selling chips is a smart idea for avalon team.
there wont be delay. coz they only need to do a 1-step task.
actually, avalon is sending out testing chips to whom ordered those chips.
for Chinese users, they already got the testing chips.
so my estimate 2 months for Avalon clone is very hopeful, i guess it should be sooner.
thanks for the offer, but i'm looking for something higher. i've already received a couple offers for 200BTC.
alvalon clone will be on the market within 2 months at price 25-30 BTC
if you read Chinese, see
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/avalon504110g-229795they are waiting for the avalon chips. the other parts are ready on the market in Shenzhen, China.
Feel free to wait 2 months (and then probably another month or two) for those chips.
Announcement for batch #1 delivery ~ Jan 20th. Actual real ship date ~ March 8th.
Avalon batch #2 preorder announcement claimed
March 6th start ship date. To date, they have not started
bulk shipment of B#2.
Anyway, no one is forcing you to buy from me. Some people believe diff with shoot up quickly, others think BFL and Avalon will continue to delay. Everyone has their own thoughts on how fast the difficulty will go up. If your goal is buy an Avalon to make a profit and your difficulty projections don't match up, then I recommend you look elsewhere.