Actually, while I love their design and the changes they made (very interesting)....

I am pretty sure what they are doing is selling off Avalon (modded) clones that they no longer want. I haven't yet read past the first page but that is what it looks like to me.

1) They had a mining farm.
2) They seem to be liquidating the mining farm for BTC. @ 15 BTC per machine

While not a terrible deal, the units are just about to become unprofitable.

So the question that pops into my mind is not how "do I buy it" (through their auction).

But...are there any plans to insert some Gen2 chips into their modded version and ship it to customers?

If they are indeed liquidating a farm, then they should be upfront about it. (Meaning these are all used)

Status updates:
2013-09-23: Remaining Chips distributed
2013-09-14: Remaining Batches shipped, partial Refund Offer
2013-09-05: Refunds processed
2013-09-04: Refund window closed, refunds being processes
2013-09-02: Batches 6, 7, and 8 refunded, further refund processing notes
2013-09-01: Refund Status and Deadline
2013-08-29: Refund Processing
2013-08-28: Endgame
2013-08-23: Batch 2 delivered
2013-08-14: Shipping & Handling fee structure defined
2013-07-23: First batch delivered
2013-07-22: First batch shipped
2013-07-03: Test-run passed, website open for all
2013-07-02: Website for handling shipping addresses open for a test-run
2013-06-29: Final order window closed, no more chips available
2013-06-29: Some spare sample chips available
2013-06-28: More sample chips received and forwarded
2013-06-22: Order window for chips to complete boards opened
2013-06-15: Sample chips for 1st batch received and forwarded
2013-06-09: First delivery of sample chips spotted, let us finalize the distribution
2013-05-26: Initial sample chips distribution plan
2013-05-20: Please help preparing the sample chip distribution as described here
2013-05-10: Avalon released the initial version of reference docs, to be found on GitHub
2013-05-03: rough schedule set up and clarified after sales processing here
2013-05-01: order window closed, please do not send any more coins
2013-04-30: 6th batch sold, 7500 chips left in 7th batch
2013-04-30: batches 6 and 7 ordered and paid
2013-04-29: 5th batch sold, 6th batch piling up
2013-04-28: batch 5 ordered
2013-04-24: all chips ordered are guaranteed to ship
2013-04-24: 4th batch sold, 5th batch piling up with 7740 chips left
2013-04-24: 4th batch ordered, 790 chips left
2013-04-22: 3rd batch sold, 4th batch piling up with 7050 chips left
2013-04-20: 3rd batch ordered
2013-04-19: 2nd batch sold, 3rd batch has ~3300 chips left
2013-04-18: 2nd batch ordered
2013-04-18: 1st batch sold out, 2nd batch has ~2500 chips left