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Did order via BA website, sent wire transfer on December 11th, still no updates from BA.. opened ticket week ago, alas, no motion except it seems ticket was deleted from the system.
Overall this is very upsetting.

I'm rather unsettled with the untimeliness of their communication myself. Have been waiting for a while to resolve an order issue that is stuck in a customer service morass.

Something doesn't feel right with this operation right now Sad It has certainly caused a red flag to be raised based on my experiences thus far Sad

It should not take over 22 days to resolve an order.

They have a great infrastructure to take customer money quickly, but a poor one in resolving order issues in an expeditious manner based on what I've encountered so far.

Could have ordered from me and saved the trouble Tongue

Hopefully we get this resolved, but according to bobsag, he does not have the wire transfer that I sent on the 16th.  Apparently there is one from the same bank for the same amount on the right day, but it has a different name on it. This is very troublesome to me as I printed off the page from the minersource website and brought it to the bank when I did the wire, and my online statements shows a transfer to them for that amount.  Hopefully we get this resolved, as I said its troublesome because it is a lot of money that by the sounds of it was transferred to no where.
Hopefully this is getting looked into, I know I will be at my bank Thursday morning to get this resolved. My concern is that even though this was ordered before the date change, and I paid, I am not sure I will get the first day delivery because of this issue, which doesn't make it worth it to get these units.  Still have not heard anything either way as to when that order would be shipped when it is resolved.

Any upaid pending wire orders will have their order placed in the Q based on when the order was places, as long as the wire was sent within 48 hours. So you and the other who have pending wires all are taken care of.

Bob, thanks for your help. My wire transfer has been resolved and I am happy to be in the feb shipping date. Had a small heart attack but Bob fixed it and everything is good. Thanks again for your work in getting this resolved. Also I sent you the pm asking if I was in the Feb batch before I saw this thread where you confirmed that I was. So you can ignore that message.
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Hopefully we get this resolved, but according to bobsag, he does not have the wire transfer that I sent on the 16th.  Apparently there is one from the same bank for the same amount on the right day, but it has a different name on it. This is very troublesome to me as I printed off the page from the minersource website and brought it to the bank when I did the wire, and my online statements shows a transfer to them for that amount.  Hopefully we get this resolved, as I said its troublesome because it is a lot of money that by the sounds of it was transferred to no where.
Hopefully this is getting looked into, I know I will be at my bank Thursday morning to get this resolved. My concern is that even though this was ordered before the date change, and I paid, I am not sure I will get the first day delivery because of this issue, which doesn't make it worth it to get these units.  Still have not heard anything either way as to when that order would be shipped when it is resolved.
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I have 2 pending wires at this time, as well as a few wires that came unlabeled. Otherwise, All wire orders have been updated as of this time. If yours is not showing as updated, please send me a PM with your order number, and the bank you sent from. Thanks!

PM sent
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Bobsag3 is it possible for you to see if payments have gone through to BA even though its not your site? I sent a wire 14th december and it still says waiting for payment. I'm getting a little worried that i sent to wrong place. BA's support seem to ignore emails unfortunately.
Haha... we're pretty much in the same spot. As per bob, just gotta be patience. Good luck to you nonetheless. Smiley

Did they change status of payment for you yet? I'm just really worried I sent the money to the wrong account or something. I sent the money 14th december so it left my bank 16th. Today it's the 24th, it does not take that long for international transfers. So I'm thinking I either sent the money to the wrong place or they just can't be bothered to change status of payment, leaving us customers in doubt. I don't think my bank can do anything about the money if I did indeed send it to someone else now after this many days either.

I'm also a bit worried I sent it to the right place but they view my order as late, putting it on the later shipment

btw, it seems like all the KNC customers are expecting knc to deliver more than 3/th, any chance we will get higher as well?

I think wire transfers can just take some time.  I sent one to bobsag on the 16th and it hasn't been credited yet, but bob has assured me that I will be in the first round of shipments, he said there were a bunch pending, but I also sent him a PM with my order info hoping to get some information, but haven't received anything yet.
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Release dates on BA have changed to March/10/14 No word if this is batch 2 or not,but seeing how tape out hasn't happen yet Undecided

Update from BA: "At this point, buyers are still in the first batch. The bump in date is when everyone who buys now can expect their units to be shipped."




Yeah I talked to the support, said its the same batch but just different shipping date since they cant ship them all at once I suppose. Something about already 1,500 paid orders in queue so they are moving the next shipping to then.

So those who have had orders gone through but money waiting in wires transfers will be in which date now?
First date.

If you ever need vouching for anything you do Bob, please call me.  The speed at which you answer customers questions and the level of dedication you bring is unparalled in the bitcoin world.  You run a very good and well rounded business and at this point I will not think twice if I see an opportunity in the future that you are heading.  Thank you and keep up the good work.
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Release dates on BA have changed to March/10/14 No word if this is batch 2 or not,but seeing how tape out hasn't happen yet Undecided

Update from BA: "At this point, buyers are still in the first batch. The bump in date is when everyone who buys now can expect their units to be shipped."




