I've resisted posting to all the speculative bullshit surrounding the ASICs.  Simply because 99 percent of what's said here is speculative bullshit and I didn't feel like stinking the thread up with more of it.

I will say this.

1.  I asked for a refund from BFL and received it promptly, in full in less than 24 hours.

2.  I do think it's odd that "Presales" of this product require upfront cash.  Most presales I've been involved with are not charged until the order ships.  For instance, I preorder my favorite artist's limited edition music CD.  Login, give them my CC.  They do a preauth on the card, but do not charge until it ships.  So taking the money well before a product is produced seemed odd to me, especially since they have VC funding?  If anything, all that should be in a trust account with a 3rd party trustee.  I'll stop there with speculative bullshit.

-gb