same problem.  I've tried with firefox/chrome/IE..

No case included for any of the kits?

If you're interested in LTC then buy them, they're far less expensive to just buy than any hardware investment you could make.  You could either buy a $300 gfx card or 125 LTC.  That $300 card will take you an eternity to mine 125 LTC on your own, and is virtually guaranteed to cause an early heatdeath of the card.

What is their refund policy btw?  I couldn't find it anywhere. 

https://forums.butterflylabs.com/blogs/bfl_jody

With the projected difficulty increases, I don't see how anyone can make a profit from any of the advertised ASICs if you don't get your machine on or before Dec 1, 2013.  If it's anytime after that when you get your hardware you could very well never see a return of the purchase price without a significant increase in BTC price.

BFL is just now getting around to filling orders placed this time last year....

Maybe if I copypasta they'll let me out too

Interesting share though, it makes me more curious about potential alt currency vulnerabilities.

1 & 2 - IMO Value would depend on if you plan to mine the coin or buy into the coin as an investment.  

I believe Litecoin is easily the best alt coin to buy as an investment DEPENDING on MT Gox accepting it on their exchange or not.  (If you're a gambler you could buy into the coin before their announcement...).  I think Litecoin has a bright future as a legit crypto currency.

Mining Litecoins is a different story though.  The difficulty is already too high for a standard GPU card to mine it (unless you mine at a loss (investment in hardware + electricity) and hope the coin will be worth more in the future).  And really if you think the coin will be worth something in the future you might as well just buy them since they're WAY cheaper than even the most inexpensive hardware ($300 will get you one graphics card that will mine 2 cents worth of Litecoins for you every 4 hours, or just buy 125 Litecoins).  Basically if you want to mine LTC wait till specialized hardware is available.

3 - No idea man.  Every "tutorial" I've seen says "type this" (ok.. where?!), "then save it" (save it as what, and WHERE?!).  Finding a noob friendly script mining tutorial (to mine BTC or LTC) has been harder than getting a straight answer from BFL about shipment timings.