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June 25, 2012, 09:30:33 PM
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I am very close to just contacting Dwolla & Paypal to see what recourse I have for getting my money back from BFL and getting away from this headache that unfolded.

I have been waiting for a reply to my e-mails and voicemail for a week and still nothing.  Now they decide to take pre-orders for ASIC when October isn't even close to being here.  My place in line for ASIC is non-existent even though I put in my orders for a mini-rig and 4 sha256 singles in April.  I just can't get a response from BFL customer service.

If you were in my shoes what would you do?

What happens if I take delivery on the fpga mini-rig but do not feel comfortable with shelling out another 15K for the mini-rig SC?  What actual trade-in value do I have?  Can I only get a value of $7500 now in Single SC's if I don't want to spend the cash to match?  If I want my full 15K of value to go toward single SC's, should I just not take delivery on the mini-rig and just cancel it now?  I'm leaning towards this option but I'm really sick of not having product after all this time.  I want to mine some day as well and I will most likely not be in the 1/3 that gets product in October anymore.  Once I finally get mine would it even be worth it?

Does BFL have a payment plan?  For starters, my first payment would be putting the 4 sha256 singles towards the rig sc upgrade.  And additional payments could be made as I mine with the current fpga mini-rig I (hopefully) receive.

It would be nice if this were possible because I have yet to receive any product and shelling out another 15K up front to get on the mini-rig SC list feels very uncomfortable to me.

I'm also not even sure if mining will be worth it anymore.  That is why it is just difficult to pony up another $15K yet with no proof.  I'm beginning to feel like a huge sucker and the more time that goes on without a response makes me want out entirely.  Very upsetting.  They should have finished answering everyone's questions before jumping into new pre-orders IMO.
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June 25, 2012, 09:37:52 PM
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You should contact consumer affairs in your state and see what they say about unconscionable conduct. Just because its bitcoin doesnt release them from having to act in good faith. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconscionability

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June 25, 2012, 09:40:12 PM
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I feel you brother and I hope you come out of this whole mess on top. Smiley

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June 25, 2012, 09:46:05 PM
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At very worst case scenario, you should be able to sell your Minirig for ~5% under its trade-in value to someone who will trade it up, then spend the proceeds on singles.

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June 25, 2012, 10:01:33 PM
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I am in the same situation as you are, waiting for a Min Rig.

Their phone number is a Google voice number, so no luck trying to call them. They have promised to give me an answer today. Lets wait and see.
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June 25, 2012, 10:29:36 PM
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This might seem ridiculous but if you haven't tried emailing office@butterflylabs.com then email them at that address. The sole person responding to that account appears to be a customer service representative named Jody. She has been very helpful usually and has responded within a few days, sometimes within the hour to my emails. They seem to be overloaded right now due to the ASIC orders - I emailed them on Saturday night and they haven't responded yet.

I originally emailed BFL at support@butterflylabs.com, the address that was listed on their website for customer support. However they didn't respond after a month and I was getting quite pissed since they don't answer their phones either. What ended up happening is either BFL or BFL-Engineer posted about their customer service problems and apologized and recommended that I email office@butterflylabs.com. I received a response the next day. So if you haven't tried emailing the office account then I can only suggest I try that. That's been my only successful means of communication with this vendor.

It's quite ridiculous and needs to be fixed if BFL wants to be considered a business in good standing with their customers. They can only get away with it now because they have an effective monopoly. I'm currently accepting their customer service / shipping problems as a price I have to pay for getting by far the most profitable mining equipment available anywhere. This was my attitude before the ASICs were even announced. Now that they are coming they are even more at an advantage. As somebody said on the thread discussing an ASIC child forum (from Hardware) - all that needs to be done is renaming "FPGA" to "BFL".

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June 25, 2012, 11:08:57 PM
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This might seem ridiculous but if you haven't tried emailing office@butterflylabs.com then email them at that address.

I emailed that address 4 days ago, with no response yet. I have also tried multiple times in the forums to ask BFL questions with no response. I feel the OP's pain as I am going through it also. I am very close to cancelling my ~$5k worth of BFL orders.

