I am judging interest in a group buy of the Avalon mini

PAY ATTENTION IN THE PM BOX GUYS!

philiprna1957<----------------------- Huh

!!! WARNING: This user is a newbie. If you are expecting a message from a more veteran member, then this is an imposter !!!
Quote from: hacko86 on Today at 02:50:32 PM
Quote from: wlefever on July 25, 2015, 10:01:22 PM
Will be interested in a few when they get back with prices, etc.

+1 here in UK

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1114143.20

Great news fellow group buyers, I have had price confirmation through for the Avalon mini.

Total price per unit inc. international shipping -

0.75BTC

We has a batch 1 shippment winging its way to me as we speak and numbers are limited.

Total currently available : 30 units.

Should you wish to place an order the payment address is :

1HkdmqxM1ZwUKW5VPwA4VWE6UpXb8cR6Sp

After payment please pm me the transaction I.D and full shipping info.

Thanks.

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Okay I am on my vacation account . Do not give anyone a fucking dime not one piece of coin. My good account is more then ten thousand post and dates back for years. I turn my pcs off on. Vacation and do not have access to my account for security. I am going to mark this fake copy negative. With this account.

Quote from: Philipma1957onvacation on July 26, 2015, 10:35:07 PM

thats pretty smart man, hah who woulda thought

Every time I run a group buy some a-hole try's to copy my philipma1957 account.

I get back on Tuesday I will mark him with my good account.

So do not pay anyone for Avalon mini gear. Wait for my review with my legend account.

Thanks to all reading this thread.

Philipma1957

back from vacation

here is the fake copy's profile

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=538286

lite his shit up.

back to this thread i have yet to check all my emails as i just got home.

i will post info on any that i got. [hope i got one or two]

i think i will do a trust to my vacation account to validate it.

in case this happens again.

Done! Just let me know which one is your vacation account. I will also do a trust on it. Wink

Quote from: valkir on July 29, 2015, 12:20:10 PM

Done! Just let me know which one is your vacation account. I will also do a trust on it. Wink

this is me

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=537107

I trusted it

So there were two parts to impersonating Phillip here:

1) Choose an Id that LOOKS very similar as in philipRna1957, rather than the version with "m".

2) Select an Avatar that is text "Legendary", rather than an actual picture.

Just trying to understand what happened here.........

Quote from: alh on July 29, 2015, 04:31:26 PM

yes and they hope for a tired person sending off coin without really looking.

best way to protect one against this is look at profiles. mine goes back to 2012 and I have 10,000 plus posts.

my other copycat did philLipma1957

first copycat

phillipma1957 ------------------- used 2 ll's

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=443374

second copy cat

philiprna1957 ------------------ used rna

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=538286

both used Legendary in the signature boxes so could be same person.

Thanks I will keep an eye out for copies..

I will try contacting avalon today as it is the end of July. I hope to know something by the end of today.

Sent an email this morning and I am awaiting a reply.

Doesn't sound like they are in any rush to actually sell anything, does it?

Quote from: alh on August 06, 2015, 05:49:46 AM

Doesn't sound like they are in any rush to actually sell anything, does it?

yeah no reply at all to my emails.

I think most chinese asic builder are simply following my advice from last summer which was if you build and mine: then limit growth of the network . Don't sell much gear.

Last time I spoke with Xiangfu he told me he was building them slowly. But I guess they are using it.

Quote from: valkir on August 06, 2015, 11:45:45 PM

Last time I spoke with Xiangfu he told me he was building them slowly. But I guess they are using it.

Matches what he told me. They had 1 batch unit and were testing it. next would be a 50-100 piece run and they would send me a test unit.

I should have been contacted late July. Nothing yet.

What exactly is the point of buying this? The power is so low, it's pointless.

Quote from: cryptomatt on August 08, 2015, 01:17:29 PM

What exactly is the point of buying this? The power is so low, it's pointless.

your understanding of hobby mining is lacking.

Does not matter anyway since I am getting no info from the builder and he is about 10 days past promised sample date.

I don't want to be insulting when I say you don't understand hobby mining just truthful as I see it.

A longer explanation would be this.
This item would cost under 3 dollars a month to run.
It would be quiet.
It would not be hot.
You can point it at a solo pool like ck's and have a chance at winning an entire block at a very low cost in power.
It is not about turning a profit it is about a hobby item.

If you are in college it would run for free in a dorm. May never hit a block but cost to run it would be zero.

Some would say power theft but I would say no just a different form of entertainment at a one unit level I would not feel guilty saying do it in your dorm.

Yeah or to add, great little device to run at the office since power draw is so low, good solo lotto ticket