041) must be raskul  :)

You stole my line "If all the people would be the same, the place would be a boring world" :)


Different situations. Don't judge by the past when we were having +15% difficulty increase all the time. Now the difficulty stopped and even if it will go up it will go much slower than before. People are also using these miners as feet/room warmers so some may have different personal reasons that are different from yours.

I know.. remember your GB on the SP30> you told me off for batting down your trolls, just thought i'd get in quick this time before you had a chance  :P



...and... as philipma1957 quite correctly stated earlier last month... his SP20's (in his region with his power costs) will remain profitable all the way to 100bil difficulty. Now, my electric is not quite as cheap as his but i'm good til ~90bil. After that, i'll dig em out in winter every year.

GO GO GO.only 48 to go !

It's too bad you had to resort to deceitful advertising. This was a good deal without fudging the numbers.

You cannot get .5 J/GH and $.295/GH. If you run this at .5 J/GH you will be paying over $.6/GH.

The title character limit is small so fitting everything is hard. I did this kind of advertising on my previous GB and nobody complained. Also there are 13 links with reviews + efficiency graph so I am sure that everyone that is joining this already know what are they getting into.

 no now that I have become a Legendary member it has had 14 reviews.

It is great gear  but I now have 8 of them  no room.. well not enough power in house is more accurate.

I am getting an s-5 for demo review I will post comparisons.  


 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=872014.0

Replace the dash with an "or". It's only one extra character.

Ugh.. don't want SP20's  >:(

What was the ROI in fiat from HODL'ers who invested a year ago?  I'd say miners fared better than HODL'ers in the past 12 months...

Depends if they paid USD or BTC, and where they ordered from. :P

You get the most fiat by having the most bitcoins. Always calculate your ROI in bitcoins.

I don't know if I'd take that bet.  After the S-1, most miners wouldn't mine more btc than what it orig cost in btc to purchase them after power costs.  Now buying hardware, mining and then selling hardware and replace with newer equipment definitely made money.

You should always calculate your ROI based on BTC, even if you paid in fait for your miner. If you paid in fiat and if you hypothetically did not buy your miner then you could have purchased bitcoin.

This is especially true considering how both the price of bitcoin and the difficulty increased last year for all the people who got suckered into buying preorders

Not the ROI discussion all over again. Please!

Ok, how about put me down for 2 units then?

It's done. Thanks!

I imagine I just missed the boat, but if not, I'd take 2 units too

The 200 units mark is only for this GroupBuy offer, but the number of units is unlimited  ;D

 ;D

Does Spondoolies accept credit card eg. Visa as payment? Also, do I need to be legendary - or else I can't qualify?

Currently, only wire transfer or Bitcoins via BitPay.
Anyone can participate. The GB is run by the legendary RoadStress, hence the name.

Would like to join the GB.
Wanna buy 16 units SP20

0.32 BTC sent
Please check PM
thx

this means we only have 19 more units to go !
dear Spondoolies, get ready for shipping ^^

Added 2 for me :)

just 13 more to go and we are ready

I have no idea where I will put two more.  but I think I will toss in some placeholder money.



https://blockchain.info/tx/e5d55b6bbf09ab60d00049b82379bd222a31ff7b57b20ee96c5fd49375aa8099

so I sent .04 btc to reserve 2 more ,  I think only 11 are left.

It's RoadStress, not Roadtest

pretty close on the 200 mark, right ?
we are waiting for the product page for the GB !

What a mistake. I have a feeling philipma1957 will receive only one SP20. I will "test" the second one first  8)

Edit: Also no PM from you.

Count me in for 2.

PM and fee sent.

Merry Christmas to all.

just make a reservation for 4 units
Merry Christmas to all!!

Merry Christmas!

Edit: Just hit 200 units

take care guys
There is a Fake Legendary asking the money

Thank you. Will report him to mods.

Got it also, was just posting when I saw yours. The s is a 5 in the fakes name.

Don't forget also that payment is to be made directly to SP-Tech off of their website not in a PM / PM'd address. I believe that was part of the OP.

Edit* Forgot to mention also there is no deposit for the GB, there is a reservation fee but that isn't applied to the cost of the unit. Scammer didn't do a good job reading first or is hoping for someone to not have read and to send them the BTC.

Added 3 for me

We pass 200

Tagged that loser.

so what now? wait for an email from SPTech?

my bad pm sent with email address

I see all my gear testing has given me RoadStress

Same here
Type it in RED in OP

Done!

We already got over 200, when do we get the product page and when does shipping start ?

excellent deal, beats bitmain's S5, too bad SP20 can't be imported in my country

SP-Tech will publish the product page today and will contact everyone by email tomorrow.

Anyone ordering from Montreal ? I would like one of those ! (Cannot really take two)

any chance of further discounts since target is already passed with several days to spare? Id add several more to my order if a better price was available (such as $2500/6)

I'd be in for 6 more @ $2,500....

don't you think 500$ is already very low ?

Can you place an order for more then 200 units or is 200 the cut-off?

It would be fun to join in on this but I see it is past 200.

Yes, 200 was just the amount we needed to get to ensure the GB price.

you can still order even if it's past 200 !

We'll email each participant tomorrow.
You can also go ahead and order the SP20 you reserved here:
http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb

Thanks for all participants.
The GB is still open.

Order placed and paid :)

Thanks

paid!

order #3931

THANK YOU!