Yeah I talked to the support, said its the same batch but just different shipping date since they cant ship them all at once I suppose. Something about already 1,500 paid orders in queue so they are moving the next shipping to then.

So those who have had orders gone through but money waiting in wires transfers will be in which date now?
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Hey Bob, I wired money on Monday and nothing has changed to paid on my account yet, I understand that this is a manual process, but when can we expect updates for wire transfers?
I have over 20 wires still "pending", I update wires twice a day, ones that clear in the morning and ones that clear before I go to sleep.
Let me know if your order has not cleared by tomorrow.

Ok will do, thanks for being vigilant.
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Hey Bob, I wired money on Monday and nothing has changed to paid on my account yet, I understand that this is a manual process, but when can we expect updates for wire transfers?
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I'm sure they will too.

BA had better announce a damn good discount ASAP if they wanna keep sale's going. At $500/BTC no one will be buying miners.

I've moved form having them host 2-3 machines to like ly only buy 1 or a few x-1's for at home Sad

I wouldnt mind some coinage back from the machines I already bought, nice to have that policy where more discounts equals money back for previous buyers.  I would probably just buy more product with it.

Heck I would buy more X-1's if a price drop brought it back to about .4 btc ea.
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I'm sure they will too.

BA had better announce a damn good discount ASAP if they wanna keep sale's going. At $500/BTC no one will be buying miners.

I've moved form having them host 2-3 machines to like ly only buy 1 or a few x-1's for at home Sad

I wouldnt mind some coinage back from the machines I already bought, nice to have that policy where more discounts equals money back for previous buyers.  I would probably just buy more product with it.
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Well what a pickle, it seems for the cost of this unit, it would mine roughly 12 coins before becoming usless. and at today's coin alue you could buy 12 coins for the same price...

I'm thinking either we need a new spike in BTC or miner's need to come down in price. All my investor's just pulled pin opting to buy BTC instead. as I couldnt promise more than 12 coins per machine return Sad

Well there hasnt been any word on whether orders can be transferred, but if confirmed they can be, and if anyone wants out and just wants their btc back I will pay them their btc that they put in for X-1's only at this time?

If anyone is getting cold feet that is...


Found this on their website:

https://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/55/4/how-to-change-contactshipping-information

Thats good for BA orders, but what about minersource?
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Well what a pickle, it seems for the cost of this unit, it would mine roughly 12 coins before becoming usless. and at today's coin alue you could buy 12 coins for the same price...

I'm thinking either we need a new spike in BTC or miner's need to come down in price. All my investor's just pulled pin opting to buy BTC instead. as I couldnt promise more than 12 coins per machine return Sad

Well there hasnt been any word on whether orders can be transferred, but if confirmed they can be, and if anyone wants out and just wants their btc back I will pay them their btc that they put in for X-1's only at this time?

If anyone is getting cold feet that is...
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Doh I didn't add a Controller board to my order (required).

Matt, can you add that to my order please.  #3228
Thanks.

The bitfury is needed for the x-3? This is why I'm hoping it will sell out so I can sell my pre-order, I have no idea what I'm doing lol  Cheesy

did you pre-order an X-3?  Are orders able to be transferred? Not sure if anything has been put out about transferring order or not?
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I also just completed a wire transfer for Minersource.net, what you also need to know is that bank of america (the bank that is used for them) has a 25 dollars receiving fee.  Also my bank (commerce) needs to know the address if its over 3K, which it was.  Luckily I was able to find it on the about us page on the minersource website.

Can bobsag please confirm receipt of my order?  I hope everything went through and my bank told me that it will be a couple hours before the money should show up.  I know your busy bob, but it is a lot of money and I just want to make sure.  You can PM me if you need order number, etc...


You should not have been charged any fee- our account has that specifically waived.
And yeah theres a butt ton of pending wires today, but as thomas said I cannot see the details till they clear.

Yea not a problem, I understand, like I said it was a lot of money and i just wanted to make sure it got in ok, but its cool.

I do not think my lady at Commerce had a good grasp of what was going on, while on hold with bank of america, (where I got connected to some indian lady who barely spoke english and had no idea what I was talking about, but finally settled on telling me 25 dollar wire transfer), she helped someone else and I ended up being helped by another guy who just wrote, pay all fees) on my application.  Probably could have been as easy as that in the first place.  Either way, it is only 25 dollars so I am not that concerned if I get charged anyway.

P.S. - one time a long while ago while working at McDonalds a customer asked for a buttload of hot sauce for some item.  I proceeded to ask how much a buttload was and he informed me that it was 7, so 7 wire transfers today huh.  lol Smiley
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Do you mean the address of the bank? Or minersource

They wanted the address of minersource, told me they need the address of the business on transfers over 3k.