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June 25, 2012, 11:13:30 PM
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What would you do if BFL is a car dealership?  You should have some consumer protection rights.  I know paypal offer buyer protection.  You may also file a complaint with the BBB.  Either way, good luck.
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June 25, 2012, 11:38:56 PM
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Same situation here too. Though, I am going to try to be patient a little bit more.

Today I did got some idea on the shipments. About 50 items were going to be shipped (today), which would satisfy upto about mid-April orders. And was informed that Sonny is thinking they will have caught up in two weeks. If that means caught up with all orders more than six weeks ago, I have personal doubts about it by the track record of course. I've gathered from two sources that they are suppose to be increasing shipment rates as well. We'll see.

That is the latest I have.

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June 25, 2012, 11:40:11 PM
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Guys, please be patient.  We're severely overloaded with emails.  Regarding any pending orders that you want to cancel or turn into ASIC orders, we've instituted policy to accommodate these situations.  I think it's clear from our trade in and refund policies that our intent is to make our customers happy and whole through the shift to ASIC.  Don't panic.  We'll catch up to your email as soon as we can.

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June 25, 2012, 11:43:47 PM
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Same situation here too. Though, I am going to try to be patient a little bit more.

Today I did got some idea on the shipments. About 50 items were going to be shipped (today), which would satisfy upto about mid-April orders. And was informed that Sonny is thinking they will have caught up in two weeks. If that means caught up with all orders more than six weeks ago, I have personal doubts about it by the track record of course. I've gathered from two sources that they are suppose to be increasing shipment rates as well. We'll see.

That is the latest I have.

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This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.

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June 25, 2012, 11:46:15 PM
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From the FTC's web site.
http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus02-business-guide-mail-and-telephone-order-merchandise-rule

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What is the Mail or Telephone Order Rule?

The Rule requires that when you advertise merchandise, you must have a reasonable basis for stating or implying that you can ship within a certain time. If you make no shipment statement, you must have a reasonable basis for believing that you can ship within 30 days. That is why direct marketers sometimes call this the "30-day Rule."

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What You Must Do If You Learn You Cannot Ship on Time

When you learn that you cannot ship on time, you must decide whether you will ever be able to ship the order. If you decide that you cannot, you must promptly cancel the order and make a full refund.

If you decide you can ship the order later, you must seek the customer’s consent to the delay. You may use whatever means you wish to do this -- such as the telephone, fax, mail, or email -- as long as you notify the customer of the delay reasonably quickly. The customer must have sufficient advance notification to make a meaningful decision to consent to the delay or cancel the order.

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What a First Delay Option Notice Must Say

In seeking your customer’s consent to delay, the first delay notice you provide to the customer (the "delay option" notice) must include:

    a definite revised shipment date or, if unknown, a statement that you are unable to provide a revised shipment date;
    a statement that, if the customer chooses not to wait, the customer can cancel the order and obtain a full and prompt refund; and
    some means for the customer to choose to cancel at your expense (e.g., by providing a postage prepaid reply card or toll-free telephone number).
    the following information when you cannot provide a revised shipping date:
        the reason for the delay, and
        a statement that, if the customer agrees to the indefinite delay, the customer may cancel the order any time until you ship the merchandise.

If your first delay option notice provides a definite revised shipping date of 30 days or less, you must inform customers that their non-response will be treated as a consent to the delay.

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You must cancel an order and provide a prompt refund when:

    the customer exercises any option to cancel before you ship the merchandise;
    the customer does not respond to your first notice of a definite revised shipment date of 30 days or less and you have not shipped the merchandise or received the customer’s consent to a further delay by the definite revised shipment date;
    the customer does not respond to your notice of a definite revised shipment date of more than 30 days (or your notice that you are unable to provide a definite revised shipment date) and you have not shipped the merchandise within 30 days of the original shipment date;
    the customer consents to a definite delay and you have not shipped or obtained the customer’s consent to any additional delay by the shipment time the customer consented to;
    you have not shipped or provided the required delay or renewed option notices on time; or
    you determine that you will never be able to ship the merchandise.

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June 25, 2012, 11:55:04 PM
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Same situation here too. Though, I am going to try to be patient a little bit more.

