Topic: Just Took the Plunge and Ordered 4 Antminer S2s (Read 1209 times)

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

legendary

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

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

sr. member

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

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

Biffa

legendary

Activity: 3234

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

sr. member

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

legendary

Activity: 3234

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.

pr0p0f0l

newbie

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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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