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Title: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 18, 2013, 05:16:05 PM This may or may not be a successful auction as I don't know if there is any demand for these devices or if the minimum price I am looking for is of interest to anyone, but I am going to give this a shot anyway.
I have two, fully functional Icarus FPGA miners that are available in this auction. Each mines at 380 MH/s (see screenshot below). The winner might choose to mine with these or the winner might choose to trade them in for priority access to Avalon Batch #2 (see below for details). Note, I do not guarantee anything with respect to the Avalon Trade-in process. The buyer takes on all risk associated with that trade-in process. These will be shipped from Wisconsin in the US. I will cover the costs of standard shipping (UPS ground or equivalent) within the U.S. I will also ship internationally via the US Postal Service (http://ircalc.usps.gov/) for $50 (in BTC based on the exchange rate at the time of payment). If the winner would prefer a particular expedited shipping method, I am willing to do that with the winner paying the actual cost of shipping. The rules for the auction are as follows:
Recommended bid styles: "I bid 5 BTC for 1 unit" "I bid 5.1 BTC each for both units" I reserve the right to cancel the auction if necessary for reasonable cause. If I do so, all bids are cancelled. I'm reserving this right simply because this is the first time I've done an auction like this, and want an escape hatch just in case I've missed something critical. (language stolen from casascius' auctions) My current cgminer output: https://i.imgur.com/ndiFAJK.png (https://i.imgur.com/ndiFAJK.png) Avalon Trade-in information that I have received: Quote Trade-In Situation After much thought, we believe we have figured out the best system for Trade-Ins that will allow people to continue to mine with their FPGA as long as possible yet still able to get their ASIC on the second batch on time. The process will work as follows: A week before batch #2 is ready to ship, we will make an announcement to those who wish to trade-in their last generation units to sent in their units, once we receive the units a custom order will be made for you to pay the difference depending on what you have trade-in, remember 1 trade-in discount/coupon is allowed per 1 Avalon unit. For clarification the shipping priority is as such: Sorted from Highest to Lowest. Developers - e.g. bitcoin core dev and other bitcoin contributor we feel deserve this treatment. Trade-Ins/Old Customers - your unit will ship soon as we receive the FPGA and you've paid the difference. Regular Batch #2 Customers - Unfortunately you are not special. Quote Those who wish to trade in your FPGA generation Icarus or Lancelot: it is time to package and RMA those units back to us. The address to sent Mr. Chen Xuyi Xin Zhong Fa Dian Zi Shi Chang, 2319# Zhong Guan Cun Da Jie 32 Beijing Hai Dian China 100086 or in chinese 陈旭宜 新中发电子市场，2319# 北京海淀区中关村大街32号 +86 13801156072 State on the Box this is a Icarus/Lancelot RMA, in the box include your contact information (name, email is a must!), once received we'll get in touch with you. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: ThePanCakeKid95 on April 18, 2013, 06:02:55 PM would you take 8 bitcoins for both?
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 18, 2013, 06:47:10 PM 9btc for both
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 18, 2013, 08:41:57 PM 9btc for both Even though that is a bit below what I originally posted as a minimum, I will accept that as a valid bid. So the current top bid is from greaterninja at 9 BTC for 2 units (4.5 BTC each). Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 18, 2013, 08:44:31 PM 9.5 for both
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 18, 2013, 08:47:22 PM 10.5btc I want to buy these asap...time = money. please let me know buyout price.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 18, 2013, 08:49:29 PM Practically speaking, because of my work schedule, there is no possible way for me to ship them any sooner that Saturday morning no matter what arrangements were made, so a buyout would not get them to you any sooner.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 18, 2013, 08:55:17 PM 11 btc for both
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 19, 2013, 12:56:07 AM Plus there are already bids placed. To sell it out from under them would be unfair.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 01:01:17 AM Plus there are already bids placed. To sell it out from under them would be unfair. I completely agree. My previous point was just that he shouldn't feel like there is an opportunity missed here, since, even if I had decided to not do an auction and just sell it straight out, it would not have resulted in faster delivery. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 19, 2013, 05:30:39 AM twmz, are you only accepting BTC or will you accept USD as well? Bid in BTC, then convert at market rate and pay that way? Possible or no?
Cheers! Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: shibaji on April 19, 2013, 09:48:22 AM The trade in assumes there is already existing batch 2 order, right ?
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 10:34:31 AM twmz, are you only accepting BTC or will you accept USD as well? Bid in BTC, then convert at market rate and pay that way? Possible or no? Cheers! BTC only, please. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 10:42:35 AM The trade in assumes there is already existing batch 2 order, right ? That is not my understanding. All I can tell you is what they told us: Back during the chaos of the Batch 2 orders website being unreliable, they told us to not worry about making batch 2 orders on the website. We were told that custom trade ins orders would be created as the FPGA devices arrived at their offices and that they would be fullfilled in addition to the 300 or whatever "normal" batch 2 orders they accepted. Again, I can't promise that they will actually honor that process. The uncertainty and risk here is one of the reasons I am selling these FPGA devices to someone else instead of just directly cashing in, myself, by getting an Avalon (which at today's difficulty makes something like 7-8 BTC per day). Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 19, 2013, 01:20:53 PM 6/ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 19, 2013, 02:04:39 PM 13 btc for both
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 19, 2013, 02:07:05 PM 7/ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 19, 2013, 02:09:11 PM 15 btc for both
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 19, 2013, 02:38:09 PM twmz, do you have a pic of the units?
