Topic: BFL RMA, repairs, buying offer for Jallies/SC25's and so forth (Read 1185 times)

Ok, It's time to measure the depths of human greed, and human altruism. This is an experiment on my part, but the money sums, offer, and bitcoin involved are real.

I've noticed a lot of problems with the Butterfly Labs series of miners as of late. People are having jallies that are arriving bricked/going bricked shortly after purchase, 50gh units mining at 25gh, 25gh units mining at 10gh, devices that can't be recognized via USB/FTDI, and people setting fire to their Singles by overclocking.

With the exception of the last thing, all of these seem to be either user error or hardware problems. Given that I have roasted my Jally board at 400 degrees C, I doubt it's heat. And I have published all my work on boosting jallies for free, open. I want to know what's going on with this hardware. And I will post all my results here and on BFL for free. So it helps others.

And I'm willing to back it up with cold bitcoin. So let's see how rational people are here.

For the first Jally with a dead FTDI/DOA/runs but blows up, I will offer .15btc. That's what it will mine assuming difficulty goes to 895 in 3 days. And assuming the damn thing WORKED.

http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/72878a2ba0

Yes, it is less than what a person paid for it, but if you return it to BFL and get it mining Jan 1 you will make .0625

http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/3b12d07370

For the first SC/50 running at 25 or whatever, I will pay .75btc. Which is what it will mine assuming I get it running *NOW*

http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/a842525930

and almost as much as a brand new 50 will mine in Jan (.803) assuming you return it to BFL now, there's no shipping, and you get it back Jan 1.:

http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/71d1af3573

For the first SC/50 or SC/25 that is totally dead, I will pay .40 or .20 btc. This is based on the fact that they are totally dead, intact, and not stuffed in a turkey and include my risk assessment.

So let's see if anyone responds. I'm curious because I'm wondering if people will be rational, or will hold onto junk. The interesting thing though is I promise to publish all research and such for free on this forum. So others will benefit.

We'll see if that trumps greed. I'm making this offer because I got "lucky" by getting my Jally earlier than many, and have a pair of bitcoin to rub together. Why not try and help you all.

Let's see. And a serious question: Does anyone think this is fair? Stupid? I'm curious as to what people think.

C