Transaction ID: 3cf5564dcbadc908546b3641cce7b498e2e9942ad2c57e251e7841c4f709f548

Sigh... I really want to, but I just can't. Even with the low prices it just doesn't make sense. Curse my expensive power. :P

order paid for, thank you! :)

Sweet, paid.

Wait, how do you get credit for your reservation fee?

You don't. 60% will be donated, 40% will go to RoadStress as payment for organizing.

you don't... the reservation fee doesn't apply to purchase price.

its just that, a reservation to be able to purchase at a certain price point

Well that's lame. OP should probably update the first post then, as the cost of the miner is not $500 and you cannot get two SP20's for $1000

yes it is :) cost of the miner is $500 if you pay the reservation fee to be eligible to purchase at that price haha It would be nice to get a little extra off with the fee though

But there is nothing available right now with a better power consumption. And nothing with a lower price. You just can't get anything better than this.

Order #3934 paid.

TX ID: https://blockchain.info/tx/3c691725e01776841744bccc16693737afc380d09095d8433062ba0660acb823

Thanks, sjc1490

It was explained early on.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=903286.msg9925485#msg9925485

Well, now that we published the link, you can "cheat" and buy direct, as long as the GB run.
It's unfair towards RoadStress.

Also, it's both disappointing, having sent my reservation fee, and unprofessional...

Well, the S5 does actually have better efficiency (if they hit their 0.51J/GH at the wall spec) unless you downclock the unit to ~1TH/s, at which point it's more expensive per GH/s than the S5. I won't get into that debate here though, as I actually do like the SP20 more.
I can only mine profitably at the current price of BTC until about 90B difficulty though, and I really have to massage the numbers to come up with a scenario where difficulty doesn't at least double before I pay off even a $500 (and $7 ;)) purchase price.

In a sense I agree but without RoadStress setting the GB up and most of us submitting a reservation fee then we wouldn't have access to this opportunity at all

We do expect future participants to pay the reservation fee.
From past experience, once the link was up, there were some people that didn't.
RoadStress selected small, but meaningful reservation fee, a bit more than half percent, on purpose.

Yes, and it is probably partially a miscommunication but I did ask if the deposit was refundable. A sentence that it isn't a deposit probably would have been appropriate, especially given the advertisement that the cost of two units is $1000.

come on dude, just enjoy the great deal !

I do want to get into it here.
Beside the obvious which is proven working design, you'll get the SP20 7-10 days before the S5. Do the math.

So now that the product page has been posted, when is payment deadline? Because I didn't think this would be posted until the 28th. I'm not at home with access to my BTC wallet until after Christmas.

No problem. The sooner you'll pay, the sooner we'll ship.

I also never said you'd get the S5 before the SP20, or that the S5 would be more profitable. Both those have too many factors to state absolutely. While I haven't actually attempted the math for a couple different difficulty curves, I would imagine running the SP20 full out now and downclocking it in response to difficulty would make it decently more profitable than the S5 almost all the time.

That doesn't change the fact that the spec of S5 is more efficient than the SP20, unless you underclock the SP20 to below the hashrate of the S5. I even gave you the caveat that they have to meet their spec for that to happen. :P

It's very similar to RoadStress previous two GB.
Anyway, I don't know how he could have made it more clear:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=903286.msg9925806#msg9925806

Fair enough.

Cant you just cross check orders made thru the GB link with a list from RoadStrees who reserved and paid the fee?

RoadStress deserves the fee small fee for setting this up, not to mention 60% will be donated.

We can, but we prefer to ask people nicely not to do it.
RoadStress definitely deserve the fees.

Ordered and Paid. Order#3936.

Thanks RoadStress and Spondoolies.

Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year

Of course, you would hope people do the right thing.

Thanks for clarifying. The way it was written sounded like you were accepting orders and would not confirm the reservation fee had been paid.

Looking forward to finally getting my hands on some Spondoolies gear.

Happy holidays!

I wasn't part of RoadStress's previous group buys.
Again, I know it's probably pedantic, but when I said
it would have been pretty simple to say "No, the fee is not for people who do not follow through with orders, it is for all orders" or just "No"
Instead he basically just echoed what I said but removed the part that would make the .02 a deposit as opposed to a fee.

I really don't have a problem with the idea of the fee, but you shouldn't advertise the units as $500 shipping included since no one (who isn't cheating) can buy them for that price. It's not even like it's a one time fee that will asymptotically approach $500 if you buy enough. :P Each unit costs $506.50.
Pedantic? Maybe. It's similar to advertising 0.5W/GH - 0.295$/GH though. It's intentionally misleading as it implies you can have both those things at the same time. You can argue that it's never claimed that both numbers are valid at the same time, but it still comes off as slimy and really the product is good enough that you don't need to resort to tricks like that.

Happy Holidays  :)

I have no issue with the small reservation fee. RoadStress has done a good service and deserves some renumeration for his time.

Thanks again RS

It is in the OP. Read it again please and let's stop this reservation fee madness. This GB has the same rules as my past GBs and nobody complained so I don't understand why the beef right now.




$4.2 will go towards cgminer and Armory as usual (since nobody proposed anything) and $2.8 will go in my pocket for my time organizing this. Yes I do value my time the same as you value yours. Luckily you can directly order now without paying the reservation fee so Santa came earlier for you this year. Happy hashing!

