Can you elaborate on that?  All I am saying is that I have seen the way they respond on this forum and have not been happy with the attitude they give people.  There are lots of comments in this thread that are far worse than anything I have said.  I never said they are scamming people nor do I think that is the case, but I personally wouldn't order from them.  That is my right just as much as it is their right to cancel orders and choose who they do business with.

I have a 6870 and it mines 240MHs BTC  on Bitminter, a 6850 will give you a bit less   

I would say Yes it's worth the trouble if you have place for the risers.

There was another person in this thread besides the one you quoted who was banned for asking how many units had shipped, not for being an asshole, so I would disagree on whether or not that idea is asinine, but anyway.... You completely sidestep my point here.  What about the potential customers who are treated like shit for simply asking questions?  Because that certainly is happening more often than cancelled orders.  How does talking shit on forums, trashing the people who are trashing your company, and refusing to provide any citations for the claims you make fall under the umbrella of 'good service'?  Not only does it show how concerned they are(not) with keeping customers happy, it damages their reputation as a whole which is also typically bad for business.  Think about it, if a question that irritates Josh or whomever up there could be answered by saying 'Hey, we have addressed that, click here for more info.' - in that case then what type of business person would opt to just call that person an idiot instead, as they have many times over?

MT has it right, as you yourself say "behave in a manner that fosters feelings of mutual respect" - and I don't see that type of behavior coming from BFL.  Not that that is an excuse for the way some people talk about them, but it is an excuse for me to not do business with them.  You originally defended their right to not engage in an abusive customer-business relationship, and that holds true just as much as everybody has the same right not to engage in an abusive business-customer relationship.  You may be great at keeping customers happy, but you aren't BFL, are you?

Long term you'd be better with a 7950 if you have the cash to invest. It uses less power so cheaper electricity bills.

I wish it was 'free' electricity - its my home office

by then it's not unlikely people will be pushing 500+ghash on their own with DIY asic chips.

all altcoins seem to be tanking, even ltc. even btc seems to be on a downtrend. makes me wonder if we'll ever see $150+ btcs again

Hi guys, im still running a 5850 and 5870 mining rig - 0.04 PPS (so far mined 12 BTC off the whole system)

i ahve a 6850 sitting doing nothing atm, is it worth the hassle of buy 3 PCIe risers and customising my case to suspend the GFX cards for the extra 200-220 Mhashes?

i was running the card in a separate PC for mining LTC but now my office gets way to hot running two mining rigs, im guessing that a third card wouldnt really help with the heat anyway - its not hot in my case - both cards are around 65-75 degrees all day.

Reading up some people say that there is a loss of kw/ps if you connect a Crosslink Bridge between the 2 GPU's. Is this correct?

Yeah they're a bunch of cons.  Nothing about their operation makes sense if you assume its legit.  The other day I looked on ebay and found a bunch of sellers hawking their preorders for x2 to x3 what BFL charges, lol.  The great cycle of scam continues.

It makes sense considering the likelihood of spammers.