And now you have ordered a whole batch directly from friedcat? Can you show us pics of more than just the 2?
Absolutely. I received a couple other PMs about this, allow me to explain (this was originally in my OP, but it seemed very lengthy and I edited it to be a bit more brief). I first ordered one from Canary last week, then upped it to two. Almost immediately after paying him, I decided I wanted more than that, and that I wanted to order directly from friedcat. I kept my order with Canary in the hopes that I might get a mix of colors (I'm trying to get all four!). If you read more into that thread, you'll actually see that, oddly enough, Canary has not even received that group buy yet (based on his tracking status, I expect him to receive it today). I received my order Friday and am ready to ship a lot of units. I assure you if that's your reason for not trusting me, it's unfounded; I have not received any units from Canary and the hardware in my pictures is from my own direct order. I'm keeping many for myself, and have been "testing the sales waters" by selling the remainder for immediate shipment. I was trying to determine if there was a demand for such a service and oh boy is there!
Let me be clear: I absolutely understand the concern with a low-rep member coming on here and saying "hey, buy this!". I do not blame anyone if they're scared off (I would absolutely not trust myself yet, but I'm a nervous guy), but I assure you all in a day or two when all of the users who have ordered from me start posting feedback to this thread and bitmit, hopefully you'll see that I'm in this to help the community by providing a good service WITHOUT pre-orders. That's the big reason why I've included my bitmit auction - look at my small but positive feedback there and, in addition, use their escrow service! I'll gladly pay the fee for your protection there!
Regarding pictures - my current picture was just to show the packing slip from friedcat and the color options that I have. As many have suggested, I will most definitely be taking a new picture today of all of these pretty miners in boxes, ready to ship. Hopefully at that point it will be clear that I'm legit. I'll likely sell out today but expect my inventory to be replenished by friedcat by mid-week.
I did ask friedcat to post in this thread saying that I did in fact just re-order from him, but he's, understandably, a busy guy and I'm not sure if he'll get around to it. I sent the request via email to the same address I've placed my two orders through.
Thanks for your interest and allowing me to earn your trust!!
GuiltySpark343 - I'm really glad there are users like you around to provide a healthy dose of skepticism. The community is really lucky to have users like you who go to the length of looking at posting history and investigating someone's claims. As someone who is often at the buying end, it's greatly appreciated
I was a bit surprised myself with all of the orders I was receiving with such low feedback - while I've been told I have a trusting face, I wasn't quite sure you all could see it! *places masking tape over webcam*
