Quote from: BenRickert on July 30, 2017, 03:11:02 PM

Quote from: Varijotas on July 30, 2017, 02:08:45 PM

Quote from: BenRickert on July 30, 2017, 01:17:05 PM

Quote from: Varijotas on July 30, 2017, 12:15:36 PM

I've ordered mine 3 weeks ago, paid bank transfer, and my order is still not confirmed - shows as "paying/valid"
Contacted Bitmain twice, first answer was to read FAQ, second is still not replied.
So I have £6000 gone from my bank account and no assurance what is going on.
How long you guys had to wait until order is processed if paid by bank transfer?

I went through this on my first order. DO NOT WORRY. International wire transfers are slower than anything on earth. The Chinese bank has the funds and until Bitmain picks those funds from the "intermediary bank" and credits it to their own, they do not recognize the payment. I put myself through all kinds of Hell because was not aware of this. Bitmain gets SO many of these requests they just largely ignore them because there is nothing they can do until they see the money on their computer screen. It took 28 days for mine!! I know it's scary but I promise you, you are ok. They are not ripping you off. Once they see the money in their system, they'll update your order status.

Thanks Ben, I'm just hopping they reserved several antminers, for my order, when I ordered they were still selling them for more than a week, and now they are sold out.

Not to worry. They keep making them. They will not run out. The down times when they are on "back or pre-order" is just the break they take while making more inventory. These boys are on a ROLL!

My best guess is that the long pole for new batches is probably access to the ASICS. While Bitmain buys a lot of chips from our perspective, they are small potatoes to the silicon foundries. If there is a lot of demand for ASIC silicon from the foundry's tier 1 customers, then Bitmain gets pushed down the list. Bitmain also orders chips in small(ish) quantities so that they don't get stuck with inventory that they can't sell if demand suddenly dries up (as you might see if a competitor releases much more efficient miner). Once Bitmain has the chips, I'm assuming that the time to build the miners is relatively short.