Not to be a jerk, but by your own account your order didn't confirm until March 21st around 10am which would be around 10pm on a Friday in China (after business hours)... since shipping can't happen on Sunday, it doesn't appear to me that your order is late (48 hours obvious doesn't include non-business days, just like everything else ever ordered on the internet ever).
The blockchain.info fiasco affected thousands of peoples order from Bitmain and other retailers, give them a break, it wasn't their fault.
It stinks that you feel like you've lost some mining time, but Bitmain has been an upstanding part of the ASIC community since they started shipping units a few months ago. To try to hold them accountable for something this miner (pun intended) that was out of their control seems a little beggy.
Anyways, I'm sure you'll get you shipping information tonight (since it'll be Monday over there), so don't sweat the small stuff and happy mining!
Well, since neither of us are being a jerk, I'm sure that you'll want to jump in again and make excuses for BitMain ... again.
Now it's 10PM on Monday in Shenzhen, and I've been waiting over 6+ days for my order to ship ... and not received any discount in the purchase due to their price change ... I'm sure that you have yet another set of excuses for their not shipping.
Now, per your excuse about weekends, I import from China as a business and *many* of the businesses work and ship on weekends - unlike your claim. In addition, the BitMain website says *nothing* about "Shipping out within 48 hours after full payment, BITMAIN always ships fast as long as it's not a weekend, or if we screwed up and relied on a API to a platform that might be unreliable!"
The prices of the Ant Miner S1 is now 0.0918 BTC ... I have not seen my refund for the 0.07 BTC extra that I paid not to get mine either.
BTW ... this is NOT my first purchase from them, and I'm not writing this hear to get feedback from a fanboy ... I'm writing to ensure that others are clear what they are going to be dealing with if they order right now. I believe that MY actions are being a true supporter of the community ... rather than to try and cover up the behavior of a vendor with excuses.
That being said, the reason that I ordered yet another Ant Miner is that I *really* like the product, and my prior experiences were so good! The last unit that I ordered from them on the 11th shipped on the 12th ... I was happy with that process and delivery. This time they have obviously got themselves into trouble and are unable to keep to their commitments, and have not been in communications.
IF they would at least be more open and communicate with us - not individually but as a whole here on this thread - I would feel more comfortable. They could be writing even one post a day explaining their current backlog and expected waiting times ... but they are not.
I'm glad that YOU are so comfortable with your order and BTC being held up ... exactly how many units do YOU have stuck on order with BitMain at this time, and for how long?
I agree, their communication is horrible. The S1 is a superb unit, I've owned 4 and loved them all. I'm no fan boy, but I can see how it might read that way.
As far as your question, I placed an order for 500 U2+ units (13.9 BTC) on March 3rd. I
finally got my shipping confirmation today. That's just the game we play with BTC miners.
Anyways, glad your miner is no longer MIA!