If the ASICs turn out to be a scam, the scam side here will be all over the forum with "I told you so"s.
I wonder what will they say if the ASICs don't turn out to be a scam? As I don't think anyone from the asic side were 100% sure, so can't say I told you so.
Bitcoin is like a variation of Schrödinger's Cat. Everything about it is both scam and fully legit at the same time until you open the box.
Where x is do they exist and psi is do you get your money back, solve for both in

and wait for the ponzi-wave function to collapse. It depends on when in scam-space-time you evaluate.