Updated OP:

LOL... No. I'll still pay the fee if I do order a couple. After all, it's not a surprise now what the cost will be. :)

It was never a surprise. You didn't fully read the OP.

RoadStress,
Thank you for organizing another successful GB.
I hope that people will continue to pay the reservation fees.

Guy

Was the following line
In the original post made on the 23rd or added in an edit?

Thank you for having me organize this GB.

If nobody has anything against it I am considering sending/donating 1BTC to the r/millionairemakers winner @ http://www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/comments/2q9ung/santa_is_real_thank_you_all_so_much_i_am_still_in/

That was in the original post. I have no problem in admitting what I add, edit or delete, but this isn't the case.

Alright, than I formally apologize for my misunderstanding. I still think you should advertise it as the all-in price, but it's my fault for not reading that line or really clarifying whether it was a deposit or a fee on top of the purchase price.

It fooled me too but what the fuck 1012 for 2 units is a good deal.

Thought there was 4 days left..
Won't have all btc til the 26th, When is the deadline for paying?

Don't worry.

No problem. Will try to make it more obvious next GB.


Note: Please note that while you can directly order the minimum number of units is still 2! Don't order 1 unit. Thank you.

:) Thanks. I might have just been in a bad mood; I was installing QT on a fresh machine today for my active wallet so I got to watch my BTC total rise and rise until I decided it was time to cash out my $10k worth of Bitcoin a little over 2 years ago to pay off a car since it had just surged up to $14 each. Makes me grumpy every time that happens. :P

Definitely a bigger gift than mine. Merry Christmas!

Ouch.

Yay ! Ordered and paid for. Thanks Roadstress for organizing this.

I've mostly come to terms with it, other than when my wife reminds me that I should have saved it and sold it at $1200. At least it wasn't a BTC10k pizza. :)

I am in for one unit


Do you ship from Europe the miner?

Well, my wife is upset that I didn't buy at $0.5 back in 2011

Please read the OP. Minimum 2 units.
We ship to Europe

too bad. I was thinking of ordering 1 unit for starters...

sweet, paid, hoping to get it soonish

Ordered and paid for. Thanks Roadstress for organizing this
 order number, #3951

Edit: Nevermind, had my values incorrect.

Ordered and paid for.  Order number : #3955

Thanks RoadStress for organizing this. Great GB.

If anyone is in the UK/EU and wants to order just one unit, I am happy to help if Roadstress/Spondoolies doesn't mind, I can order two and send one on to you.

If I get charged VAT then you'll have to pay that, shipping from me to you in the UK will be under £8 door to door or £6 if you can get to a UPS pickup point. Europe at cost and I will only pass on shipping expense at cost. PM me if interested. Note: This is just if you are after a single device, anyone who wants more than one just buy them on their own.
P.S. don't forget to send your donation to RoadStress for the sale. (See OP)

That is good I am waiting on some coins to confirm.

I think will pay for  it on Christmas.

If we paid Roadstress we won't be contacted now to finish it?  We just go to the website and complete our order? 

We'll email all participants, but you can also simply go to the link and pay:
http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb

If it was me I would follow the same steps as the first 200, pay the tiny fee to Roadstress, PM him, then order on Spondoolies website.

Yes, this is the best course of action.
If you already paid the tiny reservation fee and PM RoadStress, no need to wait for the email from us which will arrive later today.

Thank you RS and SP...  And for those who thought I may not have I did pay the reservation to RS and I am glad he set this up for us!  I just did not have an easy way to read the thread till just now so I wanted to get a quick clarification :)

No go to the correct website via the link provided by spondoolies-tech above.


it was in this post

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=903286.msg9936831#msg9936831

this is the link

http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb

That was fast :) My miners are on their way already

i looked in on my order page after seeing this,

it went from unfulfilled to fulfilled

 ;D

same here, Order #3955 on their way  :D

... and an email from the lovely Katya.

 :)

Noob here!

1QCLkE5PxwMogjH2tywdKpWbwDoq8meyZ2 is the wallet to send the money?

thx!

For every order there is a different address. When you go to checkout you will see yours

Nice deal on SP20s!

SCAM SCAM SCAM
PM:   Today at 10:26:27 AM    SP20 group buy address    Spondoolies-Tech.
SCAM SCAM SCAM

Carefull as you may get an pm from Spondoolies-Tech. notice the ''.'' after Spondoolies-Tech!

I don't understand - Do I have to wait for an email from Spondoolies-Tech for my reservation
Or I have to make an account @ http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb and put an order there ?

EDIT: I prefer to receive an email

Do I copy paste the assigned bitpay wallet and exact amount of btc into the Quick Send tab on my blockchain wallet?
As i said, noob alert! sorry!

Shure exact same address witch bitpay generate at final with exact same amount! After payment you`ll see your order as paid.

Answer a few quotes above:

REMEMBER EVERYONE YOU HAVE TO ORDER A MINIMUM OF TWO!

Your order was placed successfully.
You've just purchased this
2x Roadstress's SP20 Special Holiday GB - SP20

Your Order ID is: #3973

Damn i was so afraid to send my few month's worth of btc...
Thank you!

order number  3974  is paid.  I gave myself a Christmas present!.


https://blockchain.info/tx/1bb66fb6264b66f4b0699d7e85c23b28675f9ef30f218964e0b5bf90502a2269


This will bring me to 10.

too risky for me to order with btc price going down.

maybe next time.

