Topic: ANTMINER S7 is available at bitmaintech.com with 4.86TH/s, 0.25J/GH - page 357. (Read 528055 times)

S7 support section added to site, currently containing the AntMiner S7 User Guide [pdf]

DHL is HUGE in Europe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHL_Express

Again to re-cap no way I can swing this at 13.5c kwh. The price of these units would have to go down DRAMATICALLY and hey they are the only game in town
now selling home miners (well close to not working on a normal house) home miners anyway

At the way btc difficulty is going up and the price of BTC and the BTC dev FUD and general cluelessnes...there are probably more 'fun' ways to toss my $$$ in a
stove and burn it

Its a no go already asked....xcel.....I was told if i used more then 3.5k a month but even with the panel upgrade and 2 titans (which would be doorstops by maybe jan)
I'd prob only push close to that....

I'd install the panel myself but again xcel licensed electrican must be on hand when power is turned on as well as the elec inspector too to sign off with the xcel truck
before they will restore power (i kid you not called the elec inspector and xcel both confirmed...I just assume they want the electrican there too in that he put it in
in case something blows up when he turns the power on) some of this (not sure how much is CITY code) probably the elec inspector on hand and no fire up till he
says so...but it sucks

and the 'base' rate for ANY (even my simple 200A panel) is 2.5k it goes up from there....pretty much locked up on stuff...all the electrican's it was 2.5K up ..if you
are a home owner and ask to go from 100 amp to 200 amp they know they got you *much like driveway repair* if you need it ...you need it and thats the price

I have dreams of winning the lottery and just putting up solar to screw them

Could be worse know someone with solar off the grid in Hawaii and the utils there don't HAVE to buy power back even thou it is like 35c or some such a kwh there
and Hawaii has the most home solar? I think I heard (could be wrong) at least Minnesota they buy back extra solar elec back to the grid you don't need a big
battery setup like in Hawaii....but don't help me in that I won't be putting up solar soon anyway

anyway tried twice was told same thing on both the panel and the xcel pricing 2x  ..supposedly with higher ups the 2nd time in both cases...so.....I may be getting played (should find a guy with a welder shop between the two of us we could probably drain enough juice to qualify)

It won't matter eventually even home mining at 5c won't be worth it (assuming anyone will sell chips rather then keep them at their data farm after development)

So out in the sticks w/o some other foo....er I mean enlightened home miner type to do this hobby with (or 2 or 3) I'm out (unless I want a toy to lose $$$ on)

But to tell you the truth this miner would be tough if I had the capacity and if it was really 8c kwh vs 13.5c kwh

But again I urge you all to prepare for your home miner 'withdrawal' in the future....I got a bitseed node v2 and 2 sidehack 8gb usb sticks for 56 bucks and shipping just
so say in 2016-17 I don't go into the basement (desolate it will be) and see NO lcd's or anything ...at least with the node and the usb sticks I will have the illusion
of doing something (the withdrawal is gonna be hard in my case ....i drank a lot of kool aid in the bitcoin/litecoin universe)

my setup below (Notice the KNC 550gh Jupiter BTC miner on the bottom shelf now OFF and used as a 'gravity assistance device to keep the miner bench down)

lostgonzo.imgur.com

yep.....gonna be rough when I shut the whole works down.....

I mentioned a few will prefer DHL.  It just is not the majority.  I wish there was a poll we could do. 

You will notice in talks most don't choose DHL in this thread.   UPS/Fedex seem to get more people.  Yes europe/asia could be different.

One of the outlier companies, have you ever been to Europe or Asia? In any case I have had the least problems with DHL, followed by FedEx, and I've had the most pain with UPS.. Shipments valued from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand dollars..

In short your SSN / EIN is needed if the value is over I think $2500, if not it could still be required if the shipment was reviewed..

On a regular basis shipments coming in get tagged for review, regular basis as in almost daily so with a roll of the dice you might win at some point, especially if the word Bitcoin is on the paperwork, they get special attention sometimes..

I did use UPS so maybe that will help.

Im getting a little nervous about having 4 S7s on one order...I can't wait to see what kind of adventure this will be...

Thy said they would put someone from DHL china on this and I gave them my phone.
She told me it was probably some document missing ...

I also warned Bitmain about it.

I guess i'm screwed from for a few days ... already lost a day on this...

Had a similar incident when I received my S7 with UPS. BITMAIN didn't set up any sort of customs broker, so UPS phoned me a bunch of times until they got ahold of me. If the same thing is happening to you a phone call to DHL should sort it out, did anything come from phoning them?

it is very confusing..sometimes i just wait a couple of days without looking-all time related info is contradictory (later times posted earlier and vice versa)

my latest on the two I ordered are
Shenzhen, China   09/22/2015   11:15 P.M.   Arrival Scan

hopefully they depart quickly and make it through customs without a hitch

Yeah already contacted Bitmain (email) and DHL (phone)

Spoon was using DHL, never had an issue :/

Sucksssss

I would agree.  I avoid using DHL like the plague.    There are a few that prefer it.  But I think it's a very small few overall.

I would contact DHL and ask them what they need.  If it's something you can do or if you need bitmain to do someting.

I think DHL is one of the outlier companies.. most use FedEx or UPS

I bought a second one on 9-18.  Hope they aren't tying the two orders together.

Same here, ordered 9/1 .... just excited to get that email for shipping notification Also, have a 2880w PSU from Padrino on order to support this beast!

May pay date was 2015-08-30 14:03:30.  Hoping I get a shipping notification soon!

Used DHL and mine is at  

5   Clearance event   SHENZHEN - CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC   02:47


Details =>  Clearance is pending as the shipment will be cleared by the importer's designated external Broker.

Should I contact Bitmain ?

EDIT1: Apparently they didn't properly fill all the documents .... hope this is not going to take forever to fix ....
EDIT2: No ones in the same boat ?.
EDIT3: I'm really pissed off ...

That's good to know.  I have 4 on order so I will cross that limit.

If the value of the shipment exceeds a certain amount ($2500 I think? I can't recall) there's is some customs paperwork needed. Among other things they want importer's ID, e.g. SSN or FEIN.