Topic: Just Took the Plunge and Ordered 4 Antminer S2s (Read 1176 times)

Quote from: raskul on May 02, 2014, 03:50:26 PM

No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

Sorry mate all three of those points are bullshit since batch 1, the last few from batch 2 and 3 I have had through my hands were fine.

busted

i do like a good wind up tho

doesn't fix the fact that they sent out a pile of shite in the first instance tho.

No it doesn't.

are we fwends again?

*sheepish* sorry for being a twat. it's a habit.

EDIT: apology expired. Tongue

Biffa

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Quote from: Biffa on May 02, 2014, 03:25:58 PM

Quote from: Biffa on May 02, 2014, 03:25:58 PM

No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

Sorry mate all three of those points are bullshit since batch 1, the last few from batch 2 and 3 I have had through my hands were fine.

busted

i do like a good wind up tho

doesn't fix the fact that they sent out a pile of shite in the first instance tho.

No it doesn't.

raskul

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No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

Sorry mate all three of those points are bullshit since batch 1, the last few from batch 2 and 3 I have had through my hands were fine.

busted

i do like a good wind up tho

doesn't fix the fact that they sent out a pile of shite in the first instance tho.

Biffa

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Activity: 3220

Merit: 1220

No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

Sorry mate all three of those points are bullshit since batch 1, the last few from batch 2 and 3 I have had through my hands were fine.

busted

i do like a good wind up tho

raskul

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Activity: 434

Merit: 250

No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

Sorry mate all three of those points are bullshit since batch 1, the last few from batch 2 and 3 I have had through my hands were fine.

busted

i do like a good wind up tho

pr0p0f0l

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The dude I'm doing all the setup work for was adamant that a CC be used. I got the units for roughly 2700... let the flaming begin on that one haha. However, I was told that the higher price is not a problem so I wasn't too concerned. All I care about now is getting these 4 units in good working order, making repairs if need be, and putting them online ASAP.

Biffa

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No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

Sorry mate all three of those points are bullshit since batch 1, the last few from batch 2 and 3 I have had through my hands were fine.

pr0p0f0l

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The main reason I bought on ebay is simply availability. I would've done a pre-order from bitmaintech, but they only accept BTC. At this time I have been restricted to using a credit card and I don't have the BTC reserves to do that. So instead I used my card, which has fraud protection etc if I need to reverse the payment for any reason. The units were listed as new and were reasonably priced considering the demand for them. Hopefully it will all work out, but I am willing to get my hands dirty and wade into the bullshit if I have to. Undecided

raskul

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Quote from: Biffa on May 02, 2014, 03:08:13 PM

No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

I would not buy from Bitmain if you told me you would pay for the rig for me.
those pictures are another ~~customer~~ victim's order direct from bitmain... you shoulda done a bit more research mate.

things you'll need:

working firmware, and the knowledge to install it.
a friend who can ~~rebuild~~ repair ~~shit~~ broken h/w.
1 or 2 blades extra to replace the ones which don't work.

best luck.

ChuckBuck

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better everyday ♥

No way.... How did that even happen?? Did you order that off of ebay? Were you able to get a refund?

They were the first batch that were sent out, batches since then have not had the same problems.

Just wondering why you bought on ebay?

Yes, elaborate why eBay, and what price roughly?

Why not from Bitmain, or Ninjatech, or 112bit?

Biffa

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