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 03:38:02 PM twmz, do you have a pic of the units? I will take one when I get home from work (about 2-3 hours before the end of the auction). Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: shibaji on April 19, 2013, 07:03:59 PM The trade in assumes there is already existing batch 2 order, right ? That is not my understanding. All I can tell you is what they told us: Back during the chaos of the Batch 2 orders website being unreliable, they told us to not worry about making batch 2 orders on the website. We were told that custom trade ins orders would be created as the FPGA devices arrived at their offices and that they would be fullfilled in addition to the 300 or whatever "normal" batch 2 orders they accepted. Again, I can't promise that they will actually honor that process. The uncertainty and risk here is one of the reasons I am selling these FPGA devices to someone else instead of just directly cashing in, myself, by getting an Avalon (which at today's difficulty makes something like 7-8 BTC per day). In that case, it is likely that they will at least cross check that whoever is sending in the order, they were indeed the original owners (since this seems to be an honor system). In that case, why don't you send in one for me, I will pay you 10btc for 1, and then the difference in price, and then again additional 10btc (or more) if things work ? Would you agree to that ? You lose nothing and keep 10btc if the process falls thru, and may be just send me the icarus if that is returned back to you with additional shipping that I will pay to you ? Let me know - this route seems safer. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 08:21:48 PM In that case, it is likely that they will at least cross check that whoever is sending in the order, they were indeed the original owners (since this seems to be an honor system). In that case, why don't you send in one for me, I will pay you 10btc for 1, and then the difference in price, and then again additional 10btc (or more) if things work ? Would you agree to that ? You lose nothing and keep 10btc if the process falls thru, and may be just send me the icarus if that is returned back to you with additional shipping that I will pay to you ? Let me know - this route seems safer. No thanks. I am not interested in taking on the responsibility and challenge of shipping these back to China. At this point, I fully intend to let the auction run to it's natural conclusion this evening. Bid if you are comfortable, or don't bid if you are not comfortable. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 19, 2013, 08:29:15 PM 16btc for both.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 19, 2013, 08:46:17 PM 16.5 for both
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 10:45:32 PM Here are a few photos... (see more in this photo gallery (http://imgur.com/a/YDTvi)) https://i.imgur.com/yiOvO7Jh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/hcSdLOlh.jpg Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 19, 2013, 11:04:38 PM Thanks for the pics. 3h till close right?
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 19, 2013, 11:17:33 PM Thanks for the pics. 3h till close right? Roughly, yes. A little more than 2 hours 40 minutes from this post. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 19, 2013, 11:21:12 PM I shall be back in 2hr 35 minutes then :)
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 01:41:39 AM 8.4btc for one.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 01:53:25 AM Current leading bids:
greaterninja: 8.4 for the first unit scyth3: 8.25 for the other unit Auction ends in about 7 minutes unless there is another valid bid before 9pm central, 02:00 UTC. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 20, 2013, 01:57:14 AM 8.5 BTC for 1.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 01:57:33 AM 8.6 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 01:57:57 AM 8.6 for one.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 01:58:28 AM 8.7 if I got outbidded
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 20, 2013, 01:59:37 AM 8.7 for 1
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 01:59:53 AM 8.8
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:00:05 AM 9ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:00:12 AM 9
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:00:43 AM 9.3!
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 02:01:34 AM Please be clear on if you are bidding for one or both. Also as a reminder, the auction doesn't end until 15 minutes goes by without any valid bids, so you can feel free to take the time to type out your bid clearly :)
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:02:49 AM 10ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:03:10 AM I bidded like a crazy man. 9.3 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:03:46 AM 11 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:04:02 AM 11.1/ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 02:04:35 AM 11.5 for one.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:04:52 AM 12 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:05:36 AM how bout ya'll go bid on the other ic auction that is now live, I'll be taking these!
12.2/ea Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:07:00 AM 13 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:07:26 AM 13.1/ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:08:03 AM 13.5 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:09:19 AM 13.6/ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 20, 2013, 02:11:30 AM 14 BTC for 1.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:12:15 AM 14.5 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:12:29 AM 15ea
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 02:12:49 AM 15.5 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:15:08 AM 15.7 for one
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 20, 2013, 02:17:51 AM 15.6 BTC for 1.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 02:19:07 AM 16 btc for 1
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 20, 2013, 02:23:32 AM 15.8 BTC for 1.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:24:20 AM ya'll are going to be up for hours if you keep this up :P
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: scyth3 on April 20, 2013, 02:27:51 AM ya'll are going to be up for hours if you keep this up :P Yep, 16.2 for one Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: Bogart on April 20, 2013, 02:31:39 AM 16.1 BTC for 1.
