Lightning miner ! 4ghs 80 usd Wow - page 11.

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Quote from: filharvey on March 03, 2013, 01:27:34 PM

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Hello,
No, not a scam lol. Don't worry we got thick skin, you didn't hurt our feelings. I will go ahead and give you some current information. Currently any new orders on the lightning miners will ship out around 4-5 days from now, and have a transit time of 2-3 days. The specs on the ASIC based miners is from our Beta testing on 12 different miners. We averaged the spec's to get as close to the exact figure as possible. So even though we post 4GH/s you may get around 3.3 at times. Temperature has been quite the element in results from the miner too, while we do recommend the fan it is not necessary. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to email us back.

This is an email back from them. asking for more info.

Yes, still got to be careful about possibly being a scam, until other people have seen the actual device.

Phil

From their mining hardware page - (Production ends March 25, 2013)

They are saying their numbers are based on simulation (ie nothing has been produced yet) then say they are shipping in 4-5 days. Then their website says production wont be done until the 25th of March.

They can't even keep their story straight. My guess is they are hoping to bring in a few grand from unsuspecting bitcoiners. Just say no!

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Quote from: ||bit on March 03, 2013, 12:08:00 PM

Quote from: filharvey on March 03, 2013, 11:21:34 AM

Well for $75 I guess it could be worth a try. After all the other money I have lost or have invested in waiting for BFL to deliever.

Phil

Don't risk your money like that (and that's saying it nicely). That website smells really really bad. If they were making those that cheap (40GH for $600), then why sell them? They could make a fortune mining. And how wold they expect to pay off any ASIC development costs?

One might then ask the same of BFL, but at least BFL seems to have had an established electronics business before turning to develop mining hardware. And has actual human names associated with the company.

And if your going to waste $75, here's a better idea. Send it to any one of the people on the forum that has a bitcoin address, then PM that person and tell them to send you any ASIC hardware for mining bitcoins that they MIGHT have in their garage. You'll probably have a better chance of getting something.

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The wise has spoken! Please listen.

Unless this seller related to Intel or AMD ( like the forgotten second cousin ) they have a better chance to visit outer space befor producing ASICs Grin

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Hello,
No, not a scam lol. Don't worry we got thick skin, you didn't hurt our feelings. I will go ahead and give you some current information. Currently any new orders on the lightning miners will ship out around 4-5 days from now, and have a transit time of 2-3 days. The specs on the ASIC based miners is from our Beta testing on 12 different miners. We averaged the spec's to get as close to the exact figure as possible. So even though we post 4GH/s you may get around 3.3 at times. Temperature has been quite the element in results from the miner too, while we do recommend the fan it is not necessary. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to email us back.

This is an email back from them. asking for more info.

Yes, still got to be careful about possibly being a scam, until other people have seen the actual device.

Phil

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Quote from: kernelpanic on March 03, 2013, 12:27:31 PM

No, it's not worth a try. *Especially* after all the money you have lost...

There is zero chance this is legit. So many red flags that there is no other possibility. Amateurish attempts to make it seem legit like bogus unboxing videos that contain references to the "old website" trying to explain away the fact that site was just registered.

Save your money, stay away!

The whole reference to a previous website that none of us have heard of just adds to the suspicion. If any of those testimonials were real then we would have heard about this a long long time ago. Stay away and save your money.

Obvious scam is obvious.

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Quote from: SLok on March 03, 2013, 07:51:41 AM

1 week old domain/site, a no go.
Give 'm a call?
Administrative Contact:
Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0133634105, [email protected]
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That's the contact information for the hosting company, except for the email there.

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Quote from: filharvey on March 03, 2013, 11:21:34 AM

Well for $75 I guess it could be worth a try. After all the other money I have lost or have invested in waiting for BFL to deliever.

Phil

No, it's not worth a try. *Especially* after all the money you have lost...

There is zero chance this is legit. So many red flags that there is no other possibility. Amateurish attempts to make it seem legit like bogus unboxing videos that contain references to the "old website" trying to explain away the fact that site was just registered.

Save your money, stay away!

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Site design is puke, information and content puke, no full size pictures on site puke, Only one customer posting proof RED flag. 90% sure this is a scam and the videos posted are not the best and does not go into all details of products nor is video quality high. Also other videos on his channel it seems is a member of a old game called dark orbit and problems so noob off their trying to make more money and scam people no doubt.