Today I did got some idea on the shipments. About 50 items were going to be shipped (today), which would satisfy upto about mid-April orders. And was informed that Sonny is thinking they will have caught up in two weeks. If that means caught up with all orders more than six weeks ago, I have personal doubts about it by the track record of course. I've gathered from two sources that they are suppose to be increasing shipment rates as well. We'll see.

That is the latest I have.

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This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.

This is what worries me.  I'd like to talk to somebody before these things ship out.  Taking delivery on the singles doesn't make much sense any more with the "double-down for ASIC" system.  And the same goes for the mini-rig unless you guys have more lenient options...like a payment plan or something...
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June 26, 2012, 12:04:35 AM
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...like a payment plan or something...

 Respectfully, how many hardware manufacturers do you know offer payment plans ?
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Same situation here too. Though, I am going to try to be patient a little bit more.

Today I did got some idea on the shipments. About 50 items were going to be shipped (today), which would satisfy upto about mid-April orders. And was informed that Sonny is thinking they will have caught up in two weeks. If that means caught up with all orders more than six weeks ago, I have personal doubts about it by the track record of course. I've gathered from two sources that they are suppose to be increasing shipment rates as well. We'll see.

That is the latest I have.

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This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.

Is this only a current rate based on recent data? Or are there shipments nearly every day over the past say several months?

Using another forum user's observations, assuming that shipment rate has been sustained per month:

Partial hash rates(phr):
SINGLE's phr = 0.83GHash/single x 50 singles/day x 25days = 1.03 THash/month
MINI RIG's phr = 25GHash/minirig x 1.5minirigs/day x 25 days = 0.94 THash/month
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TerraHash per month increase = 1.03TH/mo + 0.94TH/mo = 1.97TH/mo total

For each months shipments (at that rate) to go online, we would see a ~2TH increase each month. However, I see only about 2TH increase since March (4.5 months ago). The math leads me to think the rate described is based on recent shipment data.
Is this correct?

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June 26, 2012, 12:11:21 AM
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Same situation here too. Though, I am going to try to be patient a little bit more.

Today I did got some idea on the shipments. About 50 items were going to be shipped (today), which would satisfy upto about mid-April orders. And was informed that Sonny is thinking they will have caught up in two weeks. If that means caught up with all orders more than six weeks ago, I have personal doubts about it by the track record of course. I've gathered from two sources that they are suppose to be increasing shipment rates as well. We'll see.

That is the latest I have.

||bit

This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.

Is this only a current rate based on recent data? Or are there shipments nearly every day over the past say several months?

Using another forum user's observations, assuming that shipment rate has been sustained per month:

Partial hash rates(phr):
SINGLE's phr = 0.83GHash/single x 50 singles/day x 25days = 1.03 THash/month
MINI RIG's phr = 25GHash/minirig x 1.5minirigs/day x 25 days = 0.94 THash/month
-------------
TerraHash per month increase = 1.03TH/mo + 0.94TH/mo = 1.97TH/mo total

For each months shipments (at that rate) to go online, we would see a ~2TH increase each month. However, I see only about 2TH increase since March (4.5 months ago). The math leads me to think the rate described is based on recent shipment data.

Is this correct?

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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.  But yes, you are correct..  that rate is a current snapshot.  It's increased to that point as we've staffed up.

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June 26, 2012, 12:12:34 AM
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We must be very ignorant to announce months before a new product that will leave your current product obsolete.
Anyone who knows a minimum of marqueting know this has to be taken in secret until the official announcement of sale as hardware companies do not create yourself an avalanche of customers end up buying your product and they feel cheated .
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June 26, 2012, 12:12:50 AM
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Same situation here too. Though, I am going to try to be patient a little bit more.

Today I did got some idea on the shipments. About 50 items were going to be shipped (today), which would satisfy upto about mid-April orders. And was informed that Sonny is thinking they will have caught up in two weeks. If that means caught up with all orders more than six weeks ago, I have personal doubts about it by the track record of course. I've gathered from two sources that they are suppose to be increasing shipment rates as well. We'll see.

That is the latest I have.

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This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.

This is what worries me.  I'd like to talk to somebody before these things ship out.  Taking delivery on the singles doesn't make much sense any more with the "double-down for ASIC" system.  And the same goes for the mini-rig unless you guys have more lenient options...like a payment plan or something...

