The December 31st date was only widely known once the shipping was delayed and the TOS was used to deny refund requests. Selling October delivery (for a premium over later delivery) and then shipping at the end of December is simply unacceptable.
I would disagree with this... I ordered on the 18th of august. I well knew of the 31st deadline. I even conversed with the company by telephone to ensure that I would receive a refund in btc if I paid in btc.
I am pretty sure there was discussion here about it too.. not going to dig thru posts.
The discussion was something like
-"hey, there is a 31 Dec refund deadline".
-"but they say that they are in line with an october deliver, and we trust them, right?"
-"yes, also because if they deliver in december they screw us all"
-"i agree, it's not gonna happen, hf is not bfl"
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Or not?