I suspect most, if not all, of the S7s they are selling right now are what they've been running in their mines for a while and so the reduced price reflects the "used" nature of the devices without them coming out and selling them as "used". The next gen of chips in on the horizon, so they want to get as much out of these as they can.
I can't wait for the S7 used market to take off in the coming months, then I can get one. I hope to see them around ~$200 used soon.
Me too. I am also waiting for the cheaper price to come... But considering that s5s are still commonly sold for 200$ on places like amazon and ebay, i'll expect people will start selling them for around 300$ each. I only have a budget of 200$, so if they get that cheap around july (halving will KILL prices) i'll start buying em.
Profit per day is sharply dropping, so I expect that these cheaper batches are just a result of bitmain trying to offload their current s7s. If these come in to people used, don't be surprised. You got them for cheap for a reason, but there is still a warranty, so it's still a good deal.. at least for now. The difficulty drop could have been because antpool unplugged their s7s to get them up for sale. Purely speculation though.
