Amazingly prescient of BitSyncom at the time. It's clear who the pros are at this point.
I should have spread my risk with Avalon in retrospect. Live and learn.
If you check out the Avalon threads, you see that people are receiving devices which have been used for months. They are dusty with melted connections, damaged capacitors and broken parts. One person has an unusable device due to damage. Avalon doesn't respond to return requests. Pay several thousands of dollars and there's a chance they'll ship you electronic waste.