Congrats. Now you know how to use bitpay in the future :)


+1! Don't forget about this everyone that is new here.

I wonder how long this GB will last. Has SP-Tech mentioned this?

I am hoping they sell out soon. But I am hoping this since I have 10 and can't run more then that.

Also I don't want the sp20 to be like the gridseed blade started at 3000 usd  ended at 100 usd. 
One fear I have is sp20's drop to 300 usd and s-5's drop to 250 usd   fast really fast.
I prefer a slower pace for drops.

Heheh..yeah I totally understand where you are coming from. I think some sort of bottom price will be found soon. On the reseller market these should maintain competitiveness with the S5 for quite a while even though the S5 is slightly more efficient.

I don't know about you guys but I for one would love it if they lowered the price on the SP35s as well to be almost price competitive with the SP20s (I understand that the PSUs in the SP35 add an additional cost that is likely approaching almost the cost of a standalone sp20).

Hmm, SP20s at 300 :) I'll go for that ;)

Look at the counter in the first page.

28 December 23:55 CET ??? if true then i need more btc!

The rest of us don't.

Competition is good for the consumer unless the race leads to a death spiral for a company.

I don't see either blinking yet.

I see the counter has exceeded the group buy minimum. Is it to late to join?

.06BTC to reserve two units, correct?

Thanks

go by the countdown, gb still alive ;)

GB is alive, but you only need 0.04 for 2 units.

Also edited OP since it was causing confusion.

"All transactions are secure and encrypted, and we never store your credit card information. To learn more, please view our privacy policy."

There is only bank deposit and bitcoin, no credit card ?

Thanks

does the christmas 50 $ off coupon apply to this offer too ?

How long does the shipping from Israel to Texas usually take?  :)  Place my order at 2am Central and got the shipping notification already before 10am this morning.  I am just a little bit anxious to play with them lol.  Haven't had anymore miners since May so should be fun just to play with this time. 

I tried. Did not work

That's correct.

they are fast.  you get them on monday.  if it was not for christmas I would say sat .

Got my shipping notification and submitted the DHL customs forms. Will be replacing a couple A1 rigs :) Whee !

Damn! is that in the email?

If I could get another $1000 worth of BTC I'd buy 2 more.  I am glad I sold all of mine when I did, but of course now the ability not to purchase it instantly has me stopped LOL!

Order ID #3984 just paid for x4 SP20s.

Thanks RoadStress and Sponds, a nice GB this one.

Buyer's check your email from SPT, if DHL is the shipper I think you have to complete the Power of Attorney and send back to DHL. Not !00% as previous orders were with UPS and no additional paperwork was needed. Sent mine back to be on safe side.

Perhaps only for the DHL shipping option - It's what I chose as I've found it's the timeliest solution for delivery to the USA.

Having said that, I've never had to fill out one of these forms before when receiving via DHL.

You're joking, right? I've received miners from DHL before and never had to fill out a form. Grrrrr.

I'm in Texas and am wondering if there are custom fees, if so how much?
Thought i'd ask before deciding to buy 2 or 3

Never in past and don't expect this time. Appeared the form just gives them the right to act as your agent with customs.

Oh i see, thanks :)

Looks like they have changed the web page now, so it forces a minimum of 2 :)

That being said if you want one of these great miners but can't stretch to two for some reason, then my offer still stands:

The DHL tracking says my package is in Cincinnati and has cleared customs. And I didn't fill out the form. So I don't think it's really necessary.

It was always MOQ 2 pieces!

Thank you!!!  picked up 6 more with this deal... wish we had seen this a week ago, we would have saved 1k.

Jim


edit:...  lol, it wasn't around a week ago!!

I can confirm that I also received the papers from DHL to fill out but have not done so and DHL shows my package in Cinni, OH. and states "Unless there is an adhoc exam or a stop by another regulatory authority the shipment will proceed to delivery"

So It does look like the forms are not needed. I will update in the event something changes.

2 units in hand, gotta say guys, that is impressive. Nice work RoadStress and Spondoolies!

That was fast! Grats!

Thank you.

no when the special link first went live it let you order single units. A few people got caught like that. The changed the MON on the site and put a nice red sign saying min 2 items and that anyone who had ordered one would have their order canceled.

To be part of the GB it was a minimum order of 2 so yes it was always 2. The ST site just didn't say it at first.

Mine are on holiday in Germany. Special event: on hold due to DHL out on beer duty.

 stay under 2500 usd and you are fine


hmm mine do not show any shipping info at all?  I must have paid too slowly.

https://blockchain.info/tx/1bb66fb6264b66f4b0699d7e85c23b28675f9ef30f218964e0b5bf90502a2269

  I paid on the 25th. Got a paid email on the 25th.

Edit : Yeah I had stuck coins I see those that got shipped  paid about 10 hours earlier then me. Looks like monday or tues for me.

Under 2500 is just for products from Canada / Mexico.

DHL may charge a processing fee for clearing it in customs, but that's normally only for larger shipments otherwise in the US its considered tax free.

