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Topic: CLOSED [Group Buy Batch TWO] ASICMiner Block Erupter USB INTERNATIONAL (Read 12031 times)

legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Hi All,

I have reopend for anyone who wants some more;-

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2709963

Neil
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
Just got my pair as well, today ^_^ Thanks once again, Neil, and fingers crossed for Mt.Gox - i'm gonna want a couple more Cheesy
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
Received both lots today (Australia)

Shame to hear about Mt.Gox and your problem... hope it can be sorted quickly.

 Cool
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Update: There has been a small hicup you can read it here;-

http://mineforeman.com/2013/06/21/more-info-on-the-mtgox-temporary-hiatus-on-u-s-dollar-withdrawals/

I just want to assure everyone that their miners are on their way (if they have not received them already) and any shipping problems will be sorted.

Neil
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
Thanks a lot Neil!

Appreciate all the effort Smiley

 Cool
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Update: All miners shipped!

I am now going to have my dinner, I will update your order pages as soon as I am done.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Update: the miners have arrived!  Unfortunately there is no chance I will get them out today (its 4:30 PM here) but I should have them all sent out again tomorrow.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Update: They are somewhere in New Zealand!

I will see if I can find them, but they look like they will be delivered this afternoon (perhaps).

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Group buy 1 has completed and all miners have been shipped

Group Buy 2 is waiting on tracking/order confirmation from Friedcat

Group Buy 3 is Open at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/open-group-buy-batch-three-asicminer-block-erupter-usb-international-233058
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
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CLOSED

The old group buy is closed and the thread is here;-

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-group-buy-batch-one-asicminer-block-erupter-usb-international-201577

There is a new group buy here;-

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/open-group-buy-batch-three-asicminer-block-erupter-usb-international-233058

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hero member
Activity: 898
Merit: 1000
Sent you a PM, hope you get it in time  Smiley
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
Thanks a lot for this great offer Neil, cant wait to begin mining!

Tick tock  Cool
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
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CLOSING SOON

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We have reached the required numbers and will soon be closing, see the above
countdown for the exact time.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
I will order 2 units as soon as I get the bitcoins, should be tomorrow or the day after.  Cry

Hope it will be OK  Huh


You better be quick, we just passed 50 and I am preparing to close!  I will be leaving a bit of time but to be fair to the people that have already ordered it won't be long (less than two days, Friedcat usually takes that long to get me a payment address)

Update will be available soon (within the next few hours).

Neil
newbie
Activity: 23
Merit: 0
I will order 2 units as soon as I get the bitcoins, should be tomorrow or the day after.  Cry

Hope it will be OK  Huh
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
46/50!

I am getting ready to close, I know there are a few people just about to get bitcoins so once we have hit 50 I will be giving a 24 hour notice with a countdown.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
37/50 nearly there!  I will start making preparations to close soon.

A pile of miners from group buy one are on their way, I am about to drive about to see if I can locate the last 65 from that order.

Neil
newbie
Activity: 17
Merit: 0
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Update from group buy one;-
Second shipment just passed customs (with the required payments) so hopefully that will be here tomorrow.  It got held up a bit, must be something to do with the kilo of crack that friedcat sent me (jk).

I am leaving work today at 2pm (it is 10:30 am here now) to finish getting shipment one on its way.

Neil

Now at 29/50.  Everything is looking good to close this group buy over the weekend if not before.

Neil
member
Activity: 109
Merit: 10
Great! Looking forward to receive my two units Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1610
Merit: 1000
Well hello there!
Well done sir!  Looking forward to checking those puppies out!
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Update from Group 1.  After driving half way across the country (not really, only about 50k) I tracked down the first package and the first 50 have arrived!



As you can see I have arranged them all spitting on top of the sticky labels of their owners ready for me to stick in boxes (not in camera shot).

The second lot is still in Auckland with customs.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
"By the way" - i'm guessing you'll *place* the order as soon as the minimum of 50 is fulfilled. How long does the shipping (from the manufacturer/seller to you) take?

That is the general idea, in reality Friedcat is quite busy and sometimes takes a bit of time to accept the bitcoins (I need that Futurama picture of Fry say "Shut Up And Take My Money").  In practice it seems that there will be a lead time of 1 - 2 days and I will most likely keep it open with a countdown.

As far as the shipping from ASICMiner to me, the DHL website says 5 to 10 working days.  I currently have 2 packages from ASICMiner coming to me since last Friday and I will post here when I receive any of them.  International shipping is a bit of a random thing though.

Neil
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
"By the way" - i'm guessing you'll *place* the order as soon as the minimum of 50 is fulfilled. How long does the shipping (from the manufacturer/seller to you) take?
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
26/50 Half way there.

I also know that there are at least another 5 devices waiting for bitcoins.

Neil
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
Woo! Grin At this rate, the 50 should be filled by the weekend Smiley
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
21/50 Building momentum.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
16/50 Paid now,

In other news the first 50 devices for batch one are somewhere between where I live (Rotorua) and Auckland and the remaining 65 have just left Hong Kong.

Neil
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
yxt seems to have a guide on a thread in here somewhere: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2299251
sr. member
Activity: 354
Merit: 250
Any sites with easy to use instructions on how to start mining with these things for noobs?  I'm talking very basic instructions like what is a conf file and why do I need to set it up. Thanks
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
11/50 now.  The weekend is ending ans things are starting to speed up.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
why do international buyers have to pay an extra 0.6 BTC ?? what are you shipping them by? rocket from your ass?
sounds like a rip off

I'm assuming that it has to do with customs duties?

And I'm also assuming that if I'm in the USA I'd still need to pay the extra 0.6 BTC???

