I will try to address everyone.
First and foremost, how is Federal Law = FUD?
Now, I will address Senseless. I didn't ignore your points, but I will answer them now.
#1) Many people have working FPGA, including me.
---Of course you do, you are part of the bulk order. If someone helps put together a 5,000 unit bulk order worth millions, of course Xilinx will send you a demo or two.
Are you saying some people from batch 1 have received their 1525?
#2) This was a group buy with Xilinx supplying the products. The delay in shipping was due to component acquisition problems on Xilinx's end.
---Don't shift blame. You should have had a back-up plan. Own your mistakes.
#3) Refunds are being processed. It will take time.
---That's good, but there are deadlines by law. I'm not pulling my information out of thin air. Federal law is Federal law.
#4) The sales for the CVP-13 board was another group buy for bittware hardware. (bittware is doing the production / fabrication there)
---Are you saying you/David/Zetheron/Mineority are not involved in this bulk order?
#5) The lyra2z bitstream we've developed will be released when boards are shipped. We're actively mining on our (ONE) prototype / development unit
---Whitefire said that a much more profitable bitstream would be available Aug. 11th if I recall correctly. Where is it?
---Sorry if your competitor bought your components. That is not our fault. Again, don't shift blame and have a back-up plan.
---I did buy the Xilinx product you offered. I mine with GPU's for a living. Sold a lot of GPU's to get this product in August. Now sitting on my hands, wondering if you are going to
pay my lost wages after 8/31? Whitefire advertised $20-$50 per day...
---Don't work for Bitmain. Just an American trying to buy American, but got screwed. I have the receipt if you want to see it.
---Not 1 person from your outfit has taken ownership and just apologized.
On to GPUhoarder.
---You are absolutely right. You have 26 days to deliver the 1525 without any FTC repercussions.
---Yes, referring to the CVP order. Christian from Bittware said $5,000 max with all the bells and whistles. He actually said probably less with a large group buy.
If you are breaking even or losing money on this endeavor, god bless you and your 4%, 24/7 dev fee on all units. Thousands of dollars a day to pay your programmers,
accountants, taxes, etc.
---Yes anger. Bottom line you didn't deliver, and no one is man enough to take responsibility.
To Elder.
---Threats to censor negative online reviews/feedback are prohibited by the FTC. Look it up.
Let's go by the law, not FUD fella's...
Please PM me your order number and associated details for confirmation. I'll get your refund out to you ASAP. I don't want you as a customer.
The FUD is in your delivery, in making the assumption that refunds weren't being given and that we haven't been diligent in our handling of the operations.
I think you're making incorrect assumptions about how things are operating. Whitefire is completely independent from the BCU sales. His bitstreams and releases are his prerogative. It would be like if you were angry at AMD because claymore was late / delayed in releasing software. The only bitstreams we talked about on the sales page were lyra2z and cn7, We're (Allmine) working on the lyra2z and gpuhoarder (SQRL) is working on the cn7. We (allmine) are also working on additional bitstreams that will be announced in the future. Any other bitstreams other than those allmine or sqrl have advertised are completely independent of the BCU and associated sales.
I'm well aware of the law of refund sales. Take note that my account is from 2011. You're talking to someone who had significant purchases with BFL, bAsic, hashfast and others.
With regards to the apology, I guess if a tree falls in the woods and you don't hear it, it didn't happen? It seems a lack of information surrounds a lot of your posts. I know I've apologized at least once in discord.
Edit: You should look up the salary for a phd EE with a decade+ of RTL experience. Assuming that all 5000 fpga are mining on our (allmine) bitstreams. The 4% fee would barely cover continued development for our small team. There won't even be enough boards for any profit until after batch 2.