BFL starts shipping Jalapeno this week!?

[barneyss]

The impression I get from that post is that they might, possibly, ship out a few (less than 10) units. Probably the only working ones they have, and probably so they can buy more time because they know the recipients will jump on here and sing BFL's praises. Which boosts pre-orders, which gives them more money to play with, and buys them time.

10 units???!! nice! maybe i'll get mine before christ returns

[Hei_]

The impression I get from that post is that they might, possibly, ship out a few (less than 10) units. Probably the only working ones they have, and probably so they can buy more time because they know the recipients will jump on here and sing BFL's praises. Which boosts pre-orders, which gives them more money to play with, and buys them time.

10 units???!! nice! maybe i'll get mine before christ returns

won´t happen

[HerrDoktor]

The impression I get from that post is that they might, possibly, ship out a few (less than 10) units. Probably the only working ones they have, and probably so they can buy more time because they know the recipients will jump on here and sing BFL's praises. Which boosts pre-orders, which gives them more money to play with, and buys them time.

10 units???!! nice! maybe i'll get mine before christ returns

won´t happen

indeed this stinks way too much

[anomalies]

i've send email to them to ask the availability of stock and shipping to my country.. here is the reply:

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Butterfly Labs Inc
Apr 16 (1 day ago)

to me
We ship to your country!

All of our current models are available for preorder on the website.

We are not shipping ASICs yet as we are still testing the chips.

Prepayment is the only method by which your preorder is entered into the queue.

We are working to start shipping in the next couple weeks and have a backlog in the queue,

so new pre-orders, regardless of product or power consumption,

will likely ship sometime in August, sooner if possible.

We ship in strict order of payment date with absolutely no way to move ahead in the queue.

Thank you for your interest in Butterfly Labs, and our products.

Brian

For Jody's Customer Service Blog, and more, please visit our new BFL Forums at <https://forums.butterflylabs.com/blogs/bfl_jody/>

so, if there is 100K queue then maybe.. can't imagine when my order will come. 

[barneyss]

so they'r not going to ship this week.... while avalon is ready to start mining... awesome

[lordblunt]

Don't waste your money. Even if these guys aren't a scam, they are still completely unprofessional.

[Cobrabee]

I'll believe it when I see the mining difficulty bolt forward immensely... Otherwise, it's developers getting theirs to maintain the hype of custom FPGA rigs masquerading as ASICs...

[Hei_]

i git my device shipped ....not

[widgeteer]

i am oozing with joy.

[Signus]

The problem is this is what they've been saying for the last three months. The only difference now is that they mentioned it would only be the Jalapeno's shipping, instead of promising shipping for all products like before.

I think BFL will produce, but they've been lying about their progress. Any good team of Engineers would have had the power sorted out months ago and the chips fabbed correctly given they've already produced hardware in the past.

If you get your Jalapeno soon, I'd like to hear about it.

[stanke]

still no shipment?

[geeknik]

Good news I guess. I got my order in late, so I might see mine by Christmas.

[daggeteo]

The impression I get from that post is that they might, possibly, ship out a few (less than 10) units. Probably the only working ones they have, and probably so they can buy more time because they know the recipients will jump on here and sing BFL's praises. Which boosts pre-orders, which gives them more money to play with, and buys them time.

Sounds plausible but then again it would be too late for it to gain confidence.

[Lauda]

By the time you get your 5GH/s model, I estimate the difficulty going up to 100mil, where it won't even be profitable 

[beercoin]

I have one on order. I consider it burnt money and if I happen to receive one in the mail someday I'll consider it a pleasant surprise. Hopefully the difficulty won't be six billion gazillion by then.

[add1ct3dd]

all so dodgy.

[Kennji]

Interesting.  I have heard a lot about this company.  Not a lot good.

But wow, if you get those speeds with what they advertise.  That is simply amazing.

[Vilepickle]

I'll believe they have a product when it's in hands and there are reviews/impressions available from regular people.  From what I can tell it's just a lot of hype so far.  Hopeful that they deliver to people though.

[ArcologyPrime]

Is there any estimate on when a Jalapeno 4.5 would be shipped if it was preordered in early February? It's hard to tell. I'd be willing to buy one of these preorders off eBay if I had any idea when it would be shipped.   There's so many posts with conflicting info out there that I can't decide whether it's worth it or not.

[John Self]

Is there any estimate on when a Jalapeno 4.5 would be shipped if it was preordered in early February? It's hard to tell. I'd be willing to buy one of these preorders off eBay if I had any idea when it would be shipped.   There's so many posts with conflicting info out there that I can't decide whether it's worth it or not.

This is an absolutely foolish request. Please look in the scam accusation section for the BFL thread then make your decision.