Maybe you could raise the needed funds on glbse so the shareholders and yourself own 50-50. It might not be much but it means you can upgrade without having to fork over the difference.

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...like a payment plan or something...

 Respectfully, how many hardware manufacturers do you know offer payment plans ?


I know it sounds a bit silly but it would be nice to mine with the fpga mini-rig for a while until the ASIC is ready.  Most people will not get theirs in October.  The initial 1/3 may not either.

They are asking for another $15K from me for the mini-rig SC and I have yet to even make any money off of what I ordered months ago.  The double-down thing really sucks and each day that goes by is money lost.

The only way I can avoid the double-down thing is to cancel all my orders now and put the money towards Single SC's if I still want to do that.  But cancelling means no product again for another 6 months most likely.  And that really sucks.

I would expect that they wouldn't want to ship product until paid off in full anyway.  I guess that is like layaway, heh.
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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.

I guess that makes sense too. I suppose this is not entirely relevant. Customers are just eager to receive the products.
Here's how to calm the mob of aggitated customers. Compenstate them 1 (or 2) bitcoins per late unit per day. Wink

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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.

I guess that makes sense too. So, the shipment rate has been sustained a those levels for several months?

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Sorry, I missed that part of the question...  I edited my original answer to include it but yes, you are right to assume that rate is only a current figure.  We've increased to this figure as we've increased our staffing.

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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.

I guess that makes sense too. So, the shipment rate has been sustained a those levels for several months?

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Sorry, I missed that part of the question...  I edited my original answer to include it but yes, you are right to assume that rate is only a current figure.  We've increased to this figure as we've increased our staffing.

Are you hiring ?  Cheesy

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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.

I guess that makes sense too. So, the shipment rate has been sustained a those levels for several months?

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Sorry, I missed that part of the question...  I edited my original answer to include it but yes, you are right to assume that rate is only a current figure.  We've increased to this figure as we've increased our staffing.

Funny, I edited my question out after I saw you edited your response to address the question.
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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.

I guess that makes sense too. I suppose this is not entirely relevant. Customers are just eager to receive the products.
Here's how to calm the mob of aggitated customers. Compenstate them 1 (or 2) bitcoins per late unit per day. Wink

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I think there's a reasonable feeling of discomfort with not being able to speak with someone when significant monies are involved.  On our side, we've just launched pre order on a very important product and we have well over 1,000 emails in over the weekend.  There are orders, questions, comments etc.  We're moving as fast as we can.

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This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.


This seems like a major problem. People like me want our orders converted in ASIC, not delivered. So maybe you should check your email instead of just shipping crap out. I'm not paying you another cent or accepting any delivery's from you until I speak with someone.
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Our understanding from speaking with customers is that a majority of product is simply used to replace phased out GPU.

I guess that makes sense too. I suppose this is not entirely relevant. Customers are just eager to receive the products.
Here's how to calm the mob of aggitated customers. Compenstate them 1 (or 2) bitcoins per late unit per day. Wink

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I think there's a reasonable feeling of discomfort with not being able to speak with someone when significant monies are involved.  On our side, we've just launched pre order on a very important product and we have well over 1,000 emails in over the weekend.  There are orders, questions, comments etc.  We're moving as fast as we can.

If I take delivery on my mini-rig, do I only get trade-in value worth $7500 if I don't want to double down?
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This is correct, we're shipping about 50 singles and 1.5 mini rigs a day at current rates.


This seems like a major problem. People like me want our orders converted in ASIC, not delivered. So maybe you should check your email instead of just shipping crap out. I'm not paying you another cent or accepting any delivery's from you until I speak with someone.

PM me, please.

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lol @ BFL
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PM sent :-)
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I just spoke to them, i am convinced now that they are on top of things and on schedule to ship as many Mini-Rigs as possible. As early adopters we can convert our unfulfilled orders to the new ASIC.
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Hey BFL, I see that you are online now.  Since this seems to be the only way to get any kind of response, what about me?  I have written you twice now asking for a refund and gotten no response.  I don't want to change my order for any of your asics or any of your products.  I simpally want my money back.
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I just spoke to them, i am convinced now that they are on top of things and on schedule to ship as many Mini-Rigs as possible. As early adopters we can convert our unfulfilled orders to the new ASIC.
Yes, the real question is will we get bumped to the end of the line because of it. I think a lot of people will just get refunds if that's the case.
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.
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They have to USE your money, to buy\manufacture the asic gear.

