Update: new Manufacturer added, Chip Refunds / Re-Sale, Shipping and Handling PaymentsI received a call from DHL customs department notifying me that the sample chips for my last late batch were held back due to improper declaration. While for itself not a positive news, it implies that there is some movement at Avalon side again. We might get all remaining batches in bulk once the issues are sorted out (yeah, I know, thats pure calculated optimism, but let us keep some faith).
As for the other updates:
New shipping destination: nekonosAs requested, I have added nekonos to the list of shipping destinations for those who want their boards manufactured there.
Chip refunds / re-salesDue to the chip delivery delay, I am receiving an increasing number of refund requests. I bought back as much as I could afford, now I am approaching my liquidity limits. Therefore, I can offer refunds for only a limited remaining volume. After that, I will refund only if I have someone interested in buying more chips. The re-sale process will be as described before: bought-back chips are put into the back of the queue (8th batch) with the following orders shifting up in the queue. Those re-sold ones are always from the last batch.
If Avalon ships all batches in bulk, this is irrelevant, otherwise please be aware of this fact.
Shipping & Handling PaymentsThe first batch of chips made it to Switzerland declared basically worthless (<$100), which resulted in a low payment to DHL. This might be different with the next batches (see above: sample chips kept back at customs), so it is hard to estimate that cost component for all future shipments. At the same time I understand that those of you who already received their chips would like to pay S&H and be done with it. Therefore I need to ask for S&H based on uncertain data as follows:
There is one common address to send S&H payments to:
184g4gAJqtM1BTDmDwRPB4AokXbqtZ2wnGFor each shipment, after receiving the chips, please pay S&H of
- 0.3 BTC if you had shipped
- up to 20 chips to your private address
- up to 100 chips to a manufacturer
- 0.4 BTC if you had shipped
- up to 100 chips to your private address
- up to 500 chips to a manufacturer
- 0.5 BTC if you had shipped more than that
If you don't like the fee schedule or don't have the coins to pay, you can get S&H costs donated. Just state so publicly in this thread.
To identify your payment, please send from the address you registered for shipping. If your client does not support sending from a specific address, pleas PM me with your payment details to assign it correctly.