[WTS] 9x Ant S2 - no minimum price - once in a lifetime occasion

[spiccioli]

Hi fellow miners,

I'm auctioning here 9 Bitmain S2 miners.

Auction ends Friday, February 5th at midnight 12:00 am UTC.

I'd like to sell them as a lot but I reserve the right to sell individual units if I receive good offers.

All units have been hosted at Waveform Technology in Troy, Michigan since they were bought.

Michigan-colocation (as they're also known here) offers an astounding service but alas at current BTC price/difficulty ratio units cannot be hosted there anymore.

So, if you happen to live in an area with cheap electricity this offer is for you.

5 units are hashing at full 1TH/s while 4 are hashing between 800 and 900 GH/s (see below for speeds).

Shipping will have to be organized with Michigan-colocation and paid by buyer (I don't know if units can be collected at Michigan-colo's facility, but I can ask if there is some real interest).

Escrow by some reputable member of this forum welcome, buyer pays escrow fees, otherwise you pay me and I will authorize Michigan-colo to ship the units.

Please post your offers in this thread if possible, PMs will be answered in around 24 hours.

Happy auction!


spiccioli.


ps.  If you want to write me, please keep in mind that I live in GMT+1.

February 4th, 2015

My units were hashing on two proxies (slush's proxy code) so that I could switch pool with a single change and have some redundancy.

I've plotted their real speed from Jan 1st this year to Jan 15th when they were powered off, these two graphs are made counting accepted shares only, so they show the real speed of the units as seen by the pool.

I have to correct my previous statement that 5 units are able to reach 1TH, just 3 are able to reach a full TH, 2 are at 900 GH and the rest at 800-850 GH, I'm sorry for this error.

In any case, considering current bids, they're still a steal.

First proxy with five units



Second proxy with four



Regards.

spiccioli

February 4th, 2015 - some answers from Michigan colo

I've just received an email from Michigan colo with some answers to shipping costs and local pickup:

• collection at their facility is an option
• there is no extra charge for handling, they charge 7 USD to schedule a pickup at their facility
• typical costs for shipping in the USA are around 50 USD/box since they have discounted rates from UPS

February 5th, 2015

Clarified auction's end, it is going to end today at 12:00:00 (noon) UTC, see my last post.

Sorry for any confusion.

spiccioli

February 5th, 2015

Winners here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=943558.msg10368560#msg10368560

[MCHouston]

Any estimate for shipping all of them within the USA?

[klondike_bar]

fair price for 1TH/1KW is about $180/ea  (since the S5 is 1.2TH/0.6kW for $370)
fair price for 1050W GOLD PSU is about $90/ea

I would be interested in a few units shipping to either Toronto, Canada or Winnipeg, Canada depending what the shipping would look like. Could offer $1100 shipped for 5 units

[spiccioli]

Any estimate for shipping all of them within the USA?

Hi MCHouston,

I've used Amazon's declared dimensions and weight

http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-AntMiner-1000-SHA-256-Miner/dp/B00KH9339O

and put them inside UPS calculator and for shipping from Troy, MI to 90008 Los Angeles, CA (just a random destination not too close to Troy, I don't know where ZIP 90008 ends up) I get a shipping cost range, for one unit, which goes from 322 USD for next day in the morning to 72 for a ground expedition lasting 4 days.

Just to give you an idea, hope this helps.

spiccioli

[spiccioli]

fair price for 1TH/1KW is about $180/ea  (since the S5 is 1.2TH/0.6kW for $370)
fair price for 1050W GOLD PSU is about $90/ea

I would be interested in a few units shipping to either Toronto, Canada or Winnipeg, Canada depending what the shipping would look like. Could offer $1100 shipped for 5 units

klondike_bar,

they come with their stock PSU, I'm not sure that it is GOLD rated.

Shipping to TORONTO, M5A9Z9 CANADA (a random zip) costs around 70 usd with UPS Standard and takes 4 days.

spiccioli

[Blazed]

So if this is an auction I assume I can use bid like normal?

9 @ .1 each (I can provide labels)

[spiccioli]

So if this is an auction I assume I can use bid like normal?

9 @ .1 each (I can provide labels)

Sure,

in the end the best offer per unit/whole lot wins.

spiccioli

[crowetic]

I'll up it to .11 each and provide lablels.

[Blazed]

.12 Each 

[btcshiner]

.13 btc each I will provide the labels

[klondike_bar]

just to get this auction off the ground:

4 units @ 0.35BTC each, shipped to Toronto

[spiccioli]

just to get this auction off the ground:

4 units @ 0.35BTC each, shipped to Toronto

Well, at your previous offer of 1100 USD for 5 units shipping costs could have been included, but at current 0.35 BTC shipping is, as I wrote in first message, to be agreed upon with Michigan-colocation and paid to them.

Regards.

spiccioli

[MCHouston]

Your terms on shipping are really killing this.  Since we have no idea if the data center is going to charge extra for handling, let us use our own labels, or if they even have a discount rate.

But what the hell

I will offer 9@.15BTC each

[spiccioli]

Your terms on shipping are really killing this.  Since we have no idea if the data center is going to charge extra for handling, let us use our own labels, or if they even have a discount rate.

But what the hell

I will offer 9@.15BTC each

Hi MCHouston,

I've asked Michigan colo your same questions, I'll post their answer as soon as I get it.

Thanks.

spiccioli

[quakefiend420]

5@.16  I'll provide labels.

[adaseb]

How loud are these things compared to an S3 ?

[klondike_bar]

just to get this auction off the ground:

4 units @ 0.35BTC each, shipped to Toronto

Well, at your previous offer of 1100 USD for 5 units shipping costs could have been included, but at current 0.35 BTC shipping is, as I wrote in first message, to be agreed upon with Michigan-colocation and paid to them.

Regards.

spiccioli

looking up some basic rates it seems like at 18"x18"x7" and 38lbs each (can someone confirm - sounds correct) its about $600 to ship 5 of them with DHL to Toronto, Canada. If the weight is 20lbs that price is closer to $400. Its possible other couriers can do it for cheaper (USPS can go to around $100/unit)

the shipping price is an obvious issue - if you can find a way to ship it cheaper than $100/unit I will bid 0.20BTC each and cover the shipping

[klondike_bar]

How loud are these things compared to an S3 ?

IME they are slightly louder, but not by much. it used 140mm fans so its a dull whoosh rather than a high pitched noise. Probably ~20% more audible, but only 10% more annoying

[spiccioli]

Guys,

see first post, I've corrected an error about speeds and put a couple of graphs.

Thanks.

spiccioli

[spiccioli]

just to get this auction off the ground:

4 units @ 0.35BTC each, shipped to Toronto

Well, at your previous offer of 1100 USD for 5 units shipping costs could have been included, but at current 0.35 BTC shipping is, as I wrote in first message, to be agreed upon with Michigan-colocation and paid to them.

Regards.

spiccioli

looking up some basic rates it seems like at 18"x18"x7" and 38lbs each (can someone confirm - sounds correct) its about $600 to ship 5 of them with DHL to Toronto, Canada. If the weight is 20lbs that price is closer to $400. Its possible other couriers can do it for cheaper (USPS can go to around $100/unit)

the shipping price is an obvious issue - if you can find a way to ship it cheaper than $100/unit I will bid 0.20BTC each and cover the shipping

18x18x7 is the same dimension I saw on Amazon's site, even weight is the same.

I have to ask Michigan-colo if they still have original boxes, though.

I don't think weight can be as low as 20lbs, from dogie's test they are 18kg which should be around 39.7 lbs

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=518205

spiccioli