Quote from: DPoS on May 04, 2013, 08:33:49 PM

Quote from: noedaRDH on May 04, 2013, 08:30:25 PM

2BTC for 300MH is still too much, even for the average geek who are not expected to be too deep into mining... 2BTC is 200 bucks for a tiny 300mh unit.

If it was 30 or 40 bucks for 300MH, then that would make more sense, for the casual user and those who want to really get into mining. I don't expect some random kid with a macbookpro to drop 200-300bucks for something like this.

I guess I am going to lose this mind war

You do know that ROI on mining is a moving target right?? this is not some mp3player

if it was as cheap as you say right now, it would be sold out in minutes.. so what does that tell you? Raise the price.
ASICminer is making profit for their shareholders. I think this price is fine IF they ship small orders directly to buyers.

You're exactly right.

I posted this in a group-buy thread, but since I think so highly of my own opinion I'll quote it here:

Quote from: BlackLilac Grant on May 04, 2013, 09:48:28 PM

You can put me down for 10 in your group buy. I am also buying 300 myself for re-sale.

These are the devices that are going to keep Bitcoin decentralized. If we end up with ASICMINER doing all the hashing themselves, maybe competing with a few other massive farms, the entire P2P concept is out the window.

These allow the average user to keep mining Bitcoin with their personal computers. Selling 10,000 of these will put 3,000,000 MH/s back in the hands of the small-time miners and hobbyists, and more importantly keep them out of the hands of centralized farms and large corporations. BTC will be almost useless if all the mining becomes centralized.

People who think that an investment paying off in 10-12 months is terrible are delusional. Take your chances with BFLs $200 5 GH vapourware, see how that works out for you. You won't have it by Christmas if you order today. Meanwhile, myself and everyone I know will be plugging in these bad boys before JUNE. Cool

Those who were hoping to pay $50 and make a massive profit instantly... I don't feel sorry for you. That's not how business works. ASICMINER doesn't need to sell these for what they earn in two months because they aren't trying to get pre-orders to fund their project... they have already done that and are ready to ship. There is no risk for the end customer, they will get their 300 MH/s right away.

If you wanted to make 10x returns on your BTC, you should have taken the risk and invested in ASICMINER's IPO. You can't expect a successful company to give away products for far less than what people are willing to pay for them.

Also, I fail to understand anyone doing calculations that involve a BTC exchange rate. These are priced in Bitcoins, and they earn Bitcoins. The BTC/USD price fluctuations shouldn't make a difference.