Any Experience with BlackArrowSoftware?

[animentis]

Hi - I am new here.   I am considering purchasing some asic hardware from BlackArrowSoftware.  Has anyone had any experience with them?  Overall they seem to be pretty level-headed - but they seem to be a bit overloaded at the moment. 

They say they can deliver in late February, but it seems like they are still in the planning stages.  Is this a reasonable expectation? 

[Gator-hex]

Not sure if you need to exit newbie status first but...

click "Bitcoin Forum" then type in the search box "Black Arrow"

Question has been asked many times.

[The Ghola]

Me too, thinking of the same

although they have just changed the purchase quantities of the prospero X1 to 10 instead of 1

I damn well hope it is a mistake by someone on their site

have you registered on their forums?

[markjamrobin]

Yes, at least according to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=334398.0.

[animentis]

Sorry - I just joined this forum - so this is the only place I can post.   It seemed that it would be better than simply posting another Introduction post.  I have seen other answers but I guess I haven't found anything that really made me feel confident in becoming vested in it.

I looked at their forum yet it seemed pretty sparse and it seemed like a lot of people were not getting responses.  I figure they are busy and it seemed like I might get a better response from a more widely used forum.

It seems like a great price - but it would be less great if they missed their target.

[animentis]

Thanks for the link - at least from what people have said it appears that they can be.  I guess they just haven't put something out for awhile.

The quantity change does not appear to be a mistake from what I read.  That's kind of a bummer.  Apparently do not allow for group orders either. 

[Gator-hex]

Minimum Qty 10 might mean they are struggling to raise the $5million typically needed to make an ASIC. 

It's a bad move because obviously people might risk $300 but think twice about $3,000!

[The Ghola]

Minimum Qty 10 might mean they are struggling to raise the $5million typically needed to make an ASIC. 

It's a bad move because obviously people might risk $300 but think twice about $3,000!

yeah, was thinking that. damn shame if true, I was really ready to hand over cash for 1 definitely and maybe 2

I spose If I could find other people in the 10 then we could buy together, I get the impression they would go for that

[Gator-hex]

Minimum Qty 10 might mean they are struggling to raise the $5million typically needed to make an ASIC. 

It's a bad move because obviously people might risk $300 but think twice about $3,000!

yeah, was thinking that. damn shame if true, I was really ready to hand over cash for 1 definitely and maybe 2

I spose If I could find other people in the 10 then we could buy together, I get the impression they would go for that

Believe it or not they don't allow group buys! 

[animentis]

Apparently so

Group buys: Group buys are not permitted. We will cancel any order that we discover that is a group buy and will refund the payment minus 10% that we will charge for our time wasted in this matter. By placing an order for this item you agree with the above.

https://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/5/2/why-you-do-not-accept-group-buys