Patience is the big thing. People are too quick to throw out the word scam. Fueled by fear of so many collapsed websites. But one thing to remember is Bitmain has been pretty good to the community.
And I will love them even stronger after they finally put S9 on hash market
I am there with you. Currently waiting for the S9. Trying to determine if I want to keep my S7 just for the heck of it and get the S9 or just start out fresh with only the S9.