bad time or good time to buy asic miner

[Coinfarm ventures]

Yup I got them.  they turn on and hash as expected, noise levels are what I am expecting, no drops that i have seen so far.

I think the guy thought they were "computers".  he was not sure

Nice! There are definitely opportunities that pop up from time to time to buy equipment at below-market prices. That's why I prefer slowly building up more equipment over time, instead of buying it all at once. I also like ordering 1 unit of a GPU/ASIC first to learn how it works, then doing a bulk order.

[philipma1957]

so a bit of an update on my situation.  I was checking facebook marketplace and I found someone selling 2 x M31S+ and  2 x Goldshell Hs5 units for $1500 each.  I am NOT joking and totally serious.  He did not know what he had.  Someone owed him money and offered these.  he took them and then tried to sell them.  I saw them and pounced.

Did I win the lottery?  First of all I cant find any of these units anywhere unless it is from ebay,etc for $8k++++

Remember I am entirely new to Asic mining (was a GOU miner for years).  These are my first units.  Did I get a deal?

if they work simply sell them at 2x what you paid.

keep ½ the cash and put the other ½ into coins.

this means 1500 in cash becomes 1500 and 1500 in coins.

so the coins would be free.