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Via newsletter. Final confirmation is required
Please be advised that due to the adjustments described above, we need your confirmation prior to release of your order into the final build queue and on to final delivery. It may also be a good time to review your purchase altogether relative to the bitcoin market as this is the last opportunity to do so. If your order is not confirmed, it will be canceled and your money will be refunded. Sounds like a cashflow problem. Last minute refunds after capital investment might sink their ship. Interesting.
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"Bitcoin has been an amazing ride, but the most fascinating part to me is the seemingly universal tendency of libertarians to immediately become authoritarians the very moment they are given any measure of power to silence the dissent of others." - The Bible
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Kluge
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May 01, 2013, 09:49:55 PM |
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Via newsletter. Final confirmation is required
Please be advised that due to the adjustments described above, we need your confirmation prior to release of your order into the final build queue and on to final delivery. It may also be a good time to review your purchase altogether relative to the bitcoin market as this is the last opportunity to do so. If your order is not confirmed, it will be canceled and your money will be refunded. Sounds like a cashflow problem. Last minute refunds after capital investment might sink their ship. Interesting. Sounds more like a cash grab to me. New orders cost a lot more, they can ship to more people in line, and they may not have immediately sold the BTC they collected. Since the refunds are basically forced (48h ultimatum via email is absurd), I really doubt BFL didn't think this one through.
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meowmeowbrowncow (OP)
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May 01, 2013, 09:54:36 PM |
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Via newsletter. Final confirmation is required
Please be advised that due to the adjustments described above, we need your confirmation prior to release of your order into the final build queue and on to final delivery. It may also be a good time to review your purchase altogether relative to the bitcoin market as this is the last opportunity to do so. If your order is not confirmed, it will be canceled and your money will be refunded. Sounds like a cashflow problem. Last minute refunds after capital investment might sink their ship. Interesting. Sounds more like a cash grab to me. New orders cost a lot more, they can ship to more people in line, and they may not have immediately sold the BTC they collected. Since the refunds are basically forced (48h ultimatum via email is absurd), I really doubt BFL didn't think this one through. That's a good point. Push old out for new, increased revenue. Yep.
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"Bitcoin has been an amazing ride, but the most fascinating part to me is the seemingly universal tendency of libertarians to immediately become authoritarians the very moment they are given any measure of power to silence the dissent of others." - The Bible
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Operatr
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May 01, 2013, 09:56:24 PM |
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Cept the product page is offline...
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battmann
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May 01, 2013, 10:02:32 PM |
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Wait so does this mean that the Jalapeño that I pre-ordered for $163 now isn't enough money? If I want to get my asic I have to give them more or I'm just fuxked?
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Minor Miner
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May 02, 2013, 12:09:08 AM |
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Wait so does this mean that the Jalapeño that I pre-ordered for $163 now isn't enough money? If I want to get my asic I have to give them more or I'm just fuxked?
I do not think they will make net profit from a sales price of $163. They make make a little gross profit but given the new case and heat sink and fan and power supply, it is probably not a great business for them. I am sure they will ship it, they just won't be popping the bubbly over it.
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runlinux
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May 02, 2013, 12:12:40 AM |
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They wanted people to confirm that they were OK with the power requirements. My order is still good at 163$, paid in full
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Minor Miner
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May 02, 2013, 12:14:31 AM |
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They wanted people to confirm that they were OK with the power requirements. My order is still good at 163$, paid in full
Wonder why they would be so concerned about doing that? any word on who the lucky charity that is getting the 1000BTC is?
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billotronic
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May 02, 2013, 02:57:09 AM |
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They wanted people to confirm that they were OK with the power requirements. My order is still good at 163$, paid in full
dito in all seriousness, if my lone jalapeno ships, i might have to wear a diaper for a month.
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ebildude123
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May 02, 2013, 03:03:14 AM |
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They wanted people to confirm that they were OK with the power requirements. My order is still good at 163$, paid in full
dito in all seriousness, if my lone jalapeno ships, i might have to wear a diaper for a month.
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jspielberg
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May 02, 2013, 01:24:07 PM |
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We all might be wearing diapers by the time they ship.
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cdog
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May 02, 2013, 07:38:18 PM |
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I think we are gonna need diapers after we see the next 2-3 difficulty spikes.
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billotronic
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May 02, 2013, 07:44:34 PM |
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We all might be wearing diapers by the time they ship.
Touche!
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ElectricMucus
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May 02, 2013, 07:53:06 PM |
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We all might be wearing diapers by the time they ship.
Touche! good one.
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anonymous_hero
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May 02, 2013, 09:22:31 PM |
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Via newsletter. Final confirmation is required
Please be advised that due to the adjustments described above, we need your confirmation prior to release of your order into the final build queue and on to final delivery. It may also be a good time to review your purchase altogether relative to the bitcoin market as this is the last opportunity to do so. If your order is not confirmed, it will be canceled and your money will be refunded. Sounds like a cashflow problem. Last minute refunds after capital investment might sink their ship. Interesting. Sounds more like a cash grab to me. New orders cost a lot more, they can ship to more people in line, and they may not have immediately sold the BTC they collected. Since the refunds are basically forced (48h ultimatum via email is absurd), I really doubt BFL didn't think this one through. I don't necessarily disagree, but where'd you hear the 48h limit? Seems they've been ambiguous about when they will refund all non-confirmed orders.
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Kluge
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May 02, 2013, 09:24:49 PM |
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Via newsletter. Final confirmation is required
Please be advised that due to the adjustments described above, we need your confirmation prior to release of your order into the final build queue and on to final delivery. It may also be a good time to review your purchase altogether relative to the bitcoin market as this is the last opportunity to do so. If your order is not confirmed, it will be canceled and your money will be refunded. Sounds like a cashflow problem. Last minute refunds after capital investment might sink their ship. Interesting. Sounds more like a cash grab to me. New orders cost a lot more, they can ship to more people in line, and they may not have immediately sold the BTC they collected. Since the refunds are basically forced (48h ultimatum via email is absurd), I really doubt BFL didn't think this one through. I don't necessarily disagree, but where'd you hear the 48h limit? Seems they've been ambiguous about when they will refund all non-confirmed orders. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=192854Apparently misinfo. OP is now edited to show 10 days. My bad.
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