Avalon A7 announced

[scyth3]

It won't ship until the 21st anyways. What's the rush to pay them? 

[hhumaidan]

Just got a reply from Avalon support.

They accept Bank transfers only. What a bum.

[philipma1957]

Just got a reply from Avalon support.

They accept Bank transfers only. What a bum.

No PayPal
No btc
No cc

Just an Bank transfer wow I hope you are wrong.

[hhumaidan]

Just got a reply from Avalon support.

They accept Bank transfers only. What a bum.

No PayPal
No btc
No cc

Just an Bank transfer wow I hope you are wrong.

I hope I am wrong but thats their email as follows:

Angela Lu
2 hours ago
Hi,

We will email you to make the payment before the shipment.

An invoice will  be attached in the email, with final shipping rate on it.

Shipment begins on November 21 (the US time).

Bank transfer is accepted only.

Thank you.

 

[edonkey]

This seems really odd. How in the world does a miner manufacturing company not accept Bitcoin?

Good thing that the 721 is too expensive, otherwise I'd be very concerned about not being able to use Bitcoin to pay for Bitcoin mining equipment.

Hopefully in the not to distant future they will lower their price to a sub-340 day ROI (with free power), and accept Bitcoin for payment...

[Unacceptable]

This seems really odd. How in the world does a miner manufacturing company not accept Bitcoin?

Good thing that the 721 is too expensive, otherwise I'd be very concerned about not being able to use Bitcoin to pay for Bitcoin mining equipment.

Hopefully in the not to distant future they will lower their price to a sub-340 day ROI (with free power), and accept Bitcoin for payment...

Oh come on,you guys will eat this thing like a kid eats candy!!!! 

ROI,shmar O I,just buy em  

You know you want em,like pokemon...gotta get em all!!!!  

You wanted competition,well here it is!!!! 

God Bless the shovel makers LOL  

[elokk]

November 13 I received this reply:

"We accept USD only. You can pay via Paypal, credit card or bank transfer.

Thank you for contacting Canaan.

Best Regards
Angela 
Sales
TEL: +86 13681022683
Skype: auspiciouslu
https://canaan.io
https://twitter.com/canaanio"

[philipma1957]

I ordered  2 days ago and I am still waiting for a payment email.

[hhumaidan]

I ordered  2 days ago and I am still waiting for a payment email.

I ordered 8 2 days ago like you and waiting.

I hope the email they sent is wrong and they will accept paypal, CC, BTC as well.

If they will the 8 will become 12.

[revolution82]

I have 12 Avalon 6 hashing now. They are all controlled by one Rpi, will this controller still work on the Avalon 7s? Or do I have to buy their controller as well?

[yxt]

I have 12 Avalon 6 hashing now. They are all controlled by one Rpi, will this controller still work on the Avalon 7s? Or do I have to buy their controller as well?

You only need to update the Software 

[mindtrip]

I think were in need of someone to organize a group buy for all those fellow members who would like to buy in BTC

[HagssFIN]

The lack of BTC payment and the power efficiency compared to the S9 made me say bye bye to this  
This is sad because I had great time with the A6.

[fvineyard]

Accepting BTC for payment would certainly make me reconsider making a purchase. I like the size and power requirements even if the efficiency is less.

[philipma1957]

I possibly would buy 10 with paypal and sell for btc.

My problem is they have not contacted me about my first order of 2.

So without testing the gear it is hard for me to even think about a larger purchase.

[Longsnowsm]

I am surprised at the low hash to energy consumption figures on the A7.  Compared to an S9 the A7 isn't even in the ball park.  That is really too bad.  Bitmain needs some competition at this point.  Not really anything in the way of choices right now for miners. 

[philipma1957]

I am surprised at the low hash to energy consumption figures on the A7.  Compared to an S9 the A7 isn't even in the ball park.  That is really too bad.  Bitmain needs some competition at this point.  Not really anything in the way of choices right now for miners. 

this gear needs to be reliable .  it is good if you have cheap power.

[sloopy]

I have 12 Avalon 6 hashing now. They are all controlled by one Rpi, will this controller still work on the Avalon 7s? Or do I have to buy their controller as well?

You only need to update the Software 

If you upgrade the software does it still run the A6?
Or, I should ask, can you run the A6 and A7 from the same Pi?

[yxt]

I have 12 Avalon 6 hashing now. They are all controlled by one Rpi, will this controller still work on the Avalon 7s? Or do I have to buy their controller as well?

You only need to update the Software 

If you upgrade the software does it still run the A6?
Or, I should ask, can you run the A6 and A7 from the same Pi?

Good question, I guess yes
I'll check at the weekend

[reelen]

Quick update as I know there has been multiple lines of communication on the subject of payment.  I opened up a support ticket asking when I could expect to make payment arrangements for the two that I ordered. 

Here was the response:

Angela Lu 2 hours ago
Hi,

Shipment begins on November 21 (the US time).

We will email you to make the payment before the shipment.

An invoice will  be attached in the email, with final shipping rate on it.

Bank transfer is accepted only.

Thank you.

Shame she points back to only allowing a single form of payment as our option.