Ya I tried the cart option once. I had a technical issue and they sold out before I could check the maximum amount that I can check out with. And this is a large undertaking for me, so I definitely want some certainty towards miner availability--for the initial purchase and reinvestment purposes.
About Canaan - I've determined that they are overpriced. If it was a case of ~5%, then I would not mind too much. But, it is 15% more expensive. Since these translate directly to revenue, I am very price conscious. Also, Bitmain has a lead time of 2 months, which is less than others, with 3 or more months.
If you want to hop on a phone call with me sometime this week/end, I'm throwing together a group buy and have been confirmed for the April Shipment. I don't know exactly how many they're going to give me in terms of allocation though. So far I asked for 200-300 units and through the group buy sign up I have sent out about ~170 Antminers worth of invoices in the last 3 days.
Here is my number 608-629-5398 Extension 101; email: matt@midwestminers.com; I'll give you my cell phone number too, just don't feel like posting that into an open forum yet.
Sounds great, but you don't have very many posts and if you're not a scam, then how much are you charging for the miners?