If BFL is going to go with 100% escrow, I would say there is a damn good chance that whatever they deliver would otherwise be thrown into the dumpster.
Based on WHAT (other than your obviously biased contempt for BFL)? You think BFL wants to further damage their reputation by sending out a bunch of non fuctional chips? LOL, the leaps you people will take to justify your BFL hate are incredible.
Pffft. How could
anything 'damage' BFL's reputation at this point?
Right, it doesn't seem like you should have to take such radical leaps to find something to dislike. Why not just stick with the justified reasons to not like them, like the continuous delays and missed targets? Why does one need to make up additional baseless nonsense in order to justify already justified frustration? That's what I don't get. People are in a 'full-retard' race with each other to come up with the most absurd reasons to be frustrated with BFL, when there are already a couple of perfectly good reasons. Thank you for making my point.
If you want to be angry at BFL, be angry for real reasons. It will lend more credibility to your argument.
I'm not angry at all. I'm heartily amused by the whole thing. Lots of us (mostly others) have been very active at saving would-be victims a ton of money over the last year or so, and it seems that some of the newer participants in the economy are recognizing this and appreciating it.
This was a general "you," as I don't think the original comment in question was yours. But you've clearly got some anger toward BFL.
I am pretty disgusted at BFL's business practices. I see no way to argue that a lot of the crap that Josh has spewed has not been bald-faced lies with no hope of being true. Similarly, I went all the way to the point of paying for their high-end item with no indication that it was a 'pre-order'. These guys are scum-of-the-earth in my opinion and anything that anyone does to make their scams less profitable for them is A-OK with me.
So the ends justify the means, eh? Sorry, I don't buy it. If you can't base your argument on sound facts and logic, your argument is weak and flawed. If you have to tell lies and half-truths to get people to agree with you, then it betrays your lack of belief in your own cause.
The only saving grace that these guys have is that rather then victimizing senile oldsters as in the last rendition of Sonny's scammery, they are victimizing greedy Bitcoin miners. It still suck though.
So you believe that BFL is just scamming, with no intention of shipping products? If you actually believe that, then I can respect it (although, I think you're incredibly ignorant to believe that). If you don't actually believe it (which I think is more likely the case), you're spreading falsehoods to support your cause, because you don't actually believe your position has enough merit to stand on its own based on fact. And I pity you.