Lets exercise both sides of our imaginations shall we?
Maybe we'll find he is getting us not only refunds but also some kind of compensation.
Maybe he is balancing Yifu's ki or even Rei-ki (the reification of ki?!?!) and the re-balanced Yifu is going to realise that letting ASICminer out-do him in amount of coupons issued to make up for price-vs-ROI miscalculations just isn't competitive corporate behavior...
-MarkM-
Maybe we'll find he is getting us not only refunds but also some kind of compensation.
Maybe he is balancing Yifu's ki or even Rei-ki (the reification of ki?!?!) and the re-balanced Yifu is going to realise that letting ASICminer out-do him in amount of coupons issued to make up for price-vs-ROI miscalculations just isn't competitive corporate behavior...
-MarkM-
He could be attempting to string everyone along in an effort to dissuade people from refunding, mentioning 'possible' commensation plans - while making no guarantees anything will be given to us from Yifu... hoping the chips arrive soon. If this is the case, I can't say I blame him - he's trying to preserve a company plan that had been setup for success and was somewhat smashed apart by delays from Avalon & Yifu.
He could be attempting to work out a super awesome deal with Yifu for next gen chips or extra chips that have been refunded from other group buys that Yifu is sitting on now... which would add some additional income into LSD if people assembled the extra chips with LSD, but maybe Yifu just wants the chips for his own mining farm? Maybe he's just going to sell them on alibaba? lol
He could be
who knows...
Its all speculation, which I have also done... none of us know what is going on 'behind the scenes' (if anything). I do wish SB would post some of these conversations with Yifu and the content of them - so we can all be a part of the thought process, as SB mentioned in one of the recent posts.
I would like to personally thank those of you who have remained polite and courteous in spite of the current situation. We understand how disheartening this is, and appreciate you for thoroughly thinking this through with us to determine the best approach to take.
But we are not in this 'together', SB is running the show and we all just need to sit down and shut up.
^ I hate this mentality, but that seems to be the best/only course of action at the moment to avoid yelling at each other and whipping ourselves up in a frenzy
In the end, we all already gave our trust to SB a while ago - the chips are delayed and there is apparently no fully working klondike... it is interesting to speculate what would have happened if the chips did arrive on time, and the klondikes didn't work all of this time. Would everyone be ripping apart the BKK thread or speculating why SB isn't moving to another design?
'Bitcoinland' is a mess
This is not a fun hobby at all and DEFINITELY not good for our chi. 
The only thing I have to look forward to is attempting to mod an overpriced usb erupter this weekend, and I'm sure I'll destroy it
I'm going to shut up and sit down now and hope for the best.
Good luck everyone
**closes eyes**