First of all of you should wait and see if the group buys can get a refund from avalon.
If not mining with the board is the better option to get a large portion of the investment back. True but I think than he has to work out a good solution for both - him & clients. This "offer" is just a business for him not the community.
European business have to fullfill a lot of laws when selling to private clients. The TOS are illegal in Germany as I know (but I am now lawer) as consumers are protected hard - this was no B2B business at all.
Quote §312d BGB
(4) Das Widerrufsrecht besteht, soweit nicht ein anderes bestimmt ist, nicht bei Fernabsatzverträgen
1. zur Lieferung von Waren, die nach Kundenspezifikation angefertigt werden oder eindeutig auf die persönlichen Bedürfnisse zugeschnitten sind oder die auf Grund ihrer Beschaffenheit nicht für eine Rücksendung geeignet sind oder schnell verderben können oder deren Verfalldatum überschritten würde,
For everyone that seeks trouble: You ordered a board, you'll get a board.
if you fail to provide Avalon chips it will be empty, have fun with it.
Cool with that.
Can you please open a "burnin update thread" or something where once a day, you post
- what batches have arrived
- what order numbers have been filfilled
...kinda like BFL, but without the bullshit?