Right now everybody is holding on to their equipment hoping that BTC goes to $500-$1000.
0.23BTC would of been a good price when BTC was $200, not right now.
you're allowed to have your opinion, and i respect this... However, i have the right to disagree
I see a lot of sales threads, both global and regional... People are selling their S3's, S4, S5's, sp20's... There are even some open S7 threads... Next to that, you can still buy geccoscience sticks, gridseeds and U3's.
Personally, i don't believe bitcoin will go to $500-$1000 in the near future, so i will not adapt my bid to a future that might not even happen.
With the halving coming up and the diff on the rise, i will stick to my 0.23BTC bid. I think it's fair for a second hand S3, given that i have no idear about its age or history, and the fact that it's not really power efficient. This bid will only be valid if my requirements are met (i do not think they are to strict, as adaseb presumed... I just don't like taking risks with an untrusted member).
If the OP is interested and/or wants to negotiate, he can PM me... I don't think i'll keep arguing in this thread tough, i don't think either one of us will be able to convince the other one.
I just found myself asking the same question. I'm sitting on roughly 50 of the S3+ Batch 7/8 Units. I was going to post them/craigslist them, but with the momentum that's growing BTC Price wise; and the fact that the hardware is paid for in whole; Block Halving hitting in 6 months, etc; even with modest difficulty increases the S3+ unit's could become real profit machines, especially if before the halving we see the price run up.
As the halving is a known event, the price change will precede the halving date far in advance; perhaps we're already starting to see just that.
That said, the S3+ is actually still in profit even at $0.12/kWh as of now, and that's at $340ish a coin. About 2-3 months ago, I'd be lucky to get $90 for an S3+. Now on ebay they are regularly selling for $125 and up even.
So yea, I do wonder and would think miners will become more and more scarce as the date of halving approaches. Rare that electronics go up in value.
Cheers.
Strato
You should just undervolt your S3 and they can be almost as efficient as an S5.