Has anyone got paid without paying for an upgrade? Doesn't make sense if you need to pay 0.01 BTC just to collect 0.005 BTC isn't it? You might as well pay yourself the 0.01 BTC without doing Bitminer. If Bitminer does not even get to pay you the first 0.005 BTC, what makes you think it will pay you beyond what you paid for your upgrade afterwards?
To clever for a newbie though and i think you are knowledgable already with this kind of things which is really good to avoid this kind of things in the first place. Bitminer site is just a total scam and a total ponzi scheme and you would really waste your money up on investing on this things.