a few comments:
1. i think cc payments have downside too. they can create a false demand picture, much like financial derivatives. anything goes wrong and those payments can vanish in an instant causing a company to implode.
2. BTC payments, otoh, show a truer picture of real demand since they can't be reversed. this is a fully voluntary payment option. given sales up to this point, it doesn't seem to be a problem for many.
3. regarding HF pre-mining with your BJ's until Dec 31: why would they do they when that would guarantee that you, as the buyer, would not get your ROI within 3 mo? you could then invoke the MPP which would force HF to give you up to 4x your original hashing power for free. ex: 500GH originally bought --> 2000GH free. i've also made it clear to them that many of you are concerned about getting low cost, or at cost hardware to support those chips. the MPP encourages good behavior and an on time delivery.
4. the Dec 31 full refund date protects you from HF being totally incompetent and doing a BFL and stringing everyone's pre-orders out years on end. it gives you a full opt out provision after a reasonable amount of non-performance in terms of time if you lose faith in HF.
1. i think cc payments have downside too. they can create a false demand picture, much like financial derivatives. anything goes wrong and those payments can vanish in an instant causing a company to implode.
2. BTC payments, otoh, show a truer picture of real demand since they can't be reversed. this is a fully voluntary payment option. given sales up to this point, it doesn't seem to be a problem for many.
3. regarding HF pre-mining with your BJ's until Dec 31: why would they do they when that would guarantee that you, as the buyer, would not get your ROI within 3 mo? you could then invoke the MPP which would force HF to give you up to 4x your original hashing power for free. ex: 500GH originally bought --> 2000GH free. i've also made it clear to them that many of you are concerned about getting low cost, or at cost hardware to support those chips. the MPP encourages good behavior and an on time delivery.
4. the Dec 31 full refund date protects you from HF being totally incompetent and doing a BFL and stringing everyone's pre-orders out years on end. it gives you a full opt out provision after a reasonable amount of non-performance in terms of time if you lose faith in HF.
you are right sir, but please try to understand customers like me, with are already pissed two times (by BFL and Avalon), so any other pre-order based company is scam and shit in advance.
yeah, that's really too bad. i feel for you. as i've said so many times here, i don't know how i made it thru the Avalon gauntlet with my batch 2 order. must be leading a clean life or something. it makes it easier for me to promote pre-orders as a result.
i guess you have to realize that until the marketplace clamps down and forces all these companies to NOT do pre-orders then it will continue. given the popularity of Bitcoin in general, and the demand for Asic mining equipment in particular, i don't see it happening anytime soon.
you run the risk of never getting into the game. seriously.