From me?  Yes sorry, each time I order a block of 50 of these it is close to 10,000 USD in value and if it gets locked up in customs because I don't do things correctly..... it is just not a chance that I am willing to take with a pile of other peoples money.

Neil
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
why do international buyers have to pay an extra 0.6 BTC ?? what are you shipping them by? rocket from your ass?
sounds like a rip off

I'm assuming that it has to do with customs duties?

And I'm also assuming that if I'm in the USA I'd still need to pay the extra 0.6 BTC???
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
So I registered to your site and it says it will send me an email with further instructions. I have not gotten any mail yet!

Sometimes the mail get lost, can you PM me the email you registered with and I will find it for you.

Neil
member
Activity: 101
Merit: 10
So I registered to your site and it says it will send me an email with further instructions. I have not gotten any mail yet!
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Swiss Money all around me!
I need to buy some BTC to get one. Monday  Wink

legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
why do international buyers have to pay an extra 0.6 BTC ?? what are you shipping them by? rocket from your ass?
sounds like a rip off

Two reasons;-

1. I don't intend to skip on paying taxes/duty/customs fees.

2. I am not an unpaid ASICMiner worker.

Besides, they don't HAVE to.

Neil.
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
I need to know if you can ship to Switzerland before buying.

I am shipping a few there at the moment, I have spotted no additional problems.
legendary
Activity: 1775
Merit: 1032
Value will be measured in sats
why do international buyers have to pay an extra 0.6 BTC ?? what are you shipping them by? rocket from your ass?
sounds like a rip off
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Swiss Money all around me!
I need to know if you can ship to Switzerland before buying.
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
So then, shipping to Finland is included in the 2.6btc price? Smiley

If it is, i'm signing up for one ASAP Grin

It is, welcome aboard.

Neil
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
So then, shipping to Finland is included in the 2.6btc price? Smiley

If it is, i'm signing up for one ASAP Grin
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
I want one! So what do I have to do now?

Join up with us, 6/50 paid now.

neil
member
Activity: 101
Merit: 10
I want one! So what do I have to do now?
yxt
legendary
Activity: 3528
Merit: 1116
member
Activity: 77
Merit: 10
yxt, I missed the first group buy from you so I'm interested too
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
yxt, any idea when that might happen (again)? Grin I'm quite eager to "migrate" from Radeons (loud and power-hungry) to these nifty little buggers Smiley
yxt
legendary
Activity: 3528
Merit: 1116
For all in Europe:
I will most likely also offer something again.

here is my old thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gb-usb-asic-miner-closed-and-completed-195037
The first miner have already arrived at my participants  Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 448
Merit: 250
It would entail "only" shipping to Finland Smiley

Same thing? Wink
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
Nah, no need to be (quite so) "paranoid" Grin It would entail "only" shipping to Finland Smiley
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Does the term "all included" (also) mean "including shipping to wherever"? Smiley

Why do I feel like your going to ask me to ship to mars?

But yeah, shipping is included*.

Neil

* interplanetary fees may be charged
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
"Better safe than sorry" Grin And/or "assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups"  Roll Eyes (seen that one proven to be true, time and time again  Tongue )

Point being, i wouldn't wanna "waste" BTC on transaction fees for no good reason Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 299
Merit: 250
Does the term "all included" (also) mean "including shipping to wherever"? Smiley

That was the case with group buy 1, so I would assume so. Smiley
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
Does the term "all included" (also) mean "including shipping to wherever"? Smiley
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
Shipment 1 is on its way from ASICMiner, looks like it will be split up so first person paid will be the first person shipped.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
1 confirmed and paid for.

I will be adding 5 for myself once I get some of my BTC paid back.

Neil
legendary
Activity: 896
Merit: 1000
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CLOSED

The last group buy was so so successful I am doing it again, this time I hope
to be able to buy a few myself!

The old group buy is closed and the thread is here;-

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-group-buy-batch-one-asicminer-block-erupter-usb-international-201577

There is a new group buy here;-

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/open-group-buy-batch-three-asicminer-block-erupter-usb-international-233058

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This is a group buy for Bitfountain Block Erupter USB devices.  If you have found your
way here you probably already know what they are and what they do.  Just in case you
need a refresher though you can find the details here;-

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announcement-block-erupter-usb-195004

You might already know who I am as well but if not you can visit my website at;-

http://mineforeman.com/

If you already know everything you feel you need to know and just want to get on with it
go here;-

https://satoshimine.com/


FAQ

Q: How much are they at the moment?

A: 2.6 BTC all included from here.

Q: Why is this website so basic?

A: I am not very good at making things look nice and the basic look is better than
anything I could manage.

Q: What are the terms?

A: Click the order link above and they are there, by submitting an order agree to them.

Q: Do you need my email and postal address?

A: Yes.

Q: Why are you more expensave then some other group buys?

A: I intend to do this right.  This includes import/export charges and taxes.

Q: Will you help me evade my local customs/taxes?

A: No.

Q: Can I see other peoples usernames and what they have spent?

A: No, that is between them and I.

Q: What happens if you dont get the minimum 300 unites Bitfounten requires?

A: I will return all BTC minus any network transaction fees.

Q: Will you post to XXXX country? (replace XXXX with your country).

A: I will do my best, if I cannot I will return any bitcoin minus network transaction fees.

Q: Will there be another group buy after that?

A: Possibly, it depends on how well this one goes.

Q: How safe is this server?

A: As safe as I can make it, I have done servers for a living though for the past 20 years.
It is its own Amazon EC2 instance with nothing else on it and it does not contain any
private keys.

Q: Why is your spelling so bad?

A: I am dyslexic (no joke).
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