You are not getting a refund brother.  Not for a while.
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They have to USE your money, to buy\manufacture the asic gear.

You are not getting a refund brother.  Not for a while.

Yep, capital venture my ass.

                   
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June 26, 2012, 02:43:09 AM
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They have to USE your money, to buy\manufacture the asic gear.

You are not getting a refund brother.  Not for a while.

Yep, capital venture my ass.

I do not get what you are saying ...but it looks like you are attacking me... like everyone else in the forum.  Anyhow, they used Capital Venture to acquire the asic stamp, in order to CREATE their product.  Do you even know what that is?  Do you even know how much that costs?

If you think Venture Capital is supplying them with MORE money, then why on Earth all these 4 month early pre-orders?  Why would they need to do that if they had sufficient financial backing already?
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June 26, 2012, 03:02:22 AM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.

Its not an upgrade if you just dont put double money.

You're just simply a switch from current order to new order and considered payment is made.
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June 26, 2012, 03:35:51 AM
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for those people who bought the mini-rig in the early April and don't want it,I can pay 14000 for that,
and you need talk to BFL,let them send it directly to me,
need escrow service.
Pm me if you are interested.
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June 26, 2012, 03:50:57 AM
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15500 and its yours.
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June 26, 2012, 03:56:51 AM
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15500 and its yours.


no ,thanks,if I paid that much,why not just waiting for SC
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June 26, 2012, 04:10:45 AM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.

Its not an upgrade if you just dont put double money.

You're just simply a switch from current order to new order and considered payment is made.

Total BS if they really do it that way. By the time they get back to us and get the orders switched over, we will be waiting a lot longer then if we had never given them money at all.
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June 26, 2012, 04:43:52 AM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.

Its not an upgrade if you just dont put double money.

You're just simply a switch from current order to new order and considered payment is made.

Total BS if they really do it that way. By the time they get back to us and get the orders switched over, we will be waiting a lot longer then if we had never given them money at all.

I agree that it is a totally shitty way to treat those of us that have been waiting for product for months already.  They used our money to finance their expansion and ASIC endeavors.  The least they could do is bump me into the 1/3 if I decide to cancel everything and put the $18K towards Single SC's.
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June 26, 2012, 05:23:04 AM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.
To people who have orders in for the prior-gens?  Hmmmm.... I suppose that could work out alright.
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June 26, 2012, 06:28:38 AM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.
To people who have orders in for the prior-gens?  Hmmmm.... I suppose that could work out alright.

Unless virgin orders equate to significantly fewer units than than that carried by persons with prior-gen stuff.  Undecided
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June 26, 2012, 06:50:59 AM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.

Its not an upgrade if you just dont put double money.

You're just simply a switch from current order to new order and considered payment is made.

Total BS if they really do it that way. By the time they get back to us and get the orders switched over, we will be waiting a lot longer then if we had never given them money at all.

I agree that it is a totally shitty way to treat those of us that have been waiting for product for months already.  They used our money to finance their expansion and ASIC endeavors.  The least they could do is bump me into the 1/3 if I decide to cancel everything and put the $18K towards Single SC's.

The point of their trade-in is new money coming along with customer's early investment. You dont provide them any new money, why are you considered as trade-in?
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.

Its not an upgrade if you just dont put double money.

You're just simply a switch from current order to new order and considered payment is made.

Total BS if they really do it that way. By the time they get back to us and get the orders switched over, we will be waiting a lot longer then if we had never given them money at all.

I agree that it is a totally shitty way to treat those of us that have been waiting for product for months already.  They used our money to finance their expansion and ASIC endeavors.  The least they could do is bump me into the 1/3 if I decide to cancel everything and put the $18K towards Single SC's.

The point of their trade-in is new money coming along with customer's early investment. You don't provide them any new money, why are you considered as trade-in?

