ButterflyLabs is run my a convicted fraudster Sonny Vleisides and the company's behavior reflects that of crooks - they took in millions in pre-orders and only started shipping en masse once the miners never ROI. They will keep on doing what they do, selling stuff that is not out yet, have customers pay for their R&D and tooling costs, build machines for their OWN mining purposes, and then ship to customers once the hardware becomes obselete and hope customers don't ask for refunds.

Source about fraud conviction : https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/PressRoom/nr110114.htm