Quote from: ComputerGenie on January 05, 2017, 03:34:27 PM

Quote from: yxt on January 05, 2017, 03:20:44 PM

If you are a trucking company would you buy the truck that costs more and need more fuel but drive on the road all the time, making money. And if something is defective you have very good customer service.
Or the one that is cheaper, needs less fuel but you have troubles all the time, you have to argue with the customer service about very cheap spare parts even if you bought hunderts of trucks from them....
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As for your analogy....
That's so flawed that I don't even know where to begin....

Actually it is spot on. Except for his argument of course.
You see I am a owner operator truck driver. I know all to well the maitinance of a trucking company. Big trucks cost big money. Which is why you have to maximize your profits. You have to maximize your gross income because there will always be costs that drive down your net income. Costs are a fact of life. Or should I say a fact of business. There are going to be failures. I expect there to be failures. But that is just part of business. There are brand new cars that have recalls on them. Brand new toasters that do not work when you buy them.

I have not had any problem with cold solder. Which makes up a good part of the complaints. I have not had problems with over heating because I do not have them in a closet in my house hashing away. I think we can all agree there has been an infux of people that are new to mining. (Including myself ) Those are the people misusing the equipment. Overclocking, under ventilation, power surges. I am not pointing fingers at anyone on this thread. After all. Equipment failure is part of business. It's just there are bad business people not treating their equipment right that make it seem that there is a high failure rate.