#3978   Dec 25, 2014   paid   unfulfilled   $1,000.00

I'm so jelly of those that have actually received a confirm.  I ended up waiting a day because I thought I'd receive an email from SP. Guess I won't be seeing it Monday after all. :(

Order 3934  Dec 24, 2014    paid    fulfilled    $1,000.00

DHl tracking info shows delivery 30th Tue. SE US

Shows  (LEJ) Leipzig/Halle Airport (Germany)

I feel like an idiot, I just bought a bundle of 3 and hadn't seen this thread before.

Bah!

Buy 2 more  :D

Spondoolies folks,

I got a couple upset emails from the folks at DHL I thought I would pass along.

---

This is an import shipment.
 
Can you confirm who told you to fill and an export POA?
 
I am getting a lot of these requests the same as yours and just trying to figure it out.
 
I will forward your IMPORT request to the import team for process.
 

Good call, decided to buy 5 instead tho.

Thanks xmas money.

Yeah, it sure would be nice if someone would explain the strange and unnecessary paperwork that was sent along with the order details.

where do you receive awb, tracking number? i refresh my email every minute but ain't got shit!
do i need to make an account on SP site?

It's the weekend here. No nee to refresh every minute.
What's your order # ?

#3973!
I know you got friday and saturday free, I just hoped it got sent out before your week-end ;D

The order was done too late on Thursday, it will ship on Sunday (flight leaving on Monday)

Thank you very much! :)

I'm in, #4018.

I'm unclear on reservation fee.  Is it 0.04 for qty 2, or is it 0.06 for qty 2?  Is a PM still necessary?

M

EDIT: Fee paid, d2a732a253d93b10140977cee0c79cc5e6362d1b6019e198807ebc6f59e969df-000.

0.04 is minimum as the moq=2 and you will add .02 for every extra unit! hope u got it
u can bypass the pm and order directly in here http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb after paying the fee

i got mine bundle 3 units (633 each) and 16 units from GB(500 each) today. :D
Delivery really fast.

Happy mining. If you want a special price on 50, PM me.

DHL needs Power of Attorney and tax id in order to be able to release on customers’ behalf. Sometimes they request more documents (e.g. as proof of Tax ID)

Usually a PoA is required by the shipper not the receiver, it gives DHL or the carrier permission on behalf of the shipper that DHL is acting in the shippers interest to get the package to the receiver.

Our DHL rep said to just ignore them (at least ones sent to us).

We'll re-check and ask DHL IL to verify and sync with DHL US.

Yea we've been told to ignore it, and never needed one prior. It might be needed in some cases but not all.

This really grates on my nerves. I payed for my order (#3949) in full on 12/24 (Wed)  and haven't got even a shipment notification yet.

If I'm not mistaken, shipping companies in Israel still observe Christmas as a holiday then Friday / Saturday are the weekend.

checking

Please check on #3978 also. :)

Thanks.

Your order was shipped and already released from customs.
We missed sending you an email notification. It will be fixed soon.

That's what I figured, hoping order #3984 paid on 25th might ship tomorrow ... along with a T-Shirt  ;D

Great, thanks, I appreciate your attention very much.

mine is order 3974   I paid on 12/25 

I am hoping for info on shipping soon. 


It just became sunday in Israel

 1:20 AM IST on Sunday, December 28

Order #3974 was paid too late on Thursday, it should be shipped today. The flight out is tomorrow (Monday)

yeah I had the coins tied up I knew it was going to cost me a few days time for shipping.

How about selling one unit in one hands? Haven't enough money to buy tho of them...   :'(

I'm in for six, reservation sent! TXID: d0958cd05748bf9df3374756b8ed11e3ad3cc723dbe4e71996019896e5f93ae3

No PM, but thanks for joining!

@ RoadStress

Will Spoondolies be sending the hardware direct to customers or will you be rerouting the hardware and reship it to it's final destination?

Mine was direct ship from SPT, ordered and paid 24th and due for delivery Tuesday. SE US.

All orders will be shipped direct from Spondoolies to the customer, and pretty fast (got my tracking today).

Got mine today too, but can't figure out where the tracking number is with all of the bar codes. :P

I typed the airway bill # and got tracking results

Got it thanks.  It doesn't like the spaces between numbers.

Shipping will be directly from Spondoolies Tech (as above mentioned)


Group Buy extended until 2015!

Hey team,  I just received a scam PM -- please remember that no one should be sending payment requests via PM.  Here's the content of the PM from "Spondoulies-Tech" for your future reference:

My bad--I was always a second rate boy scout because I sometimes skipped reading the instructions completely!  I'll shoot you a PM now, although I've already completed the order via the link.

Cheers.

Please report him to the mods. Thank you.

i want to buy 20 unit.

SP, but if you purchase directly from the official website?

http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb

Reservation fee is a courtesy to RoadStreas, read the PM.

Great deal. My mini farm units were delivered this morning and my group buy units should be here today as well. WooHoo!

Now I just need to get the hell out of work.

Order shipped and is in route--thanks for the exceptional service!

Ill have my two units this afternoon. Fantastic shipping time :) I am excited to see how they perform.

Woohoo! :D

My toys are in the air, underway to my country!

If tax customs not too high, i may buy 2 more units ;D

WARNING

DO NOT SEND ROADSTRESS ANY BTC.

