Maybe this is what Danny Hamilton meant in post 2?  I hadn't considered this but  I'm now reinterpreting his post.

How do I get the keys from electrum?

 I realize paper has its advantages, and it may be used as a substitute or in addition to digital offline, however I really want to avoid debating paper vs digital offline because I'm sure thats been covered.

Instead I'd love to explore best practices for digital offline and in particular, how to make the electrum client (or other cleints) act across several wallets

I'm trying to consider best practice for long term offline storage, by 'long term' I mean years and at the very least 3-5 years.

I need to consider that operating systems may change, wallet software might change .. etc
and the version of the wallet I'm using today (Electrum / OSX) may be compromised by the time I retrieve.
By splitting my coins amongst several offline wallets I hope to minimize risk when I revisit them.

In order to do this, can I just simply swap the electrum.dat files in and out of their folder?
For osx users: is there another wallet client I should be considering?

got my money back. refund went back into paypal this morning, I requested the refund yesterday.

BTW - an email from BFL to me said that shipping for my order would have been July / August
thats 3-4 months away. Can you imagine the difficulty of mining by the time it would arrive?

mac users - what offline wallet are you using?

which is the best?

concerning delivery times, an Apr 9 email to me from BFL  said

"so new pre-orders, regardless of product or power consumption, will likely ship sometime in late July or early August,

sooner if possible"

Thanks ... I didn't know about that thread !
Bummer I can't post there till mods remove my restrictions.

I ordered tonight and they already charged my card which kind of sucks, other companies
charge when a pre-order gets filled.

Has anyone successfully cancelled their pre order before their number comes up and retrieved their money?

Trying to figure the turn around time when ordering direct from BFL
If you received a jalapeno from a direct order (not ebay) recently
would you mind posting the date of order and arrival date?

I was curious but I figured as much, thanks for the prompt replies.

This hobbyist has two jalapeno's on order so I'll join up with the slush pool and wait and see

Same with me - can't login

is it possible to use jalapeno's to mine litecoin or is that only for BTC?

Hi mods, politely requesting that you move me up from newbie to Jt Member. I am not a bot, a spammer or a flammer. Interested in mining.

ok great thanks !
then its a forum software bug/issue - nothing in my outbox so I have no way of knowing if PM was sent successfully

I tried a few times to send you a PM, it seems to have been sent but my OutBox shows empty!  I have no idea if you received my PM's

hi, the wrong amount was deposited, can you please look into it
Quote ID : 18ea501a-4608-4b6e-92b3-ba5f5b1aee3f
Event ID : 7c5e63d5-6532-4848-b2a6-29128661ac53

Its in my wallet. Time passed was 3hrs since payment.
Quoting myself so you know my original time

Here's the kicker though. When I made the order last night 1BTC was $125 But when they moved the BitCoin in they used this mornings rate at $140 something !!
Now the rate dropped a bit so its a bit lame

My bitInstant order was placed Tues Night Eastern Standard Time, cash paid thru Moneygram at Duane Reade Wed morning Eastern Standard Time.

I'll post if and when its in my wallet

Just want to say I'm glad to see bitInstant support posting in this thread. To us users looking from the outside it is encouraging as it is a sign that something is happening.

Hi BitInstant
What is the average turn around time for paying money and the bitcoins appearing in a working online wallet ?
Is it hours? Days?
After how much time should I start contacting support?

thanks for the fast response and very encouraging to hear.  anyone else?