Sorry about hijacking your thread, I'm honestly interested in buying the miners, but for some reason the market for used miners is frankly outrageous. For some reason people seem to think these should sell for what they were originally priced at new or in some cases even more (ebay.com).
I've got more power being delivered next week to my small hosting space, when that's delivered, I'll make an offer, but I'm thinking in the ~300 per range, if that's not something the seller would be interested in at all, I understand, but I think paying more than that for used gear when next gen is around the corner is crazy.
....Around the corner...... Really? You mean possibly at the end of the year!?
On here people KNOW the prices and market, so no need to low ball or mis-lead with prices you could never fill yourself. I understand buying low, sell high, but when you try to back your comments with fake info, it just makes you look......like an ahole.
If someone doesn't like the prices, MOVE ON.
I think its a fair point that S5s can be had for around 375 shipped, new, from the manufacturer.
Edit: this isn't the thread I thought it was where someone was asking 375 + shipping for used S5s.
Commentary: I don't see why everyone gets upset on these boards when prices are negotiated. It's just business. If someone offers an "unfairly" low price, don't sell to them. If someone asks an "unfairly" high price, don't buy from them. It a that simple. Prices are only "wrong" when transactions aren't made. As for trying to convince the other party to change what they are bidding/asking, that's fair game of course. And if you use speculation or made up "info" in an attempt to do so, you will lose credibility and come off as a dumbass. These miners are only "worth" what buyers are willing to pay for them. They are still profitable to mine with for the most part, so you have to assume the seller needs liquidity sooner than expected or they are bearish on mining profitability going forward. Buyers are obviously bullish on mining profitability going forward. Of course economic factors are not the only factors. There may be collectors or hobbyists who are motivated by other factors than profitability.
Commentary TL;DR: free markets are complicated. Don't take it personal and get upset with how they function.
Edit 2: apologies for the rant and hijacking the thread. Back to our regularly scheduled sale then.