Quote from: component9 on January 02, 2018, 09:37:46 PM

The calculator also doesn't consider changes in the exchange rate - if the price of bitcoin goes up again this year that'll make your miner more profitable.

So at this point I am going to have to hope for the value of bitcoin staying up and/or rising. Final question... do you have any suggestions as to where I can find good pricing for an S9? I have found some sites that have good values, but one in particular had an outrageous value of ~$1700. I tried checking their verification, but I did not recognize the certificate company. So if you know of any vendor with pricing closer to the $5000, than the $6000, I would appreciate it.

EDIT: My apologies, I am not asking you to do my research for pricing, I was just wondering if you had any vendor in mind. I just though I would ask from someone who seems to know way more than I do. But if you don't have anything in mind, I still appreciate all the information, because it has clarified so much more than what I was able to read in the past week.