Quote from: BlackLilac on June 07, 2013, 01:54:21 PM

Quote from: radiumsoup on June 07, 2013, 01:37:18 PM

Quote from: VeeMiner on June 07, 2013, 01:27:03 PM

Quote from: BlackLilac on June 07, 2013, 04:37:01 AM

Has there been any word about the price of blades and/or USBs being reduced? I'm an advocate for selling them at as high a price point as the market allows, even though I'm purchasing them, but with with the recent spike in difficulty it would seem to make sense to consider a price reduction. A definitive yes or no over the next week or two would be great, I can't be the only one hesitating to place more orders due to this uncertainty.

they should be taken off the market for a while and then offered for lower price later as not to piss off the early buyers too much

Obviously there is a lot of space for cheaper prices as ASICMINER can produce the blades and USB sticks really cheap.

and yes, this has been discussed before and I'm sure will be discussed again.

Why bother taking them off the market for any time at all? It's not like the buyers expected the price to stay high forever - every single one of them paid a high premium for immediate delivery while difficulty was (relatively) low compared to other device offerings. All buyers of dedicated single-purpose mining hardware know the hardware is a depreciating asset, it should come as absolutely no surprise to them when the price drops. If people get upset about it, it's their own damned fault for having unrealistic expectations.

I believe he's thinking along the lines of those who would purchase blades days/hours before the price reduction.

An idea: announced, incremental price decreases. Blades mine ~X per hour/day... price of each blade/USB decreases by ~X per hour/day.

Dang I'm a smart one. Sitting around thinking of more work for friedcat.

Demand drives pricing. That's it. If people are buying, and demand is high, you always charge a premium price. Always. When demand changes, you shift your price *reactively*. The AM guys are the only ones who know the true demand. If they feel demand is still high, there is no business motivation to change pricing. If they feel it is lagging, and if they have a lot more inventory to move, I guarantee that the prices will start to correct downward to compensate.