HE IS A KNOWN SCAMMER, NOTORIOUS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIRTUAL MINING CORP:


NO ESCROW?  -> PROBABLY A SCAM

PRE-ORDER? -> PROBABLY A SCAM

JUST SAY NO TO ROADSTRESS' NO ESCROW PRE-ORDERS

While I can not attest to the claims your making, this is a legit deal. It's not a pre-order. Already received my miners from SP, and appreciate RoadStress putting together the GB (his 3rd successful one).

lol don't pay any attention to him, he's just trolling...I guess he got bored with the HashFast thread and he's looking for new drama in his life.

stop being dumb. Roadstress was approved by SP-T and simply acted to co-ordinate an MOQ=200 to achieve a special price by spondoolies for anyone smart enough to not buy at website price. I paid roadstress his small fee and ordered via the SP-T website. all legit with a tracking number already.

ps: does the reservation fee effect anyone who knows the SP-T site link? not sure what stops someone paying the fee for 2 (if any) units and ordering 20 from SPT

With all due respect, please fuck off.

Given your involvement with Hashfast, you have forfeited the right to sound alarms on these forums given your well known shilling and reality distortion.

Ok, I haven't looked back at the Hashfast fubar, but your comment just made me lol.  I think it was the 'With all due respect' :)

It was salty and astute thats for sure, but I do like raskuls character analysis of the person in question here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=262052.msg9918000#msg9918000)  ;D

It's possible to order directly from our web site without paying the reservation fee.
We'll honor the order, but we ask people kindly not to do it out of courtesy to RoadStress.

Looks like my order went through italy and UK on its route to canada :)
S5 will be in my hands first thing tomorrow morning, and hopefully the Sp20 units will arrive in the afternoon or wednesday! Looking forwards to playing with both and choosing a winner (SP20 looks like a winner on technical prowess, but the S5 may be cheaper to build

BERGAMO - ITALY?
thats like 2500km from Tel-aviv plus another 2000km to me!
they could have sent it directly to my country ~1500km

s5 is not only cheaper to build, it got plastics!!! the sides are made of plastics :o
looking unfinished and with plastic sides, that's a nice miner :-\

Was there an escrow? Was it a preorder?

No and no. The units shipped directly from Spondoolies immediately after payment was confirmed. This was certainly not a scam! The units shipped from stock by a trusted manufacturer. This was probably the easiest, quickest ASIC purchase I have ever made.

First 2 showed up this afternoon.  Plugged in and hashing within 10 minutes...  Both running at ~1300Ghs each (.62v @ 180W) fans on 20 in the garage ... VERY impressed so far.

Two more tomorrow (or Wednesday) are supposed to be delivered.

Tomorrow ordering my final pair when Coinbase comes through with my btc.

Now I need to move the first set of 4 to our shop where my 120A worth of 240V twistlock plugs and PDU's are.  Def. nice having 2.6TH/s currently running at ~1000w (on 110) compared to running 2TH/s at 2000-2100W.

EDIT** Looking back at it in April/May I had 19-20TH/s running and it took almost 85A of power to do that with Dragons, FrankenJups, etc...  So much power :(

Hi!

Can i join?
Im from Philippines! :)

Thanks advance
and
God bless!!!!!

Yes! even if you live in Antarctica! :P

Need your help guys!!!  16awg wire, at the 6pin, is good for sp20? what about 18awg? thank you!

+1

He's been put on ignore by the majority of users on the hashfail thread and now he needs a new group of miners to satisfy his trolling.
I've been more than happy with all the organising that RS has done on our behalf and intend on leaving him +ve trust as soon as i get home.

Got my two units yesterday afternoon. Shipped from almost the other side of the world, made it to me in less than 7 days during the most busy shipping time of the year due to holidays and not a scratch on them. Cant wait to have them up and running tonight.

thanks again to RoadStress for setting this up and to Spondoolies for making a quality product.

16awg if you plan to push the unit past 1.2TH. Must be good quality wire if you want to push past 1.5TH

don't know that word underclock :P
cables are from sidehack!

Sure. Order away!

That's not the way express couriers work. :P If you ask really nicely, maybe SP will add a hot-shot courier option for you. Only $3000 per unit. :)

Anyone in Canada only wnat one ?? Let me know!  ;D

PM me what you're looking for.

Done!  ;)

2 more on the way LOL!

If I could just get another 2btc I'd order one last pair.  LOL!

How much with the pair? Is it 2BTC only? With free shipping???


Thanks advance
and
God bless!!!!!

Awesome! 

3.1 or 3.2btc.  I am just short on BTC at the moment lol

The Sp20 really is a quality machine.

When I ordered mine, they were shipped in less than 24 hours. 8)

Thanks for the group buy!

mine Went from Israel to Italy to Germany next stop is USA I hope.

The delivery date was  Tues .

 Gotta love DHL  maybe weds.

My hair-drier and vacuum-cleaner is here!!! ;D

First toy:
Mining Rate: 1630.85Ghs

Temp Front / Back T,B    16 °C / 64,60 °C
Fan Speed    80
Start Voltage    0.69 / 0.69 / 0.69 / 0.69
Max Voltage    0.75
Max Watts    288 / 288 / 288 / 288

Best Share    947198
Miner time    Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:32
System Uptime    33 min 2 sec
CGMiner Uptime    31 min 23 sec


Second toy:
Mining Rate: 1632.78Ghs



Temp Front / Back T,B    13 °C / 66,58 °C
Fan Speed    80
Start Voltage    0.69 / 0.69 / 0.69 / 0.69
Max Voltage    0.75
Max Watts    288 / 288 / 288 / 288

Best Share    2290423
Miner time    Wed, 31 Dec 2014 14:23
System Uptime    43 min 54 sec
CGMiner Uptime    40 min 12 sec



Thank you RoadStress!

