This email from Canaan...
"...On Monday we will update the webstore with new prcing for the 841 and 821. The 841 will be priced at $1625 per unit with an MOQ of 60 units. You can either order in the shop or email
[email protected]. Shipping usually takes between 7 and 14 days of payment. Ask your sales agent about additional discounts. The 821 will be sold in a special package along with 4 free 841. Please see the shop on monday or ask your sales agent...."
In January, they advised that the A821 will be around 3000-4000 $USD each. We complaint that the so called "special" price is outrageous, and so we postponed the group's plan to expand the Avalon farm. Their sales guy said, they have pre-orders up to the hilt already so it was okay for the group to back out from the bulk purchase. The group was to place 400 units x A821s.... instead we put the funds to good use and bought BTC at 6k-7k.
Imagine 841s now priced at 1625$... i can just imagine the frustrations of the early buyers of the A8 series.
$1625 is a much more reasonable price. I'm small time so no way could I pick up 400 units but I probably would've picked up 2 to 4 units at that price. Glad to hear that holding off on that worked out for your group!
1625$ is for A841s ..... Canaan went to greed mode just like Bitmain - hope this episode taught them a lesson but then again on hind sight they should sell at premium so that they stay in business and compete with Bitmain.
Moreover, the Avalons are good gear compared to S9s -- Avalons are like Macs, S9s are like PCs.
The group's existing S9 farm overall about 15-18% failure rate (around 17 out of 108 units), RMA 3 three times, since June 2016.
Meanwhile, the A721s, 741s did not have any serious issues except for fans and a few power board replacements, across 4 x units out of 323 units.
I like it for that.
