Quote from: AllDayTrader on June 24, 2018, 09:10:51 PM

Quote from: hawkfish007 on June 22, 2018, 05:40:39 PM

Quote from: AllDayTrader on June 22, 2018, 05:26:34 PM

So considering I purchased one @ $850 for shipment in late August, are the chances of me making any profit from mining with this slim? Also does Bitmain ever ship batches early?

I would use a $420 or less coupon to lower initial cost. If you don't have a coupon you can buy here on selling forum or on eBay.

Thats actually what I did - found a $420 coupon someone was selling for $150. Ended up paying $782.73 total for the miner, APW3 PSU, and DHL shipping to the US. I almost ended up getting 2x of them with two coupons but the wait time turned me off from doing so, since I didnt know what would happen between then and late August.

I guess worst case scenario, Im pretty sure I can resell the miner to someone in the US and make my money back. Seems like theres always people wanting ASICs, even if theyre not even profitable after paying for power. Never understood that. Btw has anyone purchased a single miner and shipped with DHL to the US? If so, how much did you pay in duties/fees? I heard from someone else that miners are exempt from duties in the US, but that seems false since i highly doubt that shipping companies even know what miners are. I actually purchased a Trezor from Switzerland and it was shipped out via DHL, didnt have to pay any duties or anything like that. Could this also be the case with the miner I purchased?

DHL is apparently hit and miss. I've used them for a couple orders and paid zero import fees, and both deliveries were on time. However, I HAVE heard reports of import fee problems and miners getting stuck in customs using DHL, so YMMV.