Why don they come on here and have their own thread started hmmmm. Also all their domain info is BS too.... Stay away from this people. However very tempted to by as they also take credit card payments but still this is also risky going to stay away from this and mid year will have something for everyone to offer

Edited waiting for updates on this maybe will get my very own unit as agreed to take part in beta.

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Scumming scoombugs!

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Quote from: filharvey on March 03, 2013, 11:21:34 AM

Well for $75 I guess it could be worth a try. After all the other money I have lost or have invested in waiting for BFL to deliever.

Phil

Don't risk your money like that (and that's saying it nicely). That website smells really really bad. If they were making those that cheap (40GH for $600), then why sell them? They could make a fortune mining. And how wold they expect to pay off any ASIC development costs?

One might then ask the same of BFL, but at least BFL seems to have had an established electronics business before turning to develop mining hardware. And has actual human names associated with the company.

And if your going to waste $75, here's a better idea. Send it to any one of the people on the forum that has a bitcoin address, then PM that person and tell them to send you any ASIC hardware for mining bitcoins that they MIGHT have in their garage. You'll probably have a better chance of getting something.

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Quote from: Flying Hellfish on March 03, 2013, 11:44:46 AM

RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE, PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION!

Is it quotes like these from the site maybe?

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This page is currently getting a ton of info poured into it. Go ahead and bookmark it, will have it up before you know it.

Translation: This site really is just front for you give us your CC info and your BTC please ignore this page and return to the product we just produced from thin air.

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Quote from: filharvey on March 03, 2013, 11:21:34 AM

Well for $75 I guess it could be worth a try.

Phil

LOL even with all the massive red flags I kinda thought like this. I just got a prepaid visa card the other day for a little over a $100 and was wondering what I should spend it on! I figured that since it was such a small amount of $ (and I had this card kicking around) and they accept CC I would take a shot at it (bad case its a scam and I do a charge back in a few weeks, worse case I totally lose the purchase price?).

So I headed to the checkout (after verifying on the site that they ship internationally), well low and behold I got stuck at the checkout because the forms only accept USA address' and I don't see anywhere to be able to add international information. The checkout process seems to require a USA address to continue.

RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE, PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION!

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Quote from: pieppiep on March 03, 2013, 11:34:32 AM

It is version 4.0 so it must be real.

LOL so true I missed that and versions 1-3

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It is version 4.0 so it must be real.

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Well for $75 I guess it could be worth a try. After all the other money I have lost or have invested in waiting for BFL to deliever.

Phil

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Quote from: romantic1 on March 03, 2013, 07:42:30 AM

How do you think about this:

Critically, very, very critically.

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But wait?

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Competition is tough for small business's. So...we are going to give away our first 20 Mammoth Miner's. Get us over 20 sales through your website or just word of mouth and you will get a free Mammoth Miner. The First 20 Mammoth
Miners will ship out April 11, 2013. As long as this bulletin is up the offer is still good. So Contact Us today!

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Mammoth Miner 280K
Mammoth Miner will began production April 5th 2013.
We are keeping most details Hush Hush, but if you are
too anxious to wait, feel free to email us with your questions. As with all of our products, this will be a highly efficient, low cost product. We give our customers what they want, this is what you all requested.

Both quotes from the site.

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Quote from: shmadz on March 03, 2013, 10:23:03 AM

My favorite is "Don't remove the sticker, the LED's are too bright."

Seems almost to dumb to be a scam Roll Eyes

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My favorite is "Don't remove the sticker, the LED's are too bright."

More like, "Don't remove the sticker, cuz then you'll see that it's just a switch with a Lightning miner sticker on top to cover up the linksys logo."

Cheesy

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I owe my soul to the Bitcoin code...

That is just fin awesome!!!! Grin

He tries so hard to seem legit. The videos have their ratings and comments disabled, so no badmouthing. He cut off the bubble wrap like an unboxing vid. No closeups or shots of it actually running. Good god man, is all this effort really worth it?

Please for the love all all humanity do not send that 'company' any bitcoins!!!

Does anyone have the 'original' website address that was mentioned?

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Scam

Based on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD7OjvdQpl8 somebody (most likely the scammer itself) is living in some dump and is trying to proof that a product exists and is shipping. Surprisingly no other customer is providing any info about this revolutionary product..

Yea, there is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJUy2K3AOI but camerawork suggests its the same author/scammer as the first one.

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