Thank you Spondoolies-Tech!

how exactly do I get the discount ???

can I still? Thanks

By making your purchase here: http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb
6 and half hours left!

*sigh* i spend all of my extra muneeh to upgrade my PC  :'(

iguess i miseed the sale ??? why would i pay 695 now after they selling them for 500....

It should still be up.

M

try this link:


http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb

it was working a minute ago.


oh I came to page to say my last two came today.  I am now running 9 sp20's and 1 s-5.

thats pretty nice bro. I would like to buy but I dont have quite enough coin yet. I hope the link stays up longer id like to have this unit. I didn't know the min order was 2 units so im short about half the coin. I can either wait to mine more or try to buy coin on new years :/

I am picking up a couple of these and will of course shoot some coin to Mr. Roadstress.
In checking out at spoondoolies using BTC it seems to want to open a local btc client on my PC. Is that normal?
Like it is trying to open my bitcoin core wallet?
My coin isn't there anyway, I am moving it online from cold storage

The check-out system uses a "bitcoin:" link, which many wallets associate with on Windows and Mac OS machines.  It's normal, but please exercise caution and check to make sure the addresses are correct and add up!

Cheers.

ahhh file association, I should have realized it, just very nervous about phishing attempts.
I didn't transfer enough in, well I did, but then the price changed and I didn't have enough so start over haha. The bitcoin confirmations seem to take too long. The beta version addresses that though I thought I read. v10.x?

and my order is confirmed. Thanks guys for all of you who allowed me to get on the caboose of this train and order a couple.
I feel like I am getting closer, now to work on my power bill haha.

I hope this promo will end on January 31 2015. :3

Showing out of stock now, so looks like its ended.

 :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(
I think Bitmain is my only chance. :(

Due to the demand, we've added more units.
You can order directly here: http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb, but we ask you kindly to pay the reservation fee as well as courtesy to RoadStress

how much/how do i pay the res fee? and how much longer will the sale be running? Everything is closed tonight and its nearly impossible for us to get instant btc.

See OP

so do i send the reservation fee w/order funds @ the same time? Does the reservation verification delay my shipping? Thanks

i would advise

1. send reservation fee to roadstress.
2. PM roadstress with your info
3. go to GB page on SP-Tech website
4. place your order

it can be done in minutes no need to wait for verification

You don't even have to send the reservation fees if you don't want to. But you're a total dick if you don't.  ;)

quite.

Hi Spondoolies-Tech!!!!!!!!!!

How many days for the extended time?

Sorry my English is very BAD  :'(

Thanks advance
and
God Bless!!!!!

Woah!

I think this is a SCAM :/

http://prntscr.com/5n8y66

missing letter "i" on the Spoondolies.

It is. Never send BTCs to addresses you get in a PM.

Few more days.

Nice move SP team, this price point is the current sweet spot.

Yeah, i think i like Spondoolies than Bitmain now  :D

I would advise using UPS for US orders. I paid Spondoolies-tech 2 weeks ago for a batch of SP20s for resale, and I have yet to receive any units.

Did DHL lose them?  Mine are suppose to arrive on Friday--they've cleared customs in Cincinnati already.

Crazyguy you are Dallas or Austin right?  Either way with DHL I had 2 units delivered on Monday (Ordered on Christmas "Morning" (2am)), two units came in yesterday that I ordered on Sunday.  I have 4 more coming in on Monday that I ordered late Tuesday night.  Did you receive any shipping info because 2 weeks ago would have been a Fedex or UPS shipment correct since I think that was the only option to the states.

I paid on 12/18 and my units were shipped on 12/23. They spent some time with customs in Tel Aviv, then customs in Cincinatti. They made it to Dallas Monday, but my delivery driver decided to take them off the truck and delay delivery for Tuesday. Someone else at the distribution hub then accidentally sent them back to Cincinnati, where they sit on hold right now. Due to the holidays, I don't expect to receive anything until next week. DHL has done this to me before and I have lost confidence in their US operations.

Yesterday honestly I was expecting the same.  I've had decent luck with them (knocking on wood).  Now I have had Fedex do this multiple times since I live in a gated neighborhood (but what came down to it every time was just driver (same one the Overnight driver) wanting off early (so he can write off an entire neighborhood)).  Either way it sucks so hopefully they get their stuff right and actually deliver to you this time!

DHL lazy attitude: I had two GB units delivered on Tue, BUT DHL had them on Monday 7:30am, but decided NOT to put on the trunk because the delivery date was Tue (12/30). The driver told me that they do it routinely. How inconsiderate is this?

EDIT: I am also in Houston and also in a gated neighborhood, same problems with FEDEX, etc trucks

That is the norm for all carriers, early delivery is an exception and most times the general rule is to not deliver early.. In some cases it's obvious it's silly if the circumstances are right but overall it's a logistics issue if package handlers make unilateral decisions like that..

Agreed, delivery companies can be troublesome at times, however ...

My GB SP20s were shown to be delivered on Wednesday by DHL (UK) website, and they REALLY surprised me and delivered a day early on Tuesday.

Not happened before and probably won't again ...

mine the same. i think they just added 24 hrs to every delivery in their schedule over the festive days.

