Topic: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Manufacturer Trustworthiness Guide [1st Feb 2016] - page 41. (Read 131506 times)
September 12, 2014, 10:28:58 AM
I agree. You are doing great work. And you are clearly always looking to improve it. That is the most important thing. I think this is about as objective as you can make it. Now if anyone else can do better then they should open up their own thread and do the same. The problem is alot of times people will just talk and not back it up with something actionable. Its easy to talk crap but harder to back it up with something actionable. After my own personal experience with a couple of vendors here, I used this guide to great effect. Now I deal with only one specific vendor regularly because of their service. The reviews plus research I did afterwards only cemented my confidence in this review thread as a source of info for new people. That of course is my own personal experience on the matter. I would urge anyone reading of course to do their own research.
September 12, 2014, 10:10:38 AM
Glad to see the guide stays updated 
Every time I update I get a fresh wave of flame so it only gets updated when I feel like getting flamed.
Hey, if you're getting flamed, it means a ton of people are reading your guides.
You know the saying, "opinions are like #holes, everyone's got one."
Personally, I think your guides are a good starting point for the uninitiated. Are they perfect, nothing is, but to a noob who's about to pull a trigger on a purchase, they can see at a glance that Bitmain, Rockminer, and Spoondoolies ship and BFL, Black Arrow, and AMT suck donkey schlong.
Keep doing what your doing, screw the haters:
September 12, 2014, 10:07:35 AM
Glad to see the guide stays updated
Every time I update I get a fresh wave of flame so it only gets updated when I feel like getting flamed.
did not see any update
regarding AM, there is not even a mention of the Tubes et al.
September 12, 2014, 09:58:32 AM
Glad to see the guide stays updated
Every time I update I get a fresh wave of flame so it only gets updated when I feel like getting flamed.
September 12, 2014, 09:35:46 AM
Glad to see the guide stays updated
September 05, 2014, 11:35:44 AM
dogie, Curious what your take is on Antminer's move into the cloud mining business and their announcement of the L1 with pre-orders apparently starting 4 months in advance before they even have a prototype. Seems like a dramatic departure for them from the previous practices that earned them the outstanding rep they currently have in the community.
September 05, 2014, 05:27:27 AM
Any chance at reviewing AMT's status? They have at least on the ethics side shown their colors. Deliveries started, but in various states of missing parts. I was lucky and got complete units only because they were meant for someone else. However, a number of other people got bad missing parts. Considering how long it also took and the issues still on going, it would seem to be worth another look.
Can you link me to some of the missing parts?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=584891.700 this page and a few more things besides missing PSUs. Early orders not received and such.
I didn't actually see one case of missing parts on that page :/
September 05, 2014, 05:25:47 AM
I can understand your point for the S3+ but the L1 is clearly a preorder.
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**Chip Efficiency: Efficiency is a simulation result. Though BITMAIN has good track records of making power effective miner, this is only simulation. The final number depends on the testing results before shipping and it is not binding term.
That's right.
September 04, 2014, 07:34:55 PM
Any chance at reviewing AMT's status? They have at least on the ethics side shown their colors. Deliveries started, but in various states of missing parts. I was lucky and got complete units only because they were meant for someone else. However, a number of other people got bad missing parts. Considering how long it also took and the issues still on going, it would seem to be worth another look.
Can you link me to some of the missing parts?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=584891.700 this page and a few more things besides missing PSUs. Early orders not received and such.
September 04, 2014, 06:46:11 PM
Batches are not preorders, its sensible shipping. You simply can't click your fingers and make 800 units appear out of thin air, nor can you construct or test them in one space at one time. You have to build and ship them in smaller quantities and over a sustained period of time. Its not as good as in stock hardware no and so holds a penalty, but it is NOT preordering.
I can understand your point for the S3+ but the L1 is clearly a preorder.
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**Chip Efficiency: Efficiency is a simulation result. Though BITMAIN has good track records of making power effective miner, this is only simulation. The final number depends on the testing results before shipping and it is not binding term.
September 04, 2014, 06:39:03 PM
You should drop the rating for Bitmain as they are now just pushing out delivers to whenever.
For which batch?
I kind of think with the B8 on the S3 and L1 pushing out to December and then you go to the Bitmain site and see this:
We created a Legend in the bitcoin community: no pre-orders, on time shipping, even pre-shipping. We are earning more and more trust from our worldwide customers.
Would this make you think they don't give a rat rip anymore?
Batches are not preorders, its sensible shipping. You simply can't click your fingers and make 800 units appear out of thin air, nor can you construct or test them in one space at one time. You have to build and ship them in smaller quantities and over a sustained period of time. Its not as good as in stock hardware no and so holds a penalty, but it is NOT preordering.
September 04, 2014, 06:11:48 PM
You should drop the rating for Bitmain as they are now just pushing out delivers to whenever.
For which batch?
I kind of think with the B8 on the S3 and L1 pushing out to December and then you go to the Bitmain site and see this:
We created a Legend in the bitcoin community: no pre-orders, on time shipping, even pre-shipping. We are earning more and more trust from our worldwide customers.
Would this make you think they don't give a rat rip anymore?
September 04, 2014, 07:27:36 AM
You should drop the rating for Bitmain as they are now just pushing out delivers to whenever.
For which batch?
September 04, 2014, 07:20:08 AM
You should drop the rating for Bitmain as they are now just pushing out delivers to whenever.
September 03, 2014, 12:30:56 PM
Hey dogie how do you measure the size of a company? What do you take into account?
Every size related measure you'd expect, its been explained in more detail several pages back. A few of the companies need juggling around, but tldr its more of a measure to protect against new companies having charting beating ratings from day 1.
September 02, 2014, 07:51:32 PM
Hey dogie how do you measure the size of a company? What do you take into account?
September 02, 2014, 07:28:24 PM
Any chance at reviewing AMT's status? They have at least on the ethics side shown their colors. Deliveries started, but in various states of missing parts. I was lucky and got complete units only because they were meant for someone else. However, a number of other people got bad missing parts. Considering how long it also took and the issues still on going, it would seem to be worth another look.
Can you link me to some of the missing parts?
September 02, 2014, 02:36:57 PM
Any chance at reviewing AMT's status? They have at least on the ethics side shown their colors. Deliveries started, but in various states of missing parts. I was lucky and got complete units only because they were meant for someone else. However, a number of other people got bad missing parts. Considering how long it also took and the issues still on going, it would seem to be worth another look.
September 02, 2014, 01:03:48 PM
Do you have any thoughts on the TuringStations scrypt miners Dogie? The Turing Crawler is $3,899 for 350MH at 2.35w/mh. Their Turing Atlantis is $5,899 for 550MH at 2.3w/mh. They also offer payment through BitcoinEscrow and are guaranteeing unit arrival in 1-3 weeks from purchase.
bitcoinEscrow are not really a real escrow service, anyone can make an escrow site and pretend to use escrow. If they're promising delivery that quickly then they should have prototypes.
September 02, 2014, 11:03:21 AM
Do you have any thoughts on the TuringStations scrypt miners Dogie? The Turing Crawler is $3,899 for 350MH at 2.35w/mh. Their Turing Atlantis is $5,899 for 550MH at 2.3w/mh. They also offer payment through BitcoinEscrow and are guaranteeing unit arrival in 1-3 weeks from purchase.
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