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Title: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: friedcat on September 01, 2013, 02:22:52 PM
Spec: Rated speed 336MHash/s.
         Powered by the USB port without any other power source.
         Electricity consumption as low as 2.5watts.

Facts: The world's smallest mass-produced Bitcoin miners powered by the world's first working ASIC chips.
          More colors of choice compared to the June and July batches.
          Designed and produced with souvenir usage in mind.

Resellers:
    US: eleuthria, CanaryInTheMine, SilentSonicBoom
    Canada: teek
    EU, Switzerland and North Europe: yxt
    China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau: rockxie
    Australia: leotreasure@gmail.com
    India: Pinwheel

If you are not in any one of the zones above, you can directly buy from us.

Former warranty conditions still hold. 2% extra non-warranty units will still also be included in our parcel.

Mailing address for sales: asicminer.usb@gmail.com.
Mailing address for support: asicminer.help@gmail.com.

To purchase, please send your full name/address/zip code/phone number to the mailing address for sales.

http://i43.tinypic.com/i59ml4.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/sz90yo.jpg


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Magazine on September 01, 2013, 02:26:26 PM
Hey, how much would it be for 20 units to the UK.

Thanks.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: mruiter on September 01, 2013, 02:38:49 PM
Would be handy dandy to mention that ultra low price of 0.05 BTC a piece somewhere 8P


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: dogie on September 01, 2013, 02:59:03 PM
Where is the price 0_O


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: bcp19 on September 01, 2013, 03:01:22 PM
Where is the price 0_O
Exactly... have they dropped to .01BTC yet?


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: candoo on September 01, 2013, 03:01:45 PM
he forgot the price :D


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: rammy2k2 on September 01, 2013, 03:05:34 PM
he forgot to add the price ... >:(

"Designed and produced with souvenir usage in mind." ... finally :)


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Magazine on September 01, 2013, 03:10:19 PM
he forgot to add the price ... >:(

"Designed and produced with souvenir usage in mind." ... finally :)


Yeah, I don't see people buying these for profit anymore

But hey, still a great gift and the people I give them to will not have to worry about ROI due to the fact they got them for free.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: 001sonkit on September 01, 2013, 03:11:49 PM
I will buy 1 Glossy polished metal USB miner for decoration if it is <0.05BTC


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Adamlm on September 01, 2013, 03:36:14 PM
Please tell the current price  :D


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: rammy2k2 on September 01, 2013, 03:47:38 PM
from other sources i understand new price is 0.29 BTC


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: whitefeather on September 01, 2013, 03:52:39 PM
"Low Price, Limited Quantity" --Friedcat


Define "low price"

Define "limited quantity"

Is this another inventory clearance like what we recently saw with the old blades?


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: SoggyLettuce on September 01, 2013, 03:54:21 PM
Considering the re-sellers are selling at as low as .17 I doubt it's .29....That said it would be nice to know the price you actually are selling to them is friedcat.

Hopefully you will realize you didn't actually include the price soon.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Magazine on September 01, 2013, 04:12:12 PM
If we do a secret Santa at work this year, I guess the person I have to buy for will be suprised.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Kuschelweich on September 01, 2013, 04:16:03 PM
So if you're in the US, you can't purchase direct? Or is there a minimum order? I contacted support and they just told me purchase from one of the resellers even for large orders.  ???


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: nikycoin on September 01, 2013, 04:28:01 PM
Price ????????


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: tacotime on September 01, 2013, 04:29:06 PM
Price ????????

Free with a happy meal purchase


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Beans on September 01, 2013, 04:49:20 PM
I would like to buy some if the price is right.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: newfrozzen on September 01, 2013, 04:58:26 PM
Price ????????

Free with a happy meal purchase
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

http://24.media.tumblr.com/0981ce62af5dbf2f230646db6d6b80dc/tumblr_mi4dpfQICP1rjxfbno1_500.gif

;)


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: SoggyLettuce on September 01, 2013, 10:02:17 PM
I really would love to know how much the resellers are marking up the erupters. Freidcat how much are you selling them for????


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: zackclark70 on September 01, 2013, 10:17:02 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?



Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: SoggyLettuce on September 01, 2013, 10:21:27 PM
Yea freidcat it would be helpful to say what the low price actually is.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: dogie on September 01, 2013, 10:21:48 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: zackclark70 on September 01, 2013, 10:23:47 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: dogie on September 01, 2013, 10:34:03 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: zackclark70 on September 01, 2013, 10:40:18 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Trongersoll on September 01, 2013, 10:52:53 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy

I thought europe was all openned up. couldn't just jump on a train, or drive to germany, get what you need and then go home?


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: zackclark70 on September 01, 2013, 11:03:41 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy

I thought europe was all openned up. couldn't just jump on a train, or drive to germany, get what you need and then go home?