Wow...  Yeah I got "lucky" mine said Tuesday delivery as well but I had been going back and fourth on the hole Export document.  I got an email at 8am from the lady that said it was being delivered on that day (Monday), but I got the text notification that I had a delivery scheduled Tuesday that night (after I already had gotten the packages).

Yeah the FedEx overnight guy in Friendswood I think does it on purpose when it's something I need LOL!  Usually its a car part that I needed that day for one of our cars lol!

The DHL site wouldn't give me an estimated date.  However it showed up 2 days after shipped around the world.

I also don't recall seeing a way to pick shipping methods on this bundle. 

Lastly.. UPS seems to have taken 12/31 off here.  I had a package coming from NewEgg that showed arriving at the local drop the night of 12/30.  And there it sat all day.  Usually UPS is pretty good, so who knows.

M

Talked to my UPS driver yesterday and he said Ground wasn't moving at all on 12/31, so much so he couldn't even take my ground pickup when he dropped off some 2 day packages...

Hi Roadstress!

Can you edit the time? Please :3

Thanks advance
and
God Bless!!!!!

Done!

Thanks for the GB Roadstress.  I had held off buying SP equipment because of the combined equipment and delivery cost.  But this deal makes it all worth it and is the best available from any manufacturer right now.  Bought 3.  My only regret is I have to ship them right to my out of state hosting location.  Can't deal with the sound in the office.
Thank you SP for a deal that makes sense!

Thanks again for the GB.  Just grabbed another 4 units.  Not sure where I'll stick them yet, but these last few days have shown me that these are quality units and the SP-T support folks really put forth an effort to help.

Quick question:  When the ASIC tab shows its using 890 watts, do I need to divide that by .8 to get an approximation at the wall assuming 80% efficient PSU? 

I don't know how it's doing it, but at stock with 2 Corsair HX850, one unit is running 1683 @ 890w.  Seems pretty good to me and close enough to 1.7T.

No the PSU is only delivering 80% of what its pulling from the wall to give you 890Watts, its closer to 1120W at the wall

K, I figured I needed to to divide by .8 to get the wall pull.  Just wanted to make sure.

Mine are also apparently stuck in customs in Cincinnati.  I suppose there is nothing we can do about it but wait.

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall

I noticed SP-T lowered the price of the 15 & 3 pack to less than the GB.  Can I get a little love thrown back my way since my order for 4 hasn't been filled yet?  :-*

I haven't found the ~0.9 divisor to be accurate.  I used 0.9 to estimate running two SP20's off one EVGA 1600 G2.  The ASIC Stats page showed ~620W each—and they ran, though one took a few tries to boot.  Then I bought a Kill-A-Watt - and what I calculated (1240/0.9) to be 1378 at the wall, actually measured 1620 (120V).  I now run 3 SP20's off of two 1600's and like the increased headroom, but have since been pairing new SP20's with 1300W G2's, which I find the best bang for the buck.

Last day! Hop in.

How to buy this groupbouy ?
should I request to OP or just buy
from this link http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb ?

Read the OP instructions and use the link.

Ah, so I might have had that 0.9 'efficiency' powering only one unit, but I lost efficiency as the load increased with the second SP20 - netting me closer to the rated 0.8?  Got it, good to know, thank you!

No good PSU should drop down to 80% at full load. For something like the EVGA 1300W PSU, tests show it getting ~91% at 50% load and 87.5% at full load. 3.5 percentage points is still a decent drop, but nothing like 10%.

You're right, I looked up the 80 Plus spec, 80 Plus Gold is 90% @ 50% load, and 87% @ 100% on 115V.  So the difference in wattage reported on the ASIC Stats page versus ATW is not PSU, or not solely, but a mix of PSU and miner 'other'?  I'll have to do some more kill-a-watt testing...

Group buy finished now.

You can buy individually @ $595 + delivery or you can buy a pack of 3 @ $498 ea + free delivery.

Group Buy is CLOSED! Thank you everyone!

Thank you!

Ok so there are 2.94 BTC to be donated. I was thinking of donating them like this:
- 1 BTC to the /r/millionairemakers winner (see: www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/comments/2q9ung/santa_is_real_thank_you_all_so_much_i_am_still_in/) ;
- 1 BTC to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research (see: http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/join-teamhal-give100-wbitcoin-to-the-hal-finney-bitcoin-fund-for-als-research/) ;
- 0.5 BTC to ckolivas for cgminer and ckpool;
- 0.5 BTC to Armory.

Any complains/suggestions? 24 hours max.

I like it. :)

This looks good to me!

Not my BTC but they sound like good choices.

I'd give a lot more to ck and kano.  Just about every piece of ASIC hardware out there uses cgminer.  That's for a reason.

M

- https://blockchain.info/tx/206e2ca8efeafa1847dbeb903ebd9441a21695388eeda28e351c1b877186390e
- https://blockchain.info/tx/052143cf2a476a28eab80195f5842363936f17356ed5ef016de0bb6a0c9bbcbf
- https://blockchain.info/tx/42216f397b9ebd80cd9db35614134ece3673d1839cd03956cf553ab41cfe0581
- https://blockchain.info/tx/3cb6358bf0360959d88bf514b39bafdf72e116dd15f20fe1e4c8f9a42fe16621

See you next GB!

Going for a 15 pack? ;)