[WTS] Avalon 80 GH/s IN-HAND [Batch #2] Continental US

What I'm selling
An Avalon unit 80 GH/s w/703 firmware that I have in-hand and ready to ship. I'm looking for 80-100ish BTC O.B.O.

When I'm selling it
Sale closes tomorrow (7/30/2013) @ 4:30pm my time. That's 16:30 Central Time (UTC-06:00). If you want escrow, please specify (see below). If you do not want escrow, then upon receipt of the BTC, I will hash for you till ship time (probably around noon on the subsequent day).

If the highest bid is a PM, I will post the amount publicly to the highest bidder in this thread after the auction closes and give them an option to beat or match you. If you are the private bidder and the public bidder agrees to match your payment, you lose. I think this is the only fair way to handle private bidding. I came up with this solution because it encourages keeping everything fair and open and will hopefully prevent delays.

See "Final Notes" below if you don't mind traveling to avoid shipping delay.

Why I'm selling it
I was originally hoping to have had this unit back in April. Because I didn't get it till July, it's now summer and I can't feasibly run it in my small apartment due to heat, noise, etc. Plus, I'm in the process of purchasing a house and I basically cannot deal with constantly tweaking settings and loading firmware and watching it like a hawk to make sure I have zero downtime. Lastly, I have several trade-in Icarus for Avalons so this one isn't that important for me to hold on to. Had I received all my Avalons on time back in April, I would have rented commercial space and done this professionally, but now I just can't afford to take on that kind of risk, especially since the trade-ins haven't shipped yet. Sad

Where I'm selling it
I live in Central Iowa. I will only ship to continental US, but the shipping is included in your bid.

Who am I
I'm Raize, I've been here since early 2011 and my OTC account is early 2011 as well. Please be wary about PM. I worry about this forum and our accounts being huge targets without two-factor authentication. Ask me to verify either via PGP or the address listed on my OTC account in all PMs/emails. If I refuse to, consider that it is NOT me.

I am also authenticated on #bitcoin-otc for tonight till tomorrow morning if you have questions. I'll also check PM and this thread, obviously.

Proof/Verification
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I, NickRaize on OTC and Raize on BitcoinTalk.org, am selling a Batch #2 Avalon miner on 7/29/2013.
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Hashing stats:

Physical proof: (Yes, I own two of these and have access to a third as well as my possible trade-ins)

(Sorry it is blurry. Yes, that is a 2011 25 BTC Casascius coin included for further proof that I've been on this forum a long time and am the real deal.)

Final notes
If the winner lives in the Midwest, I'm okay with having you pick it up at my work if you don't mind driving to Central Iowa. I can hash in the meantime, but I'll want the payment immediately.

I highly discourage PM for bidding, but didn't want to exclude it because I know newbies cannot come in here and even a newbie might have the BTC to pay for this. Additionally, some folks just want their privacy. The reason I discourage PMs for bidding is because they are almost always used by scammers or others that want to delay or otherwise hinder the sale. If you really want this unit, you'll make a newbie account, get it verified for this thread, and post a bid. I will NOT close this sale/auction early, it's not even a full day auction so that doesn't make sense.

If you want escrow, it will be done with JohnK. I've never done any deals with him, but everyone seems to trust him. Please note that if we do escrow, you pay for it, and I will NOT be hashing for you prior to shipping, because I'll probably be trying to ship ASAP.

Be sure to check "Notify me of replies" if you want to know when/if I post the sales of the other Avalons. I will include a link to whatever new post I make in this thread. Considering the house I'm moving to needs an electrical rework and the trade-ins are so extremely delayed, I might just be selling out of all of my stock when/if the trade-ins come in as well.

Lastly, sorry this was so long, I want to make it as fair and open as possible while preventing any gaming of the bidding. This isn't really a traditional "auction" as I want to primarily just sell the unit I have, so it's hard to manage all the caveats that could come up. I apologize in advance if there's something glaringly obvious I've missed. Let me know if there's other pictures you want to see for proof.

Public responses to PM questions that should be posted here in interest of fairness
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No, you cannot occupy the first position of first right of refusal. No one can. I just want to sell this unit, and I want it to be as fairly as possible. If you're interested, please bid. If not, I'm sorry, I cannot help you.
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I can videotape the packaging process. I still have the same box it came in, too. They were, honestly, packaged very well.