Yes, I'm a batch 1 B3 owner. Had the same email this morning and I can confirm I have now received the partial refund to the BCH address I gave them.
You could try entering the BCH address you gave them
here to see if the transaction is recorded on the blockchain.
i'm fallowing this thread but not b3 owner...can you elaborate more..
so..batch 1 owner paid 2.6k usd (right)? and get about 530 usd partial refund
Not sure what everyone else paid for their batch #1 B3 but I paid 1875 USD, minus a 350 USD coupon I received for an earlier purchase, so 1525 USD (plus shipping).
I received the promised partial refund of 0.61228814 BCH (~545 USD at today's exchange rate) a couple of days ago, meaning I paid a little under $1000 USD for the B3. The refund is actually greater than it seems when you consider the BCH price drop. I only paid about 1.3 BCH for the B3 so in fact they refunded almost half of the cost.
My B3 has been working almost continuously since the day it arrived about 1 month ago and has currently made about 600 BTM (roughly 300 USD, or about 0.33 BCH).
Although you may have gotten your B3 pretty quickly it wasn't Batch 1. Batch 1 started mining on May 4th. I've made over 1700 BTM since getting mine. Not saying you didn't get a better deal....