If I invest some money into a BFL device and actually get it someday, the mining difficulty will have risen so much that it won't be worth running for anybody other than the very first few who get them, except of course for the 'cool' factor. Whether they are legit or not, it seems that either way I would lose.
So you're same shame on BFL if they make enough of these so everyone gets one and you don't get rich? It sounds like you would only be happy if you got one and others didn't. BTC is a game of diminishing returns. If you aren't first or you don't go big, it's not going to pay off like you want it to.
No, I'm saying that they should have had a product before accepting tons of pre-orders for something that did not exist.
I'm saying that it doesn't make sense to order one at this point. You are exactly right, and thanks for confirming my point BTW, the only way to remain competitive with these things coming out in mass is to 'go big'.... or be first, which has already passed most of us by. So what happens to someone who throws tens of thousands of dollars into them just to see a few hundred GH/s on a network measured in PH/s? What if that person has not broke even by the time BTC reaches the 21 million mark and nobody can mine anymore? They lose, that's what.
Did I say 'boo hoo I can't get rich off this'? No, I don't believe that I did. All I said was that I don't see it being able to pay off at all, making it not worth buying, again with the exception of the 'cool factor'. If I am wrong, please explain why instead of just trying to insinuate about what a greedy bastard I must be.