[ANN] xCrowd*US/UK*TH/s+ Units

[tacoman71]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

[xcrowd]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

[Fiyasko]

Niiice!, I cant afford anything like a Saturn, It really sucks being poor

get in on a group buy then

Not quite comfortable owning shares on hardware

[newmars]

Product delivery time?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

[CoinHoarder]

"pay on delivery"

I like that, I may be a customer!

I am patiently awaiting information on your product line!

[qnosh]

interesting and mark!

[zedicus]

"pay on delivery"

I like that, I may be a customer!

I am patiently awaiting information on your product line!

+ !!!!   

[eve]

"pay on delivery"

I like that, I may be a customer!

I am patiently awaiting information on your product line!

+ !!!!    

YES Finally an ethical person who will only sells when he HAS STOCKS. That is awesome and he will also sells them at an affordable price.

[Bitcoinorama]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

How do you reserve an order? That doesn't require payment, correct? I rem you stating you're funding yourself to the point of having product ready for sale without pre-order.

[Bitcoinorama]

"pay on delivery"

I like that, I may be a customer!

I am patiently awaiting information on your product line!

+ !!!!    

YES Finally an ethical person who will only sells when he HAS STOCKS. That is awesome and he will also sells them at an affordable price.

There are ethical people running pre-orders as well, but x-crowd will have done something quite impressive if they have secured funding to fully cover NRE and production, which will obviously make people happy, esp. understandably, those prev. burnt with bASIC, BFL and Avalon.

I cannot help but think they, or whoever is funding them is assuming massive massive risk, that may not workout for many reasons due to unknowns that could occur long the way. As much as people are justified in feeling skeptical over pre-orders, they are distributing the risk amongst all involved.

[xcrowd]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

How do you reserve an order? That doesn't require payment, correct? I rem you stating you're funding yourself to the point of having product ready for sale without pre-order.

You would be able to reserve your order through our website with just your delivery details but to complete the order you will need to set up an escrow deposit with either John K or Escrow.com (We won't have access to the funds until after a confirmed delivery).

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

[Bitcoinorama]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

How do you reserve an order? That doesn't require payment, correct? I rem you stating you're funding yourself to the point of having product ready for sale without pre-order.

You would be able to reserve your order through our website with just your delivery details but to complete the order you will need to set up an escrow deposit with either John K or Escrow.com (We won't have access to the funds until after a confirmed delivery).

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So there is pre-ordering, but it's protected?

[xcrowd]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

How do you reserve an order? That doesn't require payment, correct? I rem you stating you're funding yourself to the point of having product ready for sale without pre-order.

You would be able to reserve your order through our website with just your delivery details but to complete the order you will need to set up an escrow deposit with either John K or Escrow.com (We won't have access to the funds until after a confirmed delivery).

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So there is pre-ordering, but it's protected?

Indeed. With an automatic refund on delays. The terms will be simple and end user friendly. Using multi-sig escrows you won't even need us to approve an escrow release/refund.

[miter_myles]

I just got the email from the mailing list and it says that October 8th will be your "launch date". What does that mean? Can I preorder then or is that when this ships? If that's when it ships, when can I start ordering?

It's the 10th of August if you've received the email. You should be able to start reserving your order once we've published all the details.

How do you reserve an order? That doesn't require payment, correct? I rem you stating you're funding yourself to the point of having product ready for sale without pre-order.

You would be able to reserve your order through our website with just your delivery details but to complete the order you will need to set up an escrow deposit with either John K or Escrow.com (We won't have access to the funds until after a confirmed delivery).

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So there is pre-ordering, but it's protected?

Indeed. With an automatic refund on delays. The terms will be simple and end user friendly. Using multi-sig escrows you won't even need us to approve an escrow release/refund.

::thumbs up::

[RoadStress]

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So John will provide escrow only for sub $1000 orders? Why is that? Why not for bigger orders too?

[Lucky - Luciano]

xCrowd, when you start delivering?

[klee]

Nice, anticipating more info!

[Lucky - Luciano]

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So John will provide escrow only for sub $1000 orders? Why is that? Why not for bigger orders too?

    +1!

[Bitcoinorama]

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So John will provide escrow only for sub $1000 orders? Why is that? Why not for bigger orders too?

   +1!

Risk dude, x-crowd are an unknown entity, with no experience in either FPGA, ASIC, or IC design, and no previous proof of either ability, or delivery of a product.

John's not going to put his neck on the line for this, so this is a compromise.

If they succeed, no doubt their limit will increase.

John is reputed to be a stand-up guy and a lot of people have good things to say about his escrow service and reputation, but personally I only feel safe paying by credit-card with consumer protection in place. X-crowd are based in the UK, there is very strong consumer protection rules in place here in the UK if you use traditional payment methods, but not Bitcoin.

Still presumably x-crowd don't receive a penny until everyone is happy with their goods via John's escrow service, it also assumes someone is funding their development at huge risk to themselves considering all the points of failure and potential delays as we've witnessed with other companies, so you can assume your money is safe, but John's not content with securing monies over $1k.

[xcrowd]

John will be publishing a public address for all sub $1,000 orders and we will be sending out a set of clear instructions on the steps. We will be publishing the details and terms on the 10th and it will be followed up with a more comprehensive FAQ section here and on xcrowd.co.uk.

So John will provide escrow only for sub $1000 orders? Why is that? Why not for bigger orders too?

All transactions; including larger tx's will be under escrow by John or Escrow.com. The public wallet for smaller orders is just to streamline the bulk orders which are most likely sub $1,000 under a single wallet controlled by John. Larger orders will be slightly more involved and will require the participation of all parties in order to set up a secure multi sig escrow wallet for all Bitcoin transactions.

We will explain it in more details once we launch and there will be a 24/7 customer support team for all individual enquiries if our FAQ answers aren't sufficient.