It is best to be extremely paranoid and careful in the bitcoin mining business,
to avoid losing your money.
Background check is a must, when buying hardware.
Thanks Hagssfin.
I am normally very cautious but got over excited.
This thread at that point was just the first post and a link (New Bitfury B8)...Luckily I had a moment of paranoia when I looked at the amount I was going to spend and decided to check with Bitfury first.
Lesson learned for much less than it would have cost had I proceeded with a few more clicks.