[Avalon Asic] trade-in Thread

[Icoin]

This tread is for all AVALON trade-in.

To be informed when tradeins are possible again.

Yifu some of us wasnt able to trade-in, please reopen the trade-in option.

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[tucenaber]

Yes!

[BitSyncom]

aware of this situation, it'll return soon.

[kjj]

I hope you will allow full price orders to convert.  When they came back into stock today, I didn't want to miss my chance, so I placed my order.

[allinvain]

aware of this situation, it'll return soon.

Are you going to notify your current and past clients or are you just going to pick a random date and time out the clouds??!

[Raize]

Are you going to notify your current and past clients or are you just going to pick a random date and time out the clouds??!

I might be able to help with this. I asked exactly this question and he said to make sure I was registered to get updates and they will be providing info soon. He said there will be a newsletter on it.

My guess is that we will be required to post some sort of proof of ownership. I don't mind this, but I am worried because it looks like Batch 1 will be complete here within the next week or so.

[allinvain]

Are you going to notify your current and past clients or are you just going to pick a random date and time out the clouds??!

I might be able to help with this. I asked exactly this question and he said to make sure I was registered to get updates and they will be providing info soon. He said there will be a newsletter on it.

My guess is that we will be required to post some sort of proof of ownership. I don't mind this, but I am worried because it looks like Batch 1 will be complete here within the next week or so.

Hi Raize. Thanks for the info. I guess all should be ok then. I for one subscribed to their mailing list. Also many of us bought ngzhang's Icarus boards and I'm sure Yifu has access to (or can ask for access) to ngzhang's previous customers list. But if they want some sort of proof beyond that I'm not sure what would satisfy them.

You mean batch 2, right? Batch 1 was the first pre-order batch that is currently shipping or has been shipped to customers. I think the Avalon team should allow all their previous customer to get credit towards a new Avalon system regardless if Batch 2 is closed to regular full-price purchase orders. I don't think it will make that much of a difference for them as I have a feeling that they have by far more NEW customers than previous ones trying to exchange their old fpga boards.

I dunno, I just hope they won't screw us over by not providing ample notification before opening the doors to the website where we can get credit towards new Avalon units. What I would do if I was them is give 2 to 4 day early noticed via e-mail and then allow for a 48 hour window for people to place their orders. I'd also open the order window on the weekend when more people are likely to have spare time. The 2 to 4 day early notice gives people ample time to purchase BTC if they need to do so.

[rudrigorc2]

Are you going to notify your current and past clients or are you just going to pick a random date and time out the clouds??!

I might be able to help with this. I asked exactly this question and he said to make sure I was registered to get updates and they will be providing info soon. He said there will be a newsletter on it.

My guess is that we will be required to post some sort of proof of ownership. I don't mind this, but I am worried because it looks like Batch 1 will be complete here within the next week or so.

Hi Raize. Thanks for the info. I guess all should be ok then. I for one subscribed to their mailing list. Also many of us bought ngzhang's Icarus boards and I'm sure Yifu has access to (or can ask for access) to ngzhang's previous customers list. But if they want some sort of proof beyond that I'm not sure what would satisfy them.

You mean batch 2, right? Batch 1 was the first pre-order batch that is currently shipping or has been shipped to customers. I think the Avalon team should allow all their previous customer to get credit towards a new Avalon system regardless if Batch 2 is closed to regular full-price purchase orders. I don't think it will make that much of a difference for them as I have a feeling that they have by far more NEW customers than previous ones trying to exchange their old fpga boards.

I dunno, I just hope they won't screw us over by not providing ample notification before opening the doors to the website where we can get credit towards new Avalon units. What I would do if I was them is give 2 to 4 day early noticed via e-mail and then allow for a 48 hour window for people to place their orders. I'd also open the order window on the weekend when more people are likely to have spare time. The 2 to 4 day early notice gives people ample time to purchase BTC if they need to do so.

This.

I was expecting them to open the tradein process before the normal orders -- I even sent email asking about this possibility -- to allow all of us to get the credits and be ready to buy.

But that was not how it worked.

Still waiting to be notified.

[allinvain]

Let the waiting game begin......

[yxt]

~up~

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[SgtSpike]

Are you going to notify your current and past clients or are you just going to pick a random date and time out the clouds??!

I might be able to help with this. I asked exactly this question and he said to make sure I was registered to get updates and they will be providing info soon. He said there will be a newsletter on it.

My guess is that we will be required to post some sort of proof of ownership. I don't mind this, but I am worried because it looks like Batch 1 will be complete here within the next week or so.

Hi Raize. Thanks for the info. I guess all should be ok then. I for one subscribed to their mailing list. Also many of us bought ngzhang's Icarus boards and I'm sure Yifu has access to (or can ask for access) to ngzhang's previous customers list. But if they want some sort of proof beyond that I'm not sure what would satisfy them.

You mean batch 2, right? Batch 1 was the first pre-order batch that is currently shipping or has been shipped to customers. I think the Avalon team should allow all their previous customer to get credit towards a new Avalon system regardless if Batch 2 is closed to regular full-price purchase orders. I don't think it will make that much of a difference for them as I have a feeling that they have by far more NEW customers than previous ones trying to exchange their old fpga boards.

I dunno, I just hope they won't screw us over by not providing ample notification before opening the doors to the website where we can get credit towards new Avalon units. What I would do if I was them is give 2 to 4 day early noticed via e-mail and then allow for a 48 hour window for people to place their orders. I'd also open the order window on the weekend when more people are likely to have spare time. The 2 to 4 day early notice gives people ample time to purchase BTC if they need to do so.

Whoa, you're back!  I thought you had given up on BTC...!

[allinvain]

No I have not given up. It's not BTC's fault for my misfortune.

[Icoin]

No I have not given up. It's not BTC's fault for my misfortune.

Things are not what they seem

[allinvain]

Anyways, back on topic.

BitSyncom can you please provide us with a status update. When will the trade-in option be made available again? A rough time frame would be very helpful.

[Icoin]

Why hurry?  
Is there by any chance a AVALON pdf datasheet avalable?

[Raize]

You mean batch 2, right? Batch 1 was the first pre-order batch that is currently shipping or has been shipped to customers.

Well, I meant it sounded like Batch 1 was going out and would be completely shipped out within the next week or two, but given some of the latest chatter, it's starting to look like Batch 1 isn't complete (there's only been a total of like two units shipped, right?) and Batch 2 funding may have been used to fund getting the raw materials necessary to finish both Batch 1 and 2. I'm at least a little worried about that, because not having the materials on hand makes things considerably more shaky from a financial standpoint. They should be getting local business loan(s) to fund materials costs, and using the Bitcoin-based purchases to pay off those loans, IMHO.

I guess we'll have to hear from them soon. I am not a logistics person, and I admit I don't know much about manufacturing, but certain things seem really troublesome, specifically the tone used on the forum as of late by the BitSyncom account. I'd encourage Yifu to ignore the insults by non-customers and just focus on what actual customers in this forum want to know and are asking about.

[SolarSilver]

BitSyncom can you please provide us with a status update. When will the trade-in option be made available again? A rough time frame would be very helpful.

Yifu seems to be back from the CNY: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140539.msg1517505#msg1517505

expect a controller update soon and a newsletter.

[allinvain]

That is very good news. *playing the Jeopardy waiting music*.....now all that remains is to see the mining beast at my doorstep.

[allinvain]

Well, looks like the trade-in plan did not materialize yet again. Batch 2 went ok this time but we did not get notified to trade in our old fpga boards.