Quote from: d57heinz on October 27, 2018, 11:34:38 PM

Quote from: 66tbird on October 27, 2018, 12:08:33 AM

I've played the waiting game on a few next gen items from small manufacturers. Heck I was even one of the small companies once. Delays happen, orders and their changes can over whelm a work load. It's a common thing. Back in the early 3D printer days the Replicator 1 had a six month delay and the unit ran like crap upon arrival. But with the community doing and sharing mods it's been a multiple ROI machine for me.

Any new edge tech has risk. The do diligents research for the Acorns and the BCU was simple enough I thought. I jumped in with non essential money fully expecting delays because there are way to many things happening for a smooth time line transition. I also have a good feeling the FPGA thing in general will mature nicely so I'm not expect killer returns straight out the gate. I'd much rather have a late delivered product that works than a unit I need to return do to a manufacturing flaw that was later fixed.

I thing I am disappointing in is the banter within both this forum and the fpga related discord groups. Oh well, dealing with an entitlement based irrational public is why I retired. Thankfully some out there still step up and push forward with a challenging product. That kind of dedication and talent I admire and that's why I opened my wallet.

Entitled. Hardly. I know you grew up in a time where a family could be raised with one parent working. Guess what retirements failed money schemes etc is by the baby boomer generation is what has this world up in a tizzy. Bankers have more schemes up their sleaves than one can count. How about the fact that the poorer you are the more they take from you. Entitled. Yea that triggers me. How about we yank that retirement you think you earned off the backs of stocks that took from someone that had to have lost. Your gain in retirement has to be someone loss. Unless one prints money out of thin air. Anyway I wont rant on too long. Had this company provided proper knowledfe of what was going on instead of going quiet then this would have had a whole entirely better outcome. People in crypto are down right sick and tired of being screwed over. