I've been following this thread simply because everything to this point seems a bit too good to be true
It depends on how/when you paid, but even for those of us who paid in BTC when it was over $1000/BTC, making ROI looks sketchy.
Everything has to go perfect - the difficulty has to plateau and they have to ship by the end of March. Thats for us to break even.
The mining game is effectively
dead for those who are not a pool operator, mining hardware manufacturer, or 3rd party reseller.
There are tons of spaces to make money in the Bitcoin world. Its a huge, open field right now. Go out and play.
If you stay in the mining game in 2014 as a little guy,
you will get crushed.