Topic: Where to purchase a couple Antminer S9's (Read 5023 times)

add bitmain on twitter when they know about the next batch you will know about the next batch

I guess you’re right. My only problem is that I can’t seem to place any s9 order on Bitmain’s website. All grayed out.
Do you know when next it will be available?

Anybody who can help me get 50 S9?

Thanks

[WTS] 15 S9s (159THs of Profitability) In Hosted Location or Pickup, $50K Firm

15 S9s from various batches, various THs.  Hosting in location on the West Coast of the US.  WILL NOT SHIP.  In location only. Hosting is $100 per month per miner.  Price Firm. Escrow Philipma1957.

At $3.50 per TH this pack of 159THs pulls in over $16.7K per month.   That is an ROI of 3 Months.  Can you live with $566 per day?


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sold-15-s9s-159ths-of-profitability-in-hosted-location-or-pickup-50k-firm-2567981

Or, they will not deliver immediately...

Chances are it's a scam. Every "real" site on the web has them for 4k-6k. A one off deal for 1250 sounds scammy.
I know how you feel right now....excited to mine! Q1 is right around the corner and new machines will undoubtedly be released.
When this happens the price gouging will slowly go down on the S9. I also eagerly await machines that are ready for release.

This seller actually quoted us$1,250 today to me via email. I just don’t see how a reseller will sell equipment cheaper than the manufacturer, unless they already used it for 6months or something...
I’m asking them now.

I have already contacted sellers on alibaba few weeks ago. 2 things you ought to know:

1. Many sellers there arent trustworthy. Too many scam cases.
2. Even if they are not scammers, the price are not updated. They will quote you usd$4000 there-about for an S9, instead of the advertised price of less than usd$2k.

Hope this helps.

If you are totally new to mining then I advice you to take your time to learn more before investing your money.
Even if you plan to buy just one Antminer you should prepare an aerated space and also think about electricity consumption.
Mining hardwares usually produce huge noise so you have to take that in consideration aswell.
If you are determined to by those Antminers, don't buy used machines it is always better to invest more than loosing all your money.

Is it possible to get a BITMAIN ANTMINER S9 - 14 TH/s + BITMAIN 1600W PSU (both brand new), for 1250 USD
The seller is 8yrs on  alibaba.com

 

not if you mine with them for a month then sell them on ebay for twice the price u paid then order two more

What is  Bitmain's CN interface ?

Any place where i can get a legit used s7?

The website was built about two months ago when the price was higher - 11300 as opposed to 11100 and that price also accounted for the shipping cost, power cable, and paypal withdrawal charge applicable to CN users.

Bitmain releases new batches at irregular intervals and the prices often vary slightly as well as the per unit hashrate - for instance, they recently released a batch of 13.5TH model for 11,500 as opposed to the 11300 for 13TH model. So far I have yet paid too much attention to track their releases.

So yes you are right the price is not accurate and I deliberately price the unit slightly higher than I have to pay Bitmain just to make sure I won't lose money from "reselling". Still it is cheaper than what I hear ppl in north america are paying for.

I have since then been mostly preoccupied with building my farm and also began to sell hosting. When I talk to prospects, I always encourage them to buy the miners themselves and as a result, NONE useD the SinoHash website to pay for the miners - two used it to pay for 10 dollar 24 S9 trials though. In most circumstances, I check Bitmain's CN site when I saw a new batch released, I would notify the customers and prospects - some of them paid 0.05BTC per unit to preserve space. They then would specify the number they intend to buy, if they do and I subsequently place orders with Bitmain and inform my customer the total cost and payment address. They would pay on their end in bitcoin. So in the process, they just pay Bitmain directly and I never touched the money. Once the order is settled, the shipment would be dispatched to my address.

So right now the website merely serves as a information board & advertisement for the service, rather than the platform where the real transaction takes place, as it was originally intended to be.

 

The process is that I get a quotes from a number of reputable dealers once the owners expressed intension to sell and then the owners will have 24hrs to decide. Of course I can send the miners back to the owners with shipping cost borne by the owner.

I have been toying with the idea of doing an exchange for people to buy and sell secondhand hardware to increase the transparency, but right now too busy with the sinohash project.

I acknowledge what you suggested are real issues and hopefully they will be solved progressively.

Thanks.
A few questions;
1. web site says that you don't sell the miner to me even if i pay $1700 upfront for S9. I understand that technically you simply transfer the ownership of miner that you got from Bitmain/Avalon or place an order in lieu of customers order, but in the west it is considered selling and/or being a reseller. Nothing is wrong with that as long as you maintain the record that customer OWNS the miner. I would clarify this page:
https://sinohash.com/collections/miner-models/products/bitmain-s9
2. Sinohash only promises to help cutsomers sell their miner on the seconhand market at the BEST available price. Two comments: how this best available price is/will be established? I say it should be be ebay instead of some underbidding internal dealer. Second, why no provision of sending miner to the owner or a third party? It might still be cost-effective.
3. if cost is RMB 11100, why the charge is $1700 instead of $1607? A small detail, but explaining helps understanding.

TL;DR Very good hosting price, high miner price (about $200 higher than latest Bitmain sale including shipping to US), not clear re ownership record, not clear re sending miner to owner, not clear re secondhand price to sell.

The cheapest way to buy S9s is to buy from Bitmain's CN interface - 13TH model PSU included currently sells at RMB11100 and if you are a secondtime customer, they give you RMB 200 coupon.

If you mine in China, the shipping cost is well within USD 35 and you can expect them to arrive in about a week after payment confirmed.

The trick is that you can't ship the miner to your home country easily without paying too much - that is exactly what SinoHash expect to solve - We are offering USD0.045 per kWh hosting fee (this is all you need to pay and you pay at the end of the first month; no hidden fees). The price is prob cheaper than the electricity you pay in your country, not to mention removing the need to do proper cooling, network, security and deal with the noise.

Enjoy : https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator

Excellent information here, thanks to all of you that have commented!

Does anyone know how much bitcoin an Avalon 721 can mine in a day/week/month on the average?
I believe I am going to buy 2 tomorrow regardless of the answer just to have the experience. I have
seen a lot of "costs" studies but I cannot think about that until I know exactly how much electricity
is going to cost and so forth. At any rate if I hate it after 3-6 months I can always sell them at a
loss.

Best regards all!

UPS is designed to run an office pc for 20 minutes.
A UPS big enough to handle a mining rig would be retardedly expensive.

That being said, running your modem/router/hubs on one is a good idea, as the miners can come online faster then the internet.
and then can lag on rebooting them.