We already provided them with money, and if they think that's not good enough they can give it back. That is their guarantee, some of my orders are 12 weeks old. They should have just caught up on deliveries before announcing something that would render them worthless.
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I think there's a reasonable feeling of discomfort with not being able to speak with someone when significant monies are involved.  On our side, we've just launched pre order on a very important product and we have well over 1,000 emails in over the weekend.  There are orders, questions, comments etc.  We're moving as fast as we can.

That is ridiculous.  "We can't fill your order because we chose to take more on some new product 4 months down the road."   If you were responsible at all.. this situation would not happen...  it's like saying it's not your fault you crashed into another car because you were drunk...

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June 26, 2012, 11:57:56 AM
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Has anyone here that did a bank wire pre-order on the new ASIC based products receive an email yet with wire instructions?

I've been waiting for almost 60 hours on this.
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June 26, 2012, 12:17:43 PM
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Has anyone here that did a bank wire pre-order on the new ASIC based products receive an email yet with wire instructions?

I've been waiting for almost 60 hours on this.

Lol

Maybe they found out that bank wire can be charged back ?

Dunno, but seems likely.

They are "supporting Bitcoin" so no worries there when they deliver.
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June 26, 2012, 02:38:57 PM
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They have allocated 1/3 of the quota to upgrades like us, so we will fall under that category.

Its not an upgrade if you just dont put double money.

You're just simply a switch from current order to new order and considered payment is made.

Total BS if they really do it that way. By the time they get back to us and get the orders switched over, we will be waiting a lot longer then if we had never given them money at all.

I agree that it is a totally shitty way to treat those of us that have been waiting for product for months already.  They used our money to finance their expansion and ASIC endeavors.  The least they could do is bump me into the 1/3 if I decide to cancel everything and put the $18K towards Single SC's.

The point of their trade-in is new money coming along with customer's early investment. You don't provide them any new money, why are you considered as trade-in?

We already provided them with money, and if they think that's not good enough they can give it back. That is their guarantee, some of my orders are 12 weeks old. They should have just caught up on deliveries before announcing something that would render them worthless.

I agree.  The upgrade is something I could more easily swallow if they were taking pre-orders closer to October and I've actually had the chance to mine with my fpga's for a while.  I just can't blindly give out more money than what I've already done.  If I felt comfortable with upgrading to a mini-rig SC I would've put in two orders for mini-rig fpga's.  I only bought one for that reason and now they want double the money to retain the value on my first $15K.  And I have yet to receive any product.

If I can't take delivery and must start my order over for 14 Single SC's to get the full value of $18K (also had 4 single fpga's on order), the least they could do is keep me in the 1/3 so I am not waiting until the end of time for product.

EDIT: btw do you guys know how to contact this "Sonny" that I see others talk about?  The user BFL that posts here offered to call me in pm last night but I stepped out at the wrong time.
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June 26, 2012, 03:06:56 PM
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I am in the same situation. I have 7k tied up with them in orders and I did not plan on putting 14k in with them at that time. They don't plan on delivering my units until late July. So I too would like some better option right now then just hey you are screwed because you couldn't pay in BTC and now you not only are waiting on your FPGAs now you get to hit the back of the line for ASIC.

I fully think they should have completed their orders and actually stopped taking new orders on FPGA until they were caught up to the point they could just move into ASIC manufacturing/pre-order. The reality of the situation is I could have taken the 6k I paid them and bought BTC at ~5 and would have made interest on the BTC between then and now and had been able to pre-order ASIC. But instead I figured the safer order would be directly with them.

BFL you have my money, you have had it for over a month. Why am I disqualified for a pre-order based on the value of my trade in that you haven't delivered yet?

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June 26, 2012, 10:09:31 PM
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So much for 24 hours, it's been almost 72 and still no word from BFL on were they want my money wired to.

You think they would want my 30 grand.
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June 26, 2012, 11:57:18 PM
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$15000 for early April order!!!!
 Wink Wink
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June 27, 2012, 02:30:00 AM
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Go ahead:

http://www.easic.com/low-cost-power-fpga-nre-asic-90nm-easic-nextreme/easic-nextreme-overview/

Their offerings look pretty flexible and it would be worth at least checking to see
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