Quote from: Blokforge on January 11, 2018, 05:57:18 PM

Quote from: timk225 on January 11, 2018, 05:14:41 PM

Blokforge -- I saw your obscene price of $3599 on your site today, and I must ask... Are you insane?

I'm a republican and I believe in capitalism and making a profit and all that, but based on the price that Canaan has had on their site for weeks for pallets of 821's, I estimated that single unit pricing would be in the $2500 to $2800 range. A bit high, but I would spend that much.

However, at $3599 you are about a thousand bucks into "making an obscene profit" territory. I have the money, but I am not spending that much.

I am patient. I will wait. With the influx of 821s over the next couple months, 741 prices will drop on ebay. I'll pick up a few for cheaper prices then. In the meantime, I have $3000 worth of GPUs coming today from FedEx, and am going that way with my mining for now.

Despite what I write here, I m not a fool. I can math. I am not one of these "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!" idiots who will pay the outrageous price. And YES, if you pay $3599 for an 821, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

And while I have your attention, on your site you have 13.5 TH S9's listed for $4999 and 14 TH S9's for $3199. What the hell kind of pricing logic is that?

Maybe I will get on the site at sale time and try to buy an 821, just to see if I can get it into my cart.

And as with the last sale of 741s, some of these 821s will be on ebay by the weekend, for sale at double price, to be delivered when they receive their pre-order. This BS must be stopped. I will go on ebay and harass those thieving bastard sellers.

Our price from canaan as well as the only other distributor that is receiving the first batch was higher, hence higher price. You may wait for march batches for lower pricing if you wish.

Canaan pricing on their site is irrelevant when they are not for sale nor available, Pricing when actually for sale is the only relevant price.

Same answer with bitmain miners, pricing changes once available, no 14THS batches are coming in the next month at least, so it only shows last price.

^^

As a recognized distributor, I assumed the fault was with Canaan. Don't think my other post was a jab at BF.

Canaan is simply asking for too much. BTC is not at the $20k USD it was and has been falling with few spikes ever since.

Us small-timers just have a hard time justifying spending more money on a miner that is less efficient than the competition. ESPECIALLY when we are all expecting the next generation from Bitmain this year.

I respect you guys have a business to run and you've already shown more focus on the community than any other distributor/manufacturer. We were all just hoping a little better of Canaan.