Bitcoin Miners

[l3sny]

Couldn't they just make this annoucement in a professional way one may expect from a legit company?  Someone should call the Police...

[l3sny]

and now mauiflipper with 13 posts on bitcointalk who bought 2 units... c'mon!

[raskul]

The only thing that worries me is that I can't found any of those people anywhere.  However, if their company is a government contractor, it would make sense that they were not allowed to have social networking profiles.

Remember what Ms. Saunder's said in her email to me:
______________
We are trying to keep this very separate due to the work we do trading as CMS (Cambridge Microprocessor Systems Ltd.) with the UK government.
______________

Rebecca Saunder's email seems like she is a real person and I think they will flesh out to be legit in the end.  I bought two units, because I did enough research to make me believe that they are real.  I admit, it's a risk and they could have done a better job with some proof of product. But they already sold half of their inventory in less than a day, regardless, which is amazing.

[mauiflipper]

Id XXXXX Rebecca Saunders throat
Who wants to join me in plugging the remaining 2 holes?

Being vulgar will not make you right.  It just makes you look like a jerk.  I can never figure out why some people think that when they are online they can be like that.  Really nasty.

[papamoi]

This is not the response we wanted to receive as you can imagine from the community!

I want to clarify some peoples comments which claim we are a scam company which are ridiculous.

1) Yes we used Wordpress to build our website but also had 2 members on my team, Jack and Oliver, working full time on the site, which is why I posted a blog saying congratulations to them for the site. We are very pleased with it.

2) Our products are not "photoshopped". They are custom designed CAD products in the initial stages. We do have more designs being developed currently and will add these to the site when they arrive.

3) Our domain registrar uses Private Registration which protects us from spam and doesn't list contact details on WHOIS; however, our address and phone number are on the website if you wish to call us/come and visit us.

4) We use US Dollar as our main currency on the website due to it being the internationally recognised currency of the world. We also list our products in GBP and Bitcoin currency.

5) As we have stated, we have been developing the ASICs in house for the past year. Our 20nm microprocessors are built here in the UK. We do not use an external foundry. We have been building microprocessors for over 25 years and have worked in numerous industries supplying products and chips. They are near on finished and the reason why we have decided to take pre-orders is simply to gauge interest. We do not want to commit to producing thousands of units if we will struggle to sell them. We were confident people would take to our products and this response has been hard to take.

6) We do have a refund policy. It is on our FAQ page. We are very confident in our timescales if interest is there; therefore, will be offering a full refund if we miss our delivery week of the 7th April by more than 7 days.

7) We partnered with a social media and PR company to try to target customers who may be interested in our products. This resulted in some higher quality than other Facebook page likes and Twitter followers; however, also resulted in some low quality social links.

I hope this helps clarify some peoples responses to my announcement.

hmm

i didn t knew until today that uk have a fab wich is able to manufacture on 20 nm,lol

[-ck]

Rebecca is not working late tonight?

She's unable to sit down any more (see my earlier post).

[descarte]

I'm still looking for their 4 profile stockphotos... can anyone beat me to it?

[Phoenix1969]

Not to worry Rebecca....  every asic company in here got the troll treatment, and I see many units sold in a quick time... a good response if you ask me.

[mauiflipper]

That's right Rebecca.  Not to worry.  As more people do actual research rather than balking, they too will see that you are legit and sales will take 15 minutes rather than 24 hours to sell out 2,000 units.  I am sure some of the users on this forum work for other mining hardware companies too.  The other companies are probably freaking out right now, since your machine specs and efficiency specs are amazing and you actually posted a shipping date rather than "Q1/Q2" like some other company we all know.  I mean really.  Sometimes between Jan 1st & June 30th, was the best timeframe knc could come up with?  That is totally ridiculous. 

[raskul]

the fact that they are now only accepting bitcoins as payment, stinks.
I've got the cash and I want to buy one, but I want some kind of protection for my purchase.

[merv77]

could you just have waited till someone physically checked them out.

someone who live nearby could you please visit this company and please bring a camera.  
or better still start video recording from outside as you walk in asking questions. act like a news reporter.

ps. i'll pay for your fuel in BTC tips

[Munz77]

the fact that they are now only accepting bitcoins as payment, stinks.
I've got the cash and I want to buy one, but I want some kind of protection for my purchase.

