It's very relevant. BTC profitability has just cratered due to Diff increase. Sub $10.00 per day for the S-9. Anyone buying ASIC miners from resellers these days has NO hope of making money. Well, for at least a year or more. If you pay the release price you at least stand a chance. Resellers today are just another form of scammer. Gouging people knowing full well that these machines will not recoup the costs of their sales. Think about it. If the machine was going to make money mining, why would all these thieves....er....I mean...."resellers" be selling them???
while there is some truth to what you are saying, i would comment:
whenever you guys read something like this, go and buy more asics.
please tell me another Investment to roi in 3-6 month?
its very true it always depends on your Situation.
most People will be happier if they just buy some currency instead of miner.
double Price Reseller? well.. opportunity.
now the op question. shipping is not the Problem.
its the pre-order, 2-3 month wait. Money locked.
if you can handle that then you should be golden.
in case of x11, that ship has sailed.
btc is on the low end too,
gpu are not very profitable also.
waiting for the next opportunity...