Zeal0t (OP)
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November 04, 2013, 01:38:32 PM |
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Hi people,
Let me start by saying I am one of those people that got fooled by the "shipping in 2 months" promise, stated on BFL's website during the checkout process. I ordered three jalapenos in early April, needless to say I was rather foolish in thinking they'd arrive on time and make their money back quickly, but they did finally come in the mail. Also, they're operating at almost 8GH/s per unit instead of the advertised 5.5GH/s so that's always nice. My order number is 39686 to anyone trying to gauge the timing on their order.
I don't enjoy being a BFL customer any more than I did before, thus far my experiences with support have been pretty bad, but at least they came and I can say I was only mildly scammed.
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TheBlackAdder
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November 04, 2013, 01:42:51 PM |
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Also, they're operating at almost 8GH/s per unit instead of the advertised 5.5GH/s so that's always nice. I bought a 5Gh/s pre-order way back in April, and then upgraded it to 7Gh/s. Then I bought an earlier 5Gh/s pre-order via BFL's marketplace. The 5Gh/s unit landed up last weekend and was hashing away between 6.5-7.5Gh/s. I am waiting for the 7Gh/s unit now. - Either this 7Gh/s is going to hash at 8-10Gh/s; or - BFL simply gave up on the 5Gh/s and has started shipping out 7Gh/s to all Jalapeno customers. In which case, I am very unhappy about having paid for the upgrade from 5 to 7. |
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joeventura
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November 04, 2013, 02:34:46 PM |
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Hi people,
Let me start by saying I am one of those people that got fooled by the "shipping in 2 months" promise, stated on BFL's website during the checkout process. I ordered three jalapenos in early April, needless to say I was rather foolish in thinking they'd arrive on time and make their money back quickly, but they did finally come in the mail. Also, they're operating at almost 8GH/s per unit instead of the advertised 5.5GH/s so that's always nice. My order number is 39686 to anyone trying to gauge the timing on their order.
I don't enjoy being a BFL customer any more than I did before, thus far my experiences with support have been pretty bad, but at least they came and I can say I was only mildly scammed.
When you say mildly scammed, you mean you don't feel bad losing $200 out of the $274 you spent vs. being a MiniRig customer?  |
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rammy2k2
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November 04, 2013, 05:51:51 PM |
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they are useless now, enjoy a tea warmer
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HTML5 Gordon
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November 04, 2013, 07:17:33 PM |
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Yep, I finally received my paperweight last week as well. It is hashing away at ~7.5Gh, for whatever that is worth.  |
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goxed
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November 04, 2013, 11:44:30 PM |
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Ahh those USB coffee warmers? BFL = empty promises. In business trust is key, and they have lost all trust and goodwill from most of the community.
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Revewing Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.
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Phinnaeus Gage
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November 04, 2013, 11:50:54 PM |
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Yep, I finally received my paperweight last week as well. It is hashing away at ~7.5Gh, for whatever that is worth. Thank you for protecting the network. ~TMIBITW |
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DrG
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November 05, 2013, 09:38:38 AM |
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Also, they're operating at almost 8GH/s per unit instead of the advertised 5.5GH/s so that's always nice. I bought a 5Gh/s pre-order way back in April, and then upgraded it to 7Gh/s. Then I bought an earlier 5Gh/s pre-order via BFL's marketplace. The 5Gh/s unit landed up last weekend and was hashing away between 6.5-7.5Gh/s. I am waiting for the 7Gh/s unit now. - Either this 7Gh/s is going to hash at 8-10Gh/s; or - BFL simply gave up on the 5Gh/s and has started shipping out 7Gh/s to all Jalapeno customers. In which case, I am very unhappy about having paid for the upgrade from 5 to 7. That's better than the 55GH/s I'm getting out of my single which was supposed to do 60. Good thing it only cost me 208+ BTC. Made back about 55 BTC of that thanks to downtime with a 2 week turnaround on RMA.  Enjoy the coffee/tea warmer.... it could have been worse. |
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Bicknellski
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November 05, 2013, 11:13:56 AM |
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Yep, I finally received my paperweight last week as well. It is hashing away at ~7.5Gh, for whatever that is worth. Thank you for protecting the network. ~TMIBITW +1 best response so far. Yes thanks for protecting the network. |
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frankenmint
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November 05, 2013, 11:27:31 AM |
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I buy Jalapenos for .5 BTC each
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PeZ
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November 05, 2013, 06:23:03 PM |
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I received mine recently. I was one of the suckers who paid an extra $100 and now I find out everyone is getting a 7.5+GHz machine. I'm in Canada so I had to pay an extra $31 in taxes. They don't even bin the chips.
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Zelek Uther
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November 14, 2013, 09:55:11 AM |
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I received mine recently. I was one of the suckers who paid an extra $100 and now I find out everyone is getting a 7.5+GHz machine. I'm in Canada so I had to pay an extra $31 in taxes. They don't even bin the chips.
2013-04-25 Ordered 5 GH/s ASIC Miner ("Jalapeno") 2013-06-14 Paid for 2 GH/s upgrade to 5 GH/s ASIC Miner 2013-11-14 Received 7 GH/s ASIC Miner cgminer is showing it running at about 6.8 GH/s. I'm stunned: I paid an extra $100 USD for a 2 GH/s upgrade... and people that didn't pay for that are getting it for free? Apart from that, and the nearly 7 month wait, I'm pleased with the unit. It's very nicely finished, a good looking little cube. It's fairly loud, but the noise isn't too bad, perhaps a little improved from the Coding in My Sleep Unboxing review that I saw originally? However, it still drowns out the KnCMiner Jupiter that it is sitting next too... that Jupiter is one quiet rig! Makes me appreciate what KnCMiner have accomplished: I ordered my Jupiter 2 months AFTER the Jalapeno, and received the Jupiter 20 days BEFORE the Jalapeno! Oh, and the Jupiter is 80 times faster. |
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Eternity
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November 14, 2013, 01:19:26 PM |
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Cheers man but the hashrate is too low
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jelin1984
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November 14, 2013, 01:30:13 PM |
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I have for sell my 2 jalapeño California located Price 0.80 btc each one  |
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dogjunior
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November 14, 2013, 05:49:16 PM |
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I got my Jalapeno a few weeks ago. I didn't pay for the upgrade but it was a 7.5 GH/s unit not the 5 GH/s one and so that was a surprise. I could sell it now on eBay for $500 to $600. Making almost double my investment. But I won't because I am a miner and I like mining. Seeing the little guy hashing away makes me smile.
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easynote
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November 14, 2013, 08:59:01 PM |
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Im waiting for mine... -.- July order
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Zillions
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November 15, 2013, 10:21:58 PM |
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Im waiting for mine... -.- July order
I call BS I got mine months ago |
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alpher
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November 15, 2013, 10:41:53 PM |
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Im waiting for mine... -.- July order
I call BS I got mine months ago He probably meant July/2013  Same here, I must be the Lord of the Idiots ( bought it after ArsTechnica article) |
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newfrozzen
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November 15, 2013, 10:44:27 PM |
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What about some pictures ?  ^^ (as a prove) |
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TheJuice
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November 16, 2013, 12:18:57 AM |
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As much as people complain about BFL, it's the only mining equipment I've bought (besides my old gpus) that has ROI'd.
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