[ANN] US/North American Bitfury sales NEW STOCK ***NOW SHIPPING***

[tom99]

  You can't compare 1300US starter kit with 500US H-board.  You are going to do by yourself not easy to do then say it.

[dracore]

Are H-boards shipping at beginning of October or end?

[tom99]

Are H-boards shipping at beginning of October or end?

  most likely at end of Oct.

[ErebusBat]

Nice! Anxiously waiting for bitpay  

+1

[kaerf]

Nice! Anxiously waiting for bitpay 

+1

Nice! Anxiously waiting for bitpay  

Somebody already had the idea to just run an order through as Bank Transfer, and mark on the order that they will pay with bitcoins.  I totally support this if you want to stake a claim to your spot.  For these orders, my sales team will just contact you directly for payment...its good incentive for me to get the BitPay gateway working.

Please don't abuse it - place an order for the number of units you intend to pay for.  Keep in mind that I can't spot the BTC price at the exact time you placed the order - but I will set BTC at Daily (High+Low)/2 on the day you purchased, according to http://bitcoincharts.com/charts.

[newguy05]

Hi buzzdave,

i am sorry if this was already discussed but i couldnt find an exact response so hoping you can clarify again.

1) August 400GH fullkit is ~$19k & October 400GH is $8k.  But August and October 25GH are both $1.3k.  Why is the 400GH at >50% discount for Oct but the 25GH has the same price as Aug?

2) Per the website:
- 25 GH = 16 chips & 400 GH = 16*16 = 256 chips ->  they both average ~1.5GH per chip.
- But the chip page states 2.7 GH per chip.  

Does that mean the 25 GH full kit's real hashrate is ~43GH(2.7 * 16), and the 400GH is ~691 GH(2.7 * 256)?  

3) Are the inventory numbers for the Oct fullkits accurate? right now it shows a 378 unit left for the 400GH, if all 378 gets sold will they all be delivered in Oct?

Thanks, i like how this is not dependent on avalon and already has asic chips in hand.

[tom99]

Hi Dave, Are you using USPS for shipping?

[klondike_bar]

Hi buzzdave,

i am sorry if this was already discussed but i couldnt find an exact response so hoping you can clarify again.

1) August 400GH fullkit is ~$19k & October 400GH is $8k.  But August and October 25GH are both $1.3k.  Why is the 400GH at >50% discount for Oct but the 25GH has the same price as Aug?

2) Per the website:
- 25 GH = 16 chips & 400 GH = 16*16 = 256 chips ->  they both average ~1.5GH per chip.
- But the chip page states 2.7 GH per chip.  

Does that mean the 25 GH full kit's real hashrate is ~43GH(2.7 * 16), and the 400GH is ~691 GH(2.7 * 256)?  

3) Are the inventory numbers for the Oct fullkits accurate? right now it shows a 378 unit left for the 400GH, if all 378 gets sold will they all be delivered in Oct?

Thanks, i like how this is not dependent on avalon and already has asic chips in hand.

based on demand much more demand for the 25G kits then for the full 40G miners. pricing is based on demonstrated demand and presale volume/speed

[dben428]

1) August 400GH fullkit is ~$19k & October 400GH is $8k.  But August and October 25GH are both $1.3k.  Why is the 400GH at >50% discount for Oct but the 25GH has the same price as Aug?

The August 25GH kit price was an introductory price set to peak interest in the product. It then sold out in less than 24 hours. If the October 25GH kit were then to be priced at a large discount over the August 25GH kit, it too would sell out extremely quickly.

[buzzdave]

Hi Dave, Are you using USPS for shipping?

Its not determined yet.  I tend not to use USPS in favor of UPS/FedEx.  We are working on getting a good price for standard shipping (which is free), but also an affordable option for people to upgrade to expedited.  I expect about 90% of orders will want to get it in a day or two - every extra day mining will easily justify that cost.

I will be sending all shipments as signature required.  I think its prudent to choose an insured shipment, but it does add significant cost.  If the poll shows that we have equal desire for under-insured vs full insured, then I'll just put up a combo that suits everyone - it will add some overhead for our shipping team though and that will cost.

[Syke]

Hi Dave, Are you using USPS for shipping?

