correct me if im wrong but im a I thought the little singles weren't announced till later
origonaly it was 4.5 gh/s jalepeno $149 60gh/s single sc $1299 and the 1500gh/s mini rig sc $29899
or was this day the first day they had the little sc that you ordered ??
I ordered 3 Jalapenos on June 24, 2012.
You are correct that the little singles weren't announced until later. However, those who had already placed Jalapeno pre-orders were allowed to upgrade their order to the Little-SC. I had to pay extra for this upgrade, and BFL promised that anyone who upgraded their purchase would retain their original spot in line.
So, to clarify, the order you will receive (and the place in line) is one from the
first few hours on the very first day of all BFL ASIC pre-orders. I believe the first order number was something in the low-mid 1600's, so my order is among the first 150 or so ever placed. It's also likely that not all of these "orders" were paid for, so my true place in line may be even closer to the beginning. Regardless, your place in the shipping line should easily be within the top 1% of all BFL orders placed to date.
1. Have these started shipping yet? The last time I checked BFL still had not given a shipping date (at least nothing more than an optimistic estimate)
2. You are selling the 60gh/s single sc for 125 BTC?
3. From BFL's faq website (see below) it appears that BFL plans on shipping 1/3 to upgrades, 1/3 to new orders, and 1/3 random selection. So is there still a chance that
if BFL ships at the end of march you may not receive the unit?
I only ask because I understand the value of your price, you could optimistically hope to mine 125 BTC in as little as 3-4 months. So if there was some sort of a guarantee that your preorder was going to be shipped in the first batch, then I would absolutely consider the purchase. In the event that BFL delays shipping, yet again, or that your preorder was unlucky enough to be neglected in the first batch are you offering any sort of discounted fee? or is this a take-it-or-leave-it deal?
Because of the potential for massive disruption that our ASIC units may cause to the mining ecosystem, we are instituting a 1/3 shipping method for our first shipment of products to individuals. So that no single person or handful of people are able to gain a material advantage over any other, we will ship all our available units at the same time to as many customers as we can. This means we will likely delay shipping on our first units until we have accumulated enough stock to satisfy a significant portion of our initial orders. This ensures that as many people as possible who are early adopters are equally and fairly treated when receiving our product. To that end we will be shipping our first orders as such: 1/3 of each product line (Jalapeno, Single SC and Minirig SC) will be shipping to new orders, 1/3 to upgrade orders and the final 1/3 will be shipped to a random selection of orders from the first two categories (both upgrade and new customers) received in the first month of orders (From 23 June 2012 to 22 July 2012).