Bitmain was requiring me to send the whole miner to China and other people claim it takes at least 8 weeks to get it back,  plus the chip is bad because of my own fault and really shouldn't be under warranty.
Like I said before, I would be more than happy to pay you $100 for a working chip if you want to scrap your board so I don't have to. Its not gouging when people are willing to pay it happily.