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 02:35:01 AM 16.5 for 1
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: klrgoten on April 20, 2013, 02:47:05 AM wait for it... wait for it...
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 02:57:04 AM Wow, that was fun.
The winners are: greaterninja: 16.5 for one scyth3: 16.2 for the other PM me to arrange details or I am on IRC for the next hour or so if you want to work it out in real time... Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 03:48:17 AM Wow, that was fun. The winners are: greaterninja: 16.5 for one scyth3: 16.2 for the other PM me to arrange details or I am on IRC for the next hour or so if you want to work it out in real time... I PM'd you please send me BTC address to send my 16.5 btc to. Please also post it in this auction thread as well so I have evidence I'm sending you my hard earned money :) Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 03:55:54 AM I PM'd you please send me BTC address to send my 16.5 btc to. Please also post it in this auction thread as well so I have evidence I'm sending you my hard earned money :) Please send 16.5 BTC to 1tM6dMYy3obQjcjRRBh4UapUMo8qH82my in exchange for an icarus FPGA miner and PM me your shipping address. Thanks. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 04:00:25 AM I PM'd you please send me BTC address to send my 16.5 btc to. Please also post it in this auction thread as well so I have evidence I'm sending you my hard earned money :) Please send 16.5 BTC to 1tM6dMYy3obQjcjRRBh4UapUMo8qH82my in exchange for an icarus FPGA miner and PM me your shipping address. Thanks. Nevermind. We just decided via PM to do escrow via John K, so don't send me BTC to that address :) Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 04:01:38 AM I PM'd you please send me BTC address to send my 16.5 btc to. Please also post it in this auction thread as well so I have evidence I'm sending you my hard earned money :) Please send 16.5 BTC to 1tM6dMYy3obQjcjRRBh4UapUMo8qH82my in exchange for an icarus FPGA miner and PM me your shipping address. Thanks. Sent 16.5 btc right now. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 04:05:15 AM I PM'd you please send me BTC address to send my 16.5 btc to. Please also post it in this auction thread as well so I have evidence I'm sending you my hard earned money :) Please send 16.5 BTC to 1tM6dMYy3obQjcjRRBh4UapUMo8qH82my in exchange for an icarus FPGA miner and PM me your shipping address. Thanks. Sent 16.5 btc right now. I see the transaction. I will ship the FPGA miner tomorrow morning and PM you a tracking number as soon as I have done so. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 20, 2013, 04:07:11 AM please have signature confirmation i live in the ghetto :)
Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 04:09:32 AM please have signature confirmation i live in the ghetto :) Of course. To protect us both, it will require an adult signature so that they won't leave it just sitting on your porch, etc. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 20, 2013, 03:28:37 PM For the purposes of transparency, here is the current status:
greaterninja's unit: Payment was received and confirmed. Icarus miner was shipped to him this morning. Tracking number was PMed to greaterninja. sythe3's unit: We are using John K for escrow. John received and confirmed payment. Icarus miner was shipped to sythe3 this morning. Tracking number was PMed to both sythe3 and John K. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: greaterninja on April 23, 2013, 01:30:48 AM For the purposes of transparency, here is the current status: greaterninja's unit: Payment was received and confirmed. Icarus miner was shipped to him this morning. Tracking number was PMed to greaterninja. sythe3's unit: We are using John K for escrow. John received and confirmed payment. Icarus miner was shipped to sythe3 this morning. Tracking number was PMed to both sythe3 and John K. 1 x Icarus miner received . was shipped overnight. +1 and positive feedback for twmz! Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: twmz on April 24, 2013, 01:44:05 PM For the purposes of transparency, here is my final status update:
greaterninja's unit: Trade was completed successfully. Payment was received and confirmed. Icarus miner was delivered and greaterninja received it (and is happy as far as I know :) ) sythe3's unit: Trade was completed successfully. We are used John K for escrow. John received and confirmed payment. Icarus miner delivered to scyth3 and he tested it and authorized the release of his payment. I received the payment from John. All parties are happy and the escrow process was very smooth. Title: Re: [WTS] 2x Icarus FPGA Miners (mine with them or trade in for Avalon) Post by: John (John K.) on April 24, 2013, 02:10:08 PM For the purposes of transparency, here is my final status update: greaterninja's unit: Trade was completed successfully. Payment was received and confirmed. Icarus miner was delivered and greaterninja received it (and is happy as far as I know :) ) sythe3's unit: Trade was completed successfully. We are used John K for escrow. John received and confirmed payment. Icarus miner delivered to scyth3 and he tested it and authorized the release of his payment. I received the payment from John. All parties are happy and the escrow process was very smooth. I confirm my part in this and thank OP for the smooth and painless deal. |
