Also, Antminers are not currently for sale from stock. And wasn't the 2.65BTC price just an introductory offer from the new BitMain website and limited to only the first 30 units sold?
No, first 30 units were priced at 2.40.
At current price and BTC/USD ratio, a full rig will not break-even.spiccioli
Why do people always insist on offering that same piece of "advice" over and over again?
If I had heeded that advice I wouldn't currently have 2THs of mining gear with another 4THs+ preordered mining gear. All of this has been paid for (with the exception of the first 200GHs or so) from the BTC I mined. And I still have approximately $20,000 worth of BTC left in my wallet.
And no, I wouldn't have even more if I had bought and held BTC instead. I tried doing that and I failed miserably. Like most people, I panicked at the first dip and lost a good chunk of my modest investment, lol. "Buy and hold" isn't in my nature. I'm a miner and proud!
Me too, but this is not changing current statement. My point of view is if i spent x BTC for minig gear i should be able to make x+y btc in near feature. In current situation it turns out that you will be making x-Y btc and Y will be about half of the X btc invested. Near feature means infinity! Are you getting the idea now?