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Topic: [Antminer S1 Sales open] Price changes daily, now 0.414 BTC for 180GH/s - page 38. (Read 346286 times)

newbie
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thanks fellas... i appreciate the quick responses...
full member
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what the hell.. ordered another one and CX750M

hero member
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anyone in canada have experience with getting these ants... whats the customs procedure like? how much did you end up paying in taxes / duties?

About $26 a machine.  No customs issues, just pay the man when he comes to your door.
Its even cheaper for multiples. My last order of 9 averaged $18 per ant. Shipping is fast and smooth, no problem getting them in the country.
legendary
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anyone in canada have experience with getting these ants... whats the customs procedure like? how much did you end up paying in taxes / duties?

About $26 a machine.  No customs issues, just pay the man when he comes to your door.
newbie
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anyone in canada have experience with getting these ants... whats the customs procedure like? how much did you end up paying in taxes / duties?
hero member
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New price for AntMiner S1: 0.492 btc each one, shipping cost included.
Wow... they broke the 0.5 BTC barrier!
newbie
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I'm in Ecuador, so bitmaintech listed my S1 as a "Video Game Gateway" and around $160, so Aduana (Customs) here inspected it, didn't know what it was, so they only put a $16 duty on it. DHL paid it for me and then charged me $10 for the courtesy. So in all, I only paid $26 for duty/fee and was thrilled it didn't get hung up for a month.

I ordered a 1000W power supply from Tiger Direct for about $120 plus about $45 in shipping, and not only did customs hold it up for about a month in Guayaquil, I had to pay $100 tax on the damn thing. Customs... what a racket!   
full member
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digging in the bits... now ant powered!
My two Ant's did well over the weekend!! Nearly 0.1 BTC mined!!!

All going at the same rate, I might be able to purchase another one this coming weekend!!
sr. member
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Merit: 250
1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.
I find that highly unlikely.  Capacitors of the size found on the S1 aren't large enough to cause a fire unless you're stacking your S1s on top of gasoline or something.  
It's always possible that there was some freak accident, I suppose.
It exploded as soon as I turned on the psu. POP. I was able to blow it out right away. All thats left is the inside of the cap all charred. It was the big silver one located just below and to the right of the 6 pin connector. I will post a pic tomorrow.

It probably would have extinguished itself if I hadn't been there but its always a little scary with electrical fires.It doesn't look like there is much on the board to go up in flames but who knows. Lesson learned, I am getting a dry extinguisher asap just to be safe.

And I would be happy to replace the S1 with a S2 if I was given a super awesome coupon for the trouble. Win-Win.

yikes! Shocked got a pic?
hero member
Activity: 728
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1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.
I find that highly unlikely.  Capacitors of the size found on the S1 aren't large enough to cause a fire unless you're stacking your S1s on top of gasoline or something.  
It's always possible that there was some freak accident, I suppose.
It exploded as soon as I turned on the psu. POP. I was able to blow it out right away. All thats left is the inside of the cap all charred. It was the big silver one located just below and to the right of the 6 pin connector. I will post a pic tomorrow.

It probably would have extinguished itself if I hadn't been there but its always a little scary with electrical fires.It doesn't look like there is much on the board to go up in flames but who knows. Lesson learned, I am getting a dry extinguisher asap just to be safe.

And I would be happy to replace the S1 with a S2 if I was given a super awesome coupon for the trouble. Win-Win.
legendary
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New price for AntMiner S1: 0.492 btc each one, shipping cost included.

Why heavy customs duty is charged? Can you sell via ebay global then customs duty will become predictable.

Currently how much is the declared value in the customs invoice?

Assessed for $600

imho is high as f*ck, customs charge like 150 usd for a such declared value (almost the cost of the miner itself)
full member
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1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.
I find that highly unlikely.  Capacitors of the size found on the S1 aren't large enough to cause a fire unless you're stacking your S1s on top of gasoline or something.  
It's always possible that there was some freak accident, I suppose.
full member
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I did some searching too and could not find anything else related to an s1 catching fire.
Thanks for the info

Fire   Shocked. The one thing I'm worried about. Was just about to click buy on another. That's scary.
1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.

ive kept an eye out in most hardware threads for anybody talking about their units starting on fire, and this is the first ive noticed. as i may have to leave my s1's running for a period of time unattended i wouldnt want something like this happening. this single incident does not phase me and i bought 3 more s1's this morning.
legendary
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Fire   Shocked. The one thing I'm worried about. Was just about to click buy on another. That's scary.
1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.

ive kept an eye out in most hardware threads for anybody talking about their units starting on fire, and this is the first ive noticed. as i may have to leave my s1's running for a period of time unattended i wouldnt want something like this happening. this single incident does not phase me and i bought 3 more s1's this morning.
full member
Activity: 125
Merit: 100
Fire   Shocked. The one thing I'm worried about. Was just about to click buy on another. That's scary.
1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.
sr. member
Activity: 395
Merit: 250
It sucks when your custom officers hate you and decided to screw you by jacking up the assessed value. Happened many times to me too.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 504
New price for AntMiner S1: 0.492 btc each one, shipping cost included.

Why heavy customs duty is charged? Can you sell via ebay global then customs duty will become predictable.

Currently how much is the declared value in the customs invoice?

Assessed for $600
when did you buy it? mine I got at the end of last month were declared at £170 (about $285) each. either you bought it a long time ago when it was $600 worth of BTC or the people at customs thought it be worth about that much. bitmain seems to always declare the lowest reasonable amount

My case highlighted.
newbie
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New price for AntMiner S1: 0.492 btc each one, shipping cost included.

Why heavy customs duty is charged? Can you sell via ebay global then customs duty will become predictable.

Currently how much is the declared value in the customs invoice?

Assessed for $600
when did you buy it? mine I got at the end of last month were declared at £170 (about $285) each. either you bought it a long time ago when it was $600 worth of BTC or the people at customs thought it be worth about that much. bitmain seems to always declare the lowest reasonable amount
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500
1 of my S1's was dead this morning, thought it was a bad psu. Plugged it into another and one of the caps exploded and started on fire! This is it for me now for sure.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 504
New price for AntMiner S1: 0.492 btc each one, shipping cost included.

Why heavy customs duty is charged? Can you sell via ebay global then customs duty will become predictable.

Currently how much is the declared value in the customs invoice?

Assessed for $600
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