I am considering all options :)


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: dogie on September 02, 2013, 04:16:26 AM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy
Thats not by customs, thats just VAT collectable by the retailer, same as you'd pay over here. There isn't any customs between Germany and the UK.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: zackclark70 on September 02, 2013, 04:22:32 AM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy
Thats not by customs, thats just VAT collectable by the retailer, same as you'd pay over here. There isn't any customs between Germany and the UK.

its still customs and excises that stop the parcel and charge you 20% vat+ delivery from there where house to where you live  and that's normaly £20 + vat lol

if I pay £100 it will cost me £20 vat £20 postage + vat and £5.97 handling fee    so it would cost me £55.97 if fees on a £100 parcel and that's not including the original postage lol


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: seljo on September 02, 2013, 08:08:40 AM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy
Thats not by customs, thats just VAT collectable by the retailer, same as you'd pay over here. There isn't any customs between Germany and the UK.

its still customs and excises that stop the parcel and charge you 20% vat+ delivery from there where house to where you live  and that's normaly £20 + vat lol

if I pay £100 it will cost me £20 vat £20 postage + vat and £5.97 handling fee    so it would cost me £55.97 if fees on a £100 parcel and that's not including the original postage lol
If you payed VAT in Germany you don't pay it in UK it's simple as that, so no double taxation. Agreement is here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxtreaties/in-force/germany.pdf


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: dogie on September 02, 2013, 08:49:57 AM
its still customs and excises that stop the parcel and charge you 20% vat+ delivery from there where house to where you live  and that's normaly £20 + vat lol

if I pay £100 it will cost me £20 vat £20 postage + vat and £5.97 handling fee    so it would cost me £55.97 if fees on a £100 parcel and that's not including the original postage lol
If you payed VAT in Germany you don't pay it in UK it's simple as that, so no double taxation. Agreement is here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxtreaties/in-force/germany.pdf
+1 something is going wrong there


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: TECSHARE on September 02, 2013, 01:06:10 PM
I really would love to know how much the resellers are marking up the erupters. Freidcat how much are you selling them for????

They are selling them for -50% markup - because Friedcat is SCREWING resellers by dropping the price to the point of erasing not only all profit margins, but dropping them below distributor cost every week. He is not even providing enough time for resellers to get rid of inventory before he drops it again and again... Don't buy these for resale - it is a trap.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: zackclark70 on September 02, 2013, 04:29:36 PM
looking to buy 100 shipped to the uk what's the best price you can do ? 

are you looking for a uk reseller ?


yxt handles EU from Germany.

lol when I asked him about sending to the uk I was told its not worth his bother 

from Germany we still have to pay crazy post prices and customs fees

we need a uk reseller
I've offered, but been told that its yxt's realm. I'd be happy to do it otherwise. You wouldn't have customs from Germany.

the uk is a rip of I get post from a few EU county's and I have had to pay customs or I wouldn't get my stuff 

( 20% vat on any imported goods it doesn't matter where there from )

its crazy
Thats not by customs, thats just VAT collectable by the retailer, same as you'd pay over here. There isn't any customs between Germany and the UK.

its still customs and excises that stop the parcel and charge you 20% vat+ delivery from there where house to where you live  and that's normaly £20 + vat lol

if I pay £100 it will cost me £20 vat £20 postage + vat and £5.97 handling fee    so it would cost me £55.97 if fees on a £100 parcel and that's not including the original postage lol
If you payed VAT in Germany you don't pay it in UK it's simple as that, so no double taxation. Agreement is here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxtreaties/in-force/germany.pdf


when they get stopped you ether pay what they tell you or you don't get your stuff  I will dig out some of the ones I have had in the last year and post them up if I can find them 


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Singlebyte on September 02, 2013, 07:49:08 PM
[Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity


But no Low Price posted?  Misleading title.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: bystander on September 02, 2013, 10:31:16 PM
I really would love to know how much the resellers are marking up the erupters. Freidcat how much are you selling them for????

They are selling them for -50% markup - because Friedcat is SCREWING resellers by dropping the price to the point of erasing not only all profit margins, but dropping them below distributor cost every week. He is not even providing enough time for resellers to get rid of inventory before he drops it again and again... Don't buy these for resale - it is a trap.

He's done this time and time again.  I'm still disappointed when he dropped the price from BTC1.99  in half  (less than 2 weeks) after he delivered my batch of 100 for BTC199 in June.  

Without any recourse for price changes it is frustrating to say the least, there's no warning whatsoever, not even a heads up.  

Fortunately, we had scaled down the initial buy (plan was to buy 1000 erupters from friedcat  at less than BTC1.99 per erupter), so it could've been worse.  Losing over 12K in two weeks is not fun, but at least it wasn't 120K, our investors would go after us like  BFL/Yifu.

Resellers should just be careful and prepare for anything.

edit: corrections again for accuracy


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Mabsark on September 03, 2013, 12:56:04 PM
Friedcat, if you read this, take note. If I visit a new web site to buy something and they don't list prices, I don't buy from that site and I never visit it again because they're obviously trying to rip me off. Why else would they not list the price, making me jump through hoops instead?



Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: DobZombie on September 03, 2013, 01:06:44 PM
Yeah friedcat is great at thread titles & pictures.

Shithouse at descriptions and details...


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: OneBTCJay on September 07, 2013, 01:27:26 AM
Received my first Block Erupter and I am really impressed, thanks Friedcat!

It's amazingly small and super easy to setup compared to any GPU.

I bet these will be collectors items 20 years from now!

I'm setting mine to solo-mine and hopping I'll win the lotto some day:)



Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: bcp19 on September 07, 2013, 09:31:54 AM
Received my first Block Erupter and I am really impressed, thanks Friedcat!

It's amazingly small and super easy to setup compared to any GPU.

I bet these will be collectors items 20 years from now!

I'm setting mine to solo-mine and hopping I'll win the lotto some day:)


Collectors items..... Bwahahahahaha.  More likely showcased in the investors hall of shame.


Title: Re: [Block Erupter USB]Low Price, Limited Quantity
Post by: Magazine on September 07, 2013, 10:19:08 PM
Shame these are only profitable if they was gifted to you now.