ITT: Entitled miners
ngzhang is absolutely right. Batch 1 and Batch 2 customers took a large risk. Now, it is proven that Avalon delivers machines that essentially print money and it doesn't make any sense for them to sell them so cheaply.
$5-6k is still a very reasonable price for a 60Gh/s machine, as BFL has not shipped yet. If BFL ships in mass before the batch #3 store is opened, then I could see Avalon reevaluating their pricing.
[...] why would ASIC vendors sell a machine for $1500 that make 6-8k a month? I think this answers the question pretty clearly, They wouldn't!
Seems you've forgotten about Batches #1 and #2...
I distinctly remember BTC being worth around $6 a piece for batch 1 and a volatile $25 for batch 2.
BTC was ~$12 when batch #1 ordering opened.