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I also just completed a wire transfer for Minersource.net, what you also need to know is that bank of america (the bank that is used for them) has a 25 dollars receiving fee.  Also my bank (commerce) needs to know the address if its over 3K, which it was.  Luckily I was able to find it on the about us page on the minersource website.

Can bobsag please confirm receipt of my order?  I hope everything went through and my bank told me that it will be a couple hours before the money should show up.  I know your busy bob, but it is a lot of money and I just want to make sure.  You can PM me if you need order number, etc...
Wire transfers the money transfers immediately however the details of the transfer don't, meaning the money can be seen in the account but the note saying this person's name or this order number don't show up for a day or two.


Ahh, did not know that.  Ok thanks!
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I also just completed a wire transfer for Minersource.net, what you also need to know is that bank of america (the bank that is used for them) has a 25 dollars receiving fee.  Also my bank (commerce) needs to know the address if its over 3K, which it was.  Luckily I was able to find it on the about us page on the minersource website.

Can bobsag please confirm receipt of my order?  I hope everything went through and my bank told me that it will be a couple hours before the money should show up.  I know your busy bob, but it is a lot of money and I just want to make sure.  You can PM me if you need order number, etc...
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Will Cat 6a cables such as...
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-5-Color-Snagless-Ethernet/dp/B00E5I7UAG/ref=pd_cp_e_0
be compatible with this?  Sorry for all the networking questions, but I am a clueless Accountant, lol!
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I have a bunch of these on order and want to make sure I have all the right stuff to get them to run...
I noticed on BA website that they will come with their own power supply, so I do not have to worry about that apart from a power strip or two.
I have been looking and found this switch to plug them all into...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BU0EKW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003BU0EKW&linkCode=as2&tag=pck01-20
Will the 24 port version of that be good for these?  I should be able to plug and play correct?  Also does anyone know how I would make or obtain a wireless switch?  I would prefer to not have to set these up near my router, and a wireless switch or a way to make that wireless easily would be great!
Also, I assume they do not, but does anyone know if these come with Ethernet cables?  If I am going to order a switch I would like to just get everything at once.  Any Ethernet cable should work correct?

Thanks to any answers or help in advance!

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You don't really need a gigabit switch, 100Mbps would be just fine. The switch is unmanaged, so it should just be plug and play. The cables you will need are ethernet patch cables.
Also you should consider power usage when shopping for a power strip. You might not be able to run more than 1 or 2 on a single circuit.

The 24 port switch is for expansion purposes in the future.  But by the sounds of your comments it should be fine.  I am unsure what Ethernet patch cables are, time for some google research, lol.

The X-1's only use 50 watts of power so I should be able to get a bunch of them per single circuit, unless I am missing something?
You'll be fine with X-1's. I wasn't sure if you were running X-3's or X-1's.

I think I will get 1 or 2 x-3's, but mostly x-1's for me.

I looked up Ethernet patch cables, is there a difference between an Ethernet cable and an Ethernet patch cable?
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I have a bunch of these on order and want to make sure I have all the right stuff to get them to run...
I noticed on BA website that they will come with their own power supply, so I do not have to worry about that apart from a power strip or two.
I have been looking and found this switch to plug them all into...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BU0EKW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003BU0EKW&linkCode=as2&tag=pck01-20
Will the 24 port version of that be good for these?  I should be able to plug and play correct?  Also does anyone know how I would make or obtain a wireless switch?  I would prefer to not have to set these up near my router, and a wireless switch or a way to make that wireless easily would be great!
Also, I assume they do not, but does anyone know if these come with Ethernet cables?  If I am going to order a switch I would like to just get everything at once.  Any Ethernet cable should work correct?

Thanks to any answers or help in advance!

DebitMe
You don't really need a gigabit switch, 100Mbps would be just fine. The switch is unmanaged, so it should just be plug and play. The cables you will need are ethernet patch cables.
Also you should consider power usage when shopping for a power strip. You might not be able to run more than 1 or 2 on a single circuit.

The 24 port switch is for expansion purposes in the future.  But by the sounds of your comments it should be fine.  I am unsure what Ethernet patch cables are, time for some google research, lol.

The X-1's only use 50 watts of power so I should be able to get a bunch of them per single circuit, unless I am missing something?
legendary
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I have a bunch of these on order and want to make sure I have all the right stuff to get them to run...
I noticed on BA website that they will come with their own power supply, so I do not have to worry about that apart from a power strip or two.
I have been looking and found this switch to plug them all into...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BU0EKW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003BU0EKW&linkCode=as2&tag=pck01-20
Will the 24 port version of that be good for these?  I should be able to plug and play correct?  Also does anyone know how I would make or obtain a wireless switch?  I would prefer to not have to set these up near my router, and a wireless switch or a way to make that wireless easily would be great!
Also, I assume they do not, but does anyone know if these come with Ethernet cables?  If I am going to order a switch I would like to just get everything at once.  Any Ethernet cable should work correct?

Thanks to any answers or help in advance!

DebitMe
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