Avalon: Where is our chips? (chip eta status thread)

[ionstorm]

Gonna post this now since it will end up being posted sooner than later, it seems as if Avalon is or is about to be late on their shipping time estimates for ordering Avalon chips.  

Here is steamboat's orders and their estimated ETA's:

Batch 1: Order #10177, Purchase date May 1,2013. Expected delivery date early July (already surpassed early July)
Batch 2: Order #10265, Purchase date May 11,2013. Expected delivery date mid July  (already surpassed mid July)
Batch 3: Order #10325, Purchase date May 22,2013. Expected delivery date mid/late July.
Batch 4: Order #10425, Purchase date May 28,2013. Expected delivery date late July, early August.
Batch 5: Order #10553, Purchase date June 5. Expected delivery date early/mid August.
Batch 6: Order #11253, Purchase date July 6. Expected delivery date mid September.

If you reply with your Groupbuy's shipping date and Expected delivery date I will update this post.  

[HorseRider]

when will the chips ordered in the first week of chip sales be shipped?

[sikman]

personally I believe Avalon had the chips many many weeks ago, reason they didn't ship is because if they did it would increase the hashrate/difficulty and cut into their profits from mining customers batch 2/3 Avalons, no wonder there full of dust...

[ionstorm]

personally I believe Avalon had the chips many many weeks ago, reason they didn't ship is because if they did it would increase the hashrate/difficulty and cut into their profits from mining customers batch 2/3 Avalons, no wonder there full of dust...

Well, there is millions of dollars worth of chips in limbo and no status updates to be found, its quite possible Avalon is making more off chips than by selling their own hardware, I think we all deserve some status updates and an updated estimate ETA for chip orders.  I know allot of us have invested a considerable amount in this and steamboat and the others who are already getting PCB's manufactured need to know.  I hope we hear something soon

[Wayne_Chang]

personally I believe Avalon had the chips many many weeks ago, reason they didn't ship is because if they did it would increase the hashrate/difficulty and cut into their profits from mining customers batch 2/3 Avalons, no wonder there full of dust...

Somebody already received their chips which was ordered in Apr.
But at the same time, batch#3 which was ordered in March just started to ship.
Avalon team is dig his own grave by doing business like this.

[eroxors]

It would be nice to see the difference in delivery time between the first reports of sample chips in China and everyone else. It won't be perfect, but should give us a minimun amount of time that shipping will take. IIRC, it was about two weeks from initial reports to when steamboat received his.

[nightengale]

The lack of communication, delays, and general sense of uncertainty is sort of BFL'esque.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

The lack of communication, delays, and general sense of uncertainty is sort of BFL'esque.

Now, doesn't this take the cake. A la betting on the wrong ASIC outfit, surely I haven't been beating on the wrong dead horse, have I?

[Bicknellski]

The lack of communication, delays, and general sense of uncertainty is sort of BFL'esque.

Now, doesn't this take the cake. A la betting on the wrong ASIC outfit, surely I haven't been beating on the wrong dead horse, have I?

Ewwww cake and horse beatings... not a pretty sight.

[joeventura]

Gonna post this now since it will end up being posted sooner than later, it seems as if Avalon is or is about to be late on their shipping time estimates for ordering Avalon chips.  

Here is steamboat's orders and their estimated ETA's:

Batch 1: Order #10177, Purchase date May 1,2013. Expected delivery date early July (already surpassed early July)
Batch 2: Order #10265, Purchase date May 11,2013. Expected delivery date mid July  (already surpassed mid July)
Batch 3: Order #10325, Purchase date May 22,2013. Expected delivery date mid/late July.
Batch 4: Order #10425, Purchase date May 28,2013. Expected delivery date late July, early August.
Batch 5: Order #10553, Purchase date June 5. Expected delivery date early/mid August.
Batch 6: Order #11253, Purchase date July 6. Expected delivery date mid September.

If you reply with your Groupbuy's shipping date and Expected delivery date I will update this post.  

94 days seems to be the current time frame based on this recent delivery:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=258231.0

So at best you have 2 more weeks to wait on your May 1st order