what do you think the price should be on a saturn?

you went first... no escrow... with someone who has negative feedback?  interesting.

Mine is using 615W...
It's running @ 510GH/s.

i really wish us in america had an exchange like cavirtex.com

i've checked it out and it looks great.   love that they're a registered business in canada.  full transparency is cool.

Good question.
You can be doubly sure that it's safe if you encrypt the .dat file itself... better yet, encrypt your entire Bitcoin directory.

SOLD

you know what, i would love to cash out every thing bitcoin related i own.  i am worried about taxes and whatnot, so i haven't converted anything to fiat.

i don't plan on selling through the forums anyway, but i don't blame you for being sketched.  these forums (no offence) are a cesspool of scammers.  buyers & sellers.  i've lurked here for years, seen it all, unfortunately.

where do people tend to sell their 2nd hand mining gear though?

you guys are probably right.  

i guess i've just lost interest.  i live in ny, so there's lots of vendors who accept btc, but to say i live off it wouldn't be accurate.  i don't do any face-to-face exchanges since i got ripped off last year, so i don't sell btc.  i don't sell btc to people online.  i've never actually made one american dollar from btc.  contrarily i have spent tens of thousands.  

where do you guys think the best place is to sell miners?  ebay?

I started mining with a 5880 about 3 years ago. 
Been through the Butterfly Lab debacle (thought eventually my order did ship).
Now I have about a 4.5 TH/s pool.

The thing is... this thing takes time to maintain.  When a piece goes down, it's an hour or two to RMA.  An hour or two to set up.
It's stressful knowing that your main source of income is "broken".
I have a full-time job (now) and I am realizing that this might not be worth it.  On top of this, I was broken into already and had my miners snatched... this is something I don't want to live with any more.  I don't talk to my friends about my mining gear because I am paranoid about it getting stolen again.

I have one room in my apartment that I simply cannot go into because of the heat (which is awesome in the winter).

Is it worth it to stay in the game?  I'm exhausted with watching forums 5 hours/day seeing what new hardware is on the rise. 

Bitcoins are literally making me go crazy.

Has any prolific (though I know I'm not "prolific") miners ever completely gone cold-turkey?  Sold their gear for BTC/fiat and just left the game?  What was that experience like?  Do you regret it?

Thanks!

Haven't received any PMs...
Still available!

PM if there's any interest.

Will sell for last trade in USD on BTC-E.

You go first, I go second.  Low value item like this should be enough to let you know I ain't here to rip no one off. 

Thank ya!

that is what i meant.  i got my jupiter shipped to me after all...
ok, thanks for all the clarity!

i can also help in this respect.  i bought a jupiter but I don't think I'll be buying a neptune...


are you charging a fee for your services?

Well it makes sense that with the value of BTC rising and the network hashrate not catching up fast enough, mining right now is more expensive then maybe it ought to be.

These things even out in time.

i don't blame any seller for not wanting to meet face-to-face with any inquirers through craigslist.  risky stuff.

I am wondering how much these are going for.

In your guys' experience; how much does BTC <--> Fiat affect the cost of mining gear?

Thanks for input!

terrible that the media doesn't edit this kind of balogne.

oh well.

as someone who has always been an early-adopter and an aspiring pioneer of cutting-edge ideas, i have come to understand that the 3rd party transaction marketplace is in need of an overhaul.

backstory: had some miners up for sale on craigslist about a year ago, was transparent in my dealings with all purchasers because i recognized (at the time) the vulnerability of BUYERS in the bitcoin market.  this transparency led to skype conversations and even some potential buyers coming to my place of residence to check out my miners.
fast-forward to a few days later when i come home from work and find that my mining rigs, along with my personal computer were all stolen.
police contacted and what have you.  because i am renting i didn't have any insurance.

feel-good moment: reconciled losses with fiat and when BTC hit $350 i sold to repurchase mining gear. 

what i am saying here, is that the onus of legitimacy always lies on the seller, and this is how it ought to be, but at the same time, pure legitimacy lies in the revealing of very personal information; information that comes in direct contradiction to some of the ideas that Bitcoin is rising from (anonymity!).

So how can the average buyer protect themselves, not from scam, but from personal identifiers being exploited (like in my case)?

I could go on, but I see this is a book already.

i'd like to hear your thoughts!

EDIT/TL;DR: Craigslist listing for one of my miners : Exposed address : Broken into : Can't sell anything with legitimacy, leading to the divulging of personal identifiers which people exploit.  How to get around this?

ken,

i transferred my shares to amc-tender on bitfunder and since then I haven't heard or seen anything regarding what i can expect.  is there some way to verify that you're holding my shares and something didn't get screwed up along the line?

this is very concerning to me.

thanks,
warner