Who here regrets not ordering a BFL unit? - page 2.

needmorecoins

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Quote from: Joshster on April 22, 2013, 07:15:54 PM

I was looking at shipping costs and it's around 200 USD just to ship to the UK, not sure if I want to order or not. Sad

Considering your fiat profits from mining is tied to exchange rates, and the definite rise in difficulty (some projecting it to be 90 million+ by end of year) then it's probably better off buying some coins instead of putting that fiat money in limbo and hoping BFL delivers. Just my opinion though.

Joshster

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I was looking at shipping costs and it's around 200 USD just to ship to the UK, not sure if I want to order or not. Sad

zoktar

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payed for a BFL jally last year around christmas, but im skeptic, they just keep pushing the months. Jally wasn't awfully expensive so there's that atleast.

needmorecoins

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I initially thought it was a massive scam, considering their FPGA were re-branded and not their own? And their lack of news on progress.

But after hearing about Avalon releasing their ASIC chips for sale, scammers or not, I'm gonna assume they will now be able to deliver using Avalon chips to keep up their good name/scam.

SgtSpike

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@OP - I regret not buying more of them.

Quote from: birkoff2 on April 20, 2013, 11:41:43 PM

Thought about buying one of their units, but after doing some basic research, I'm 99.9999999% sure they're scamers.

Want to bet on that? 1 BTC of mine against 10 BTC of yours? You should be more than willing to take such a bet if you are 99.9999999% sure.

condor335

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I shant regret what I shant not done.

furball

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Quote from: digicoin on April 21, 2013, 01:53:17 AM

Video can be fake. I actually concern about real BFL unit shipped to real miner

This video looks real to me...here's hoping anyway..I ordered one just the other day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mmTRheUzg

evilscoop

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when/if they ship...then ill regret it....and try fast to get one
until then, no

whitetoo

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I echo what was said by a previous poster, your $$$$ have and continue to be tied up with BFL - which could of been invested in BTC directly.
BFL seem to treat their customers as investors, whilst units have been shipped to "reviewers"... it appears to me that BFL may not be a scam but a company in a large hole trying to scramble out of it.
So by releasing a few to people who will post reviews and videos demo'ing that the product "exists" and meets "promises" this is a marketing ploy to draw more people to invest their cash into BFL so they can carry on with their testing or buy a 3rd island in the middle of the Pacific. Who knows!

Quote from: digicoin on April 21, 2013, 01:53:17 AM

Video can be fake. I actually concern about real BFL unit shipped to real miner

Pretty much sums it up.

kimosan

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I actually ordered from BTC Asic and BFL at same time. Got my refund from BTCFPGA no problems, disappointed they weren't able to ship units.

All the time wish I had ordered a BFL single (I think that is the 25Gh unit?) instead of the Jalepeno. May still order one before any proof of ship exists.

abigfish

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matty : imo if you have btc in wallet etc...buy one ... worst case scenario you loose btc .... normal scenario ... you get it when diff goes up and you get back your 3btc in 3 months than you mine forever for free. ...best case scenario ... bfl stars shipping quickly you get it soon ...and boom ...millionaire Wink

jk but you get the point

The price of the jala IS SO LOW ...that given ANY diff increase it will still make its money back ASAP and after its yours to keep forever....if it becomes too low of a profit...resell it to someone less experienced or in a bigger hurry Wink

abigfish

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i do regret...esp since the price raised for the jalapenos from 149 Sad

( ... and given that I was thinking about ordering when BTC was huge value...was a time when you could buy a jalapeno with 1 btc ffs ....(peak value of btc before bubble)

will def buy 2 jalas ASAP when I see the first ones in peoples hands...people from this forum for ex ...im sure even with diff raise and everything that paying 250$ and just plugging it into usb will get you a lot more money back in just a couple of months ...even if we order late ...

mattyrain

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Still thinking about risking ~3BTC on a Jalapeno. Talk me out of it.

vdek

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Quote from: justabitoftime on April 21, 2013, 03:23:17 AM

Quote from: needmorecoins on April 20, 2013, 10:38:16 PM

So due to recent videos of one user's demo/pre-release video of a single...who here are starting to change their mind about ordering from BFL?

A better question would be , "Do you regret not purchasing an Avalon instead of dealing with BFL". I could answer that one in a heartbeat!

How would you have gotten an Avalon? They pretty much sold out instantly...

spanishfry

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i got a BFL refund 3 weeks ago and feel like I dodged a major bullet

needmorecoins

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I think it's a taken that we all wished we've ordered an avalon lol.

justabitoftime

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CoinTropolis

Quote from: needmorecoins on April 20, 2013, 10:38:16 PM

So due to recent videos of one user's demo/pre-release video of a single...who here are starting to change their mind about ordering from BFL?

A better question would be , "Do you regret not purchasing an Avalon instead of dealing with BFL". I could answer that one in a heartbeat!

spiralis

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Quote from: cash4net on April 20, 2013, 11:13:34 PM

Quote from: needmorecoins on April 20, 2013, 10:38:16 PM

So due to recent videos of one user's demo/pre-release video of a single...who here are starting to change their mind about ordering from BFL?

whats a bfl unit?

Butterfly Labs, who, from what I gather, are either visionaries who are having technical problems or vapourware/snakeoil merchants selling pre-orders of ASIC equipment that doesn't actually exist.

phortran

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I do, I'll admit it. I first read about them about a year ago when I got interested in this and really considered going for it. I ended up mining up a bunch of litecoins over a period of a week or 2, sort of got bored with it, and now I'm interested again. The litecoins seem to be worth something now so I've put that money down on a few 5 GH/s BFL singles for the heck of it. Seeing the recent videos has convinced me that at least it's a real product and maybe they'll actually start shipping out soon, although I do realize I'm basically at the end of the line at this point. On a related note I'd like to get in on that ASIC chip group buy as well (hence registering and posting), seems like a fun project.

digicoin

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Video can be fake. I actually concern about real BFL unit shipped to real miner

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