Tom's behavior is not unlike the one of a depressive person: alternating between highs and lows.
That would be manic depressive. A depressive person only has lows.
So I don't believe for a minute this is a scam and think BTCFPGA will deliver in the end.
It might not have started out as a scam but people are still waiting for their BTC refunds and are being ignored. It isn't known who his new backers are and he might have made it up just like he claimed that he was selling out to the ASIANS. Until people get their BTC refunds I call BS.
I never even considered BFL because of their track record and Josh/Inaba outrageous attitude on the forums. Unless there's a massive PR and behavior change from them I'd prefer stopping mining than going with them even if they were the last ASIC vendor standing.
That makes two of us (I already stopped mining).