Has anyone dealt with this guy?:
Domain: newasic.com
Skype: msrv222
E-mail:
[email protected]Phone: +00-86-23-166-21770
When you go to place order, website says to call. I've Skyped with him, and placed an order, but didn't realize the web site I was using would limit what I could convert and take up to 7 days for bank transfer. Says he's holding Antminer L3+ & PSU until my transfer clears and I can send full payment. I've already sent him 3 LTC & $10 USD as "test transfers", which was fine with me because this was the first time paying with cryptocurrency for me. Is this the typical way you pay by the seller by him giving you just a long code to send to?
I contacted this guy and asked that he send the power supply with the funds I already transferred and that after that arrived I would transfer the rest for the L3+. He did not want to do that but offered to send my money back. He says he gets the L3+ from the factory for $750 USD & sells for $1250, or actually 30 LTC, but needs my payment before he can order from the factory and seems that they ship direct from factory. I expressed my concerns about how no one had these units, and he maintained that he is paying the factory. I don't know, can there be some knock-offs being sold? I don't know, maybe if he could send me a picture of the unit with serial number that I could verify with the factory, of course he needs payment first. He did refund my 3 LTC, or actually 2.9900, I guess that's minus the network fees?
So, I bought my bitcoins for this payment on Sunday for $2700 and before I even get them they're worth only $2500. I don't want to be in the currency exchange business, I want to be in the mining business.
Even if he is getting them for $750 from the factory, he could be selling them for a lot more.
Also, if he had a reliable coonect from the factory, and wanted to price hardware to move... he would probably me more established / better known... He isn't.
He could also be selling regularly through Alibaba and Aliexpress...
Of course I don't know this person, so I could be wrong, but I seriously think this site is a scam. If you still want to mess with him, I would suggest using Paypal, since they offer buyer protection if the seller never delivers.
It would still take you a while to get your money back, and you gotta make a claim blahblahblah, but at least that's better than the tragic finality of a crypto transfer. My guess is he won't go for it because he doesnt plan on sending anything... you could also suggest using somebody to provide escrow, but he won't want that for the same reason.
If your heart is set on the L3+, I suggest Eastshore.xyz
If you just want good hardware, I'd also suggest waiting for the next D3 batch to pop up on Bitmain (there was one last night that sold out in an hour, but I imagine there will be a lot more), or you could wait till Bitmain sells their next L3+ batch no idea when that'll be tho...
OR I think Bittawm (legendary bitcointalk member) may have some September batch D3s he'd be willing to sell.
All those options would be more expensive than NewAsic's prices, but they're also a lot cheaper since you'd be guaranteed to actually receive hardware.
I hope this was helpful.