Quote from: Minor Miner on July 24, 2013, 05:35:36 PM

Quote from: louhija on July 24, 2013, 05:28:20 PM

Quote from: abracadabra on July 24, 2013, 05:07:30 PM

Quote from: pikeadz on July 23, 2013, 03:17:09 AM

got 3 today. Here's two of them.
http://imgur.com/zKEOhjT
http://imgur.com/jB6UpMz
and one of them hashing:
http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/1Lmuvne9YdNhuEHoW74awyRYbi9GbR3vAo
Thought about selling them but highest offer was 130. No thanks.

You'll have made a total of 130BTC sometime early 2016.. and by then that 82GH will only be bringing in something around 50 satoshis a day.
I would have taken 130BTC.

On paper, that's how it is. But on paper he should have gotten his avalons 2 months ago. On the other hand, on paper, if there's one thing you should pay attention and consider (IMHO) is this:
Future Proof
The Avalons components can be upgraded and swapped out as future parts are released, like a normal PC. You are not forced to switch entire systems.
This reads on their web page. I think that's really on black and white there. Maybe you don't need to get the ROI, maybe you get some BTC for upgrade modules that will get you your ROI. Who knows, but that's what's on paper.
But things rarely go like it stands on paper. It works both ways.

Let me interpret this a different way. You are saying we should keep our units, mine BTC to make enough to constantly upgrade our unit so that we can keep mining to constantly upgrade? So, you are looking at a complete loss of your initial payment and just hope to make enough coin to keep sending it to someone that treats customers like complete crap? That is not a future vision I share.

It is true that we need to keep upgrading to be able to stay in business BUT there is now a huge trust issue with Avalon. Competition is growing and after all the grief we all got from Avalon only people that don't know them will be buying anything from them. Yiffu got his money and can wrap it up and do something else and even sell Avalon to the highest bidder and make even more money. We got nothing in our hands. The max we can hope for is a partial on our investment. Perhaps it is time for a class action law suit.