Same, I have cash too, but don't want to risk it. They should at least take a card.

[Searing]

This is not the response we wanted to receive as you can imagine from the community!

I want to clarify some peoples comments which claim we are a scam company which are ridiculous.

1) Yes we used Wordpress to build our website but also had 2 members on my team, Jack and Oliver, working full time on the site, which is why I posted a blog saying congratulations to them for the site. We are very pleased with it.

2) Our products are not "photoshopped". They are custom designed CAD products in the initial stages. We do have more designs being developed currently and will add these to the site when they arrive.

3) Our domain registrar uses Private Registration which protects us from spam and doesn't list contact details on WHOIS; however, our address and phone number are on the website if you wish to call us/come and visit us.

4) We use US Dollar as our main currency on the website due to it being the internationally recognised currency of the world. We also list our products in GBP and Bitcoin currency.

5) As we have stated, we have been developing the ASICs in house for the past year. Our 20nm microprocessors are built here in the UK. We do not use an external foundry. We have been building microprocessors for over 25 years and have worked in numerous industries supplying products and chips. They are near on finished and the reason why we have decided to take pre-orders is simply to gauge interest. We do not want to commit to producing thousands of units if we will struggle to sell them. We were confident people would take to our products and this response has been hard to take.

6) We do have a refund policy. It is on our FAQ page. We are very confident in our timescales if interest is there; therefore, will be offering a full refund if we miss our delivery week of the 7th April by more than 7 days.

7) We partnered with a social media and PR company to try to target customers who may be interested in our products. This resulted in some higher quality than other Facebook page likes and Twitter followers; however, also resulted in some low quality social links.

I hope this helps clarify some peoples responses to my announcement.

hmm

i didn t knew until today that uk have a fab wich is able to manufacture on 20 nm,lol

the wording is interesting above.....makes me flashback to BFL this last summer ...all very reasonable sounding all likley wrong imho

sheezh......buy our super secret item ..really trust us ....they are lame imho

Searing

[Phoenix1969]

UK.Gov seems to think they existed for quite some time... you have proof otherwise?



Or you guys too busy whacking off to Rebecca's pic to investigate, and would rather just troll?

We all predicted the "unknown" asic companies secretly developing...and here they are... now you chastise the secret development, when it's a key component to any high tech business, and when it unfolded just as predicted?

[raskul]

We all predicted the "unknown" asic companies secretly developing...and here they are... now you chastise the secret development, when it's a key component to any high tech business?

at a time when a vast majority of asic buyers have been burnt in some way or another with pre-orders, any new company who want to sell cutting-edge stuff would do better rolling out when they are actually mass produced. I don't think it's a fault of any company, but previous experience will make us all stop and think twice. It's not unreasonable to want to see physical proof (rather than sexy renders) of new rigging.

[jointstarr]

Hi all, I live close-by and shall be paying them a visit on Monday (as I want to be sure the building is physically open).

If I find a team there, and it all seems legit I will be ordering 1-2 units there and then.

As soon as I arrive home I will post up all info/photos/videos of my visit.

See you Monday!

JOINTSTARR

[papamoi]

UK.Gov seems to think they existed for quite some time... you have proof otherwise?



Or you guys too busy whacking off to Rebecca's pic to investigate, and would rather just troll?

We all predicted the "unknown" asic companies secretly developing...and here they are... now you chastise the secret development, when it's a key component to any high tech business, and when it unfolded just as predicted?

i don t want to contradict you

but come on where did you see any ic company able to fav 20 nm in his own office or factory

lol i mean she is probably new to ic stuff ,lool,

[MiningBuddy]

Rebecca contacted me a few days ago and I've requested a prototype to be sent out to be tested/verified and reviewed by myself. They have agreed so I will update if/when anything actually happens.

[bitpop]

Snitches end up in ditches, you know who you are mauiflower

[raskul]

Rebecca contacted me a few days ago and I've requested a prototype to be sent out to be tested/verified and reviewed by myself. They have agreed so I will update if/when anything actually happens.

 

i'm not getting into heaven.