This was discussed earlier in this thread, but I can also confirm now that they do indeed fabricate another invoice and ship the goods with a value you decide. Very nice indeed.
About the A5 customers, is there anyone here? The hefty 10k USD price tag along with the current profitability with them seems like an extremely awful deal (never ever reaching ROI)...
I got an email reply and it seems that they are letting me use my preorder payment one one A4+ miner. It's not certain because anything can happen between now and delivery.
I gotta admit that this is pretty nice of them. I have been reading about how buyers of the A5 had to pay full price on the customs and wondered how the hell am I going to actually make any money with these things? The customs VAT seems to be about 20% of declared value to the USA.
I also realize that this is a natural part of capitalism - people will extract as much as possible, as much as they can get away with. When there's some guy in a back room figuring out that they can get an extra 30% and still have buyers clamoring for their miners then - well - forgidaboutit when it comes to magical profits.
PS My main rigs are still 1060's. Mining has taught me to be a tightwad. "Ah, they work and they are paid for"
A5 preorder customer here. Ordered in first batch. Original ship date was supposed to be October 10-20. It's now November 28th and I've not received a shipping notice or tracking number yet. Supposedly, I'm getting a free A4+ out of this delay, but I honestly have no idea whether I'm going to get anything at all anymore. I'm also hearing the miners that some people are getting are riddled with issues, like passwords changing on their own.
My advice, don't trust this company with your money. Let it die. You think you're sticking it to Bitmain by going with a competitor? These guys are just out to rob you.