Its not determined yet.  I tend not to use USPS in favor of UPS/FedEx.  We are working on getting a good price for standard shipping (which is free), but also an affordable option for people to upgrade to expedited.  I expect about 90% of orders will want to get it in a day or two - every extra day mining will easily justify that cost.

My suggestion:

UPS for US deliveries.
USPS for International deliveries.

[buzzdave]

Hi Dave, Are you using USPS for shipping?

Its not determined yet.  I tend not to use USPS in favor of UPS/FedEx.  We are working on getting a good price for standard shipping (which is free), but also an affordable option for people to upgrade to expedited.  I expect about 90% of orders will want to get it in a day or two - every extra day mining will easily justify that cost.

My suggestion:

UPS for US deliveries.
USPS for International deliveries.

Thanks for the suggest  Syke - we'll look into USPS for International.  I was considering DHL Global

[greaterninja]

I have had great experience with USPS in U.S. and FedEx for Global and U.S.
Sometimes we go UPS, but usually its USPS or FedEx for us.
Let me know if you need any help Dave.

Very Respectfully,
GreaterNinja

[ErebusBat]

I have had great experience with USPS in U.S. and FedEx for Global and U.S.
Sometimes we go UPS, but usually its USPS or FedEx for us.

Tracking is crap with USPS (at least that past couple of times I have used them), as a consumer I prefer UPS/FedEX however not at a great cost (for that benifit only)

[Syke]

Thanks for the suggest  Syke - we'll look into USPS for International.  I was considering DHL Global

DHL Global is really good, but it'll cost ya.

[tom99]

Hi Dave, Are you using USPS for shipping?

Its not determined yet.  I tend not to use USPS in favor of UPS/FedEx.  We are working on getting a good price for standard shipping (which is free), but also an affordable option for people to upgrade to expedited.  I expect about 90% of orders will want to get it in a day or two - every extra day mining will easily justify that cost.

My suggestion:

UPS for US deliveries.
USPS for International deliveries.

  yes, I like USPS and UPS charge cross border fee too high for Canada buyers.

[skrazy]

Thanks for the suggest  Syke - we'll look into USPS for International.  I was considering DHL Global

DHL Global is really good, but it'll cost ya.

+1

I've been taken by fedEx crossing the border a number of times. Their brokerage fees are brutal.

[mdbssm]

Thanks for the suggest  Syke - we'll look into USPS for International.  I was considering DHL Global

DHL Global is really good, but it'll cost ya.

+1

I've been taken by fedEx crossing the border a number of times. Their brokerage fees are brutal.

But if you want something overnight from USA->Canada they are the only game.

[tom99]

Thanks for the suggest  Syke - we'll look into USPS for International.  I was considering DHL Global

DHL Global is really good, but it'll cost ya.

+1

I've been taken by fedEx crossing the border a number of times. Their brokerage fees are brutal.

But if you want something overnight from USA->Canada they are the only game.

  I can for wait for it and I dont need any overnight shipping.

ps: some people could wait for a year order from BFL ship out miners.

[KIDC]

Hi Dave, Are you using USPS for shipping?

Its not determined yet.  I tend not to use USPS in favor of UPS/FedEx.  We are working on getting a good price for standard shipping (which is free), but also an affordable option for people to upgrade to expedited.  I expect about 90% of orders will want to get it in a day or two - every extra day mining will easily justify that cost.

I will be sending all shipments as signature required.  I think its prudent to choose an insured shipment, but it does add significant cost.  If the poll shows that we have equal desire for under-insured vs full insured, then I'll just put up a combo that suits everyone - it will add some overhead for our shipping team though and that will cost.

I doubt you would pull something like this but I really would hope that the expedited shipping would be offered at cost or at a small profit. I paid $724 to BFL to get the equipment I have now shipped overnight, and I'm quite familiar with the cost of express shipping as I processed my own to send in my trade-ins - even UPS Next Day Air Early AM for a much bigger and heavier shipment is only $250. So I imagine BFL paid $150 at most to overnight those units to me and docked the rest as profit. Before anybody asks: yes I did make out of that investment, as it were. However the point remains that BFL is simply taking advantage of the situation with regard to expedited shipping and it would be appreciated (but already expected) that the same situation would not occur with Bitfury.