Every day I'm reminded what an idiot I am for pre-ordering from Black Arrow. These last 8 months have been one of the most negative experiences of my entire life.

I made a huge financial decision based on their lies and now I have to deal with the bullshit they caused for me every day. I really hate this fucking company.

You want a conspiracy theory?

Black Arrow's other business is credit card readers, perhaps Alex was made an offer by the credit card companies to sour Bitcoiners. MC already has lobbyists in the US congress so I know they're actively working on Bitcoin.

This delay looks like a total charade and if they're not mining with our boards then it's some kind of economic warfare. 

I still have hope of making this mining venture worthwhile, I've set my block eruptors to solo mine BTC... 25 BTC on its way!

I don't even get a t-shirt, KnC is still looking good from my point of view.

It's quite possible they actually gave BA all the money and refunds have crushed them. Other users say their phone has been disconnected and that there's no more e-mail communication.

Perhaps Matt has found safe refuge in China, far from his troubled life in the west where thousands of angry customers daunt him day and night.

I found a picture with the KnC t-shirts! A real company with real people and real t-shirts.

My first post to BCT was to this thread regarding the "delay", I'm now a Full Member thanks BA.

Can we get a picture of the KnC t-shirt?  

My job sucks and I'm totally broke, I don't have the coin to pay marto for assembly and PCBs. Throwing more money at this seems like a bad idea anyhow.

I suppose re-selling them on eBay is an option but I'm not going to get more than 1/2 my money back from this.

At least with a miner I can speculate on the value of BTC and alt-coins.

I'm fucking sick of this I want my money back or my miners shipped.

If all the problems with the controller and back plane were fixed in June what the fuck have they been doing for the last month?

We've got X1 order #360 asking where his shit is and no X3s shipped.

So since only a few X1 have been shipped and no X3s other than the one matt got, will we be getting an update or do we just sit tight for the month of August?

Matt, tell us your suitcase is going to be full of X3s on your trip back!

Update: 28th of July 2014
 
1. Batch 1 & 2 shipping:

   X1 -- now shipping to re-sellers and a few direct customers.
   X3 -- A single sub-unit has shipped to a re-seller.

2. Refunds refused.

3. The end of July is at hand and only a few X1s have shipped.

Not that going to Mars wouldn't be interesting, the cost involved makes me lol at anybody who thinks it's going to happen within the next 10 years.

56k do you feel that BA should be ranked higher or lower on dogie's list?

People to Mars in the next 10 years, yawn...

All I know for sure is that the money I paid over 8 months ago is gone and that I have received nothing in exchange.

I think originally BA had hoped to play the "no soup for you" game during the delay and wanted to use refunds and denial of product to bend everybody over while they mined. Unfortunately BTC is not currently at $3k and a refund is worth more than shipping product.

Re-sellers and select customers have received a few X1s and one re-seller has received a 1Th/s X3 sub-unit.

Do we have any customers with an X3 yet?

The Errant Venture was an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer captured by the smuggler Booster Terrik.
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"Sometimes I think of that ship as one massive red warning light."
―Mara Jade Skywalker