Matt is as fucking bad as BA but yes it is funny he managed to fuck them back. However on the same token because of this he's just fucked anyone that had outstanding orders from MS... they definitely ain't gonna get shit now
yeah, if it's true this is the case.
While I find it funny if it's true, I also find it unlikely on many levels and on both sides of this equation.
We're supposed to believe Matt just woke up one day and decided to try to rip them off for hundreds of thousands of dollars via a completely documented means. I don't know this guy but that takes a special kind of stupid.
On the other side of the coin we're supposed to believe that this just flew right on through Black Arrow. They're total nitwits but I don't believe that either.
I think there's a lot more going on here than those assholes at Black Arrow are telling people.
In the meantime they've justified, based on their word only without any supporting evidence whatsoever being offered, fucking MS customers and totally cutting them loose. That they would do THAT is something I do believe, as these people have proven nothing if not that they will fuck people whenever and however possible.
I have no proof, nor do I have any direct dealings with MS, but I've seen many reports of MS customers actually receiving refunds for their delayed miners. It would not surprise me at all if this conflict arose from BA not crediting MS for providing those refunds - as they are required to do by law.
What I want to know is, if there is still a customer backorder, why on earth did they have 130 units in stock to ship immediately as one batch? I'd be surprised if they were units rolling off the line, as it means they had 130 boxed and tested units ready in the same ~6 hours to 2 days.
BA has always been about screwing the little guy. The resellers were given shipping priority from the start, although they didn't come on board for 3-4 months after BA had been selling directly.
that this was not the first stop on this joyride is my guess also and it seems logical that this issue of refunds could be some of it at least. MS has given some, I think they were refunding out of pocket at one point because BA was refusing, although I don't know that for sure. BA has totally refused any refunds after months of saying they would, making one lame excuse after another to delay them (please wait, everyone is busy building miners, we'll issue them as soon as we catch up) and then simply denying them altogether, deleting the refund thread on their own site that they themselves started and have proceeded to try to jam this junk on people ever since.
It would be very much like BA and Alex in particular to misrepresent the situation and try to lay total blame on the other party. It's what they done all along through all of this. A year late, miners that start on fire, major quality issues and on and on and on, and yet none of it is their fault. We seen the suppliers blamed, the customers were berated for pushing too hard resulting in no testing or removal of defective components and miners that burned. At one point it was the shipper's fault. They were making people pay shipping to send these defective components back. Never was/is anything the fault of the people actually running this mess.
And yes, I have little doubt these guys were/are running a mine. First they said the datacenter was ready, then it didn't exist, then you could pay their "partner" (who has never been identified) for hosting (for a fee of course). sure they had X-3's to deliver now, even they can't use them any longer- it is the stereotypical scam in this business. Take the customer's money, mine them until they're useless and then ship them out.
They've been so totally devoid of ethics of any kind, this latest issue with MS just being the latest example, that it is clear they have none. If they could have been running a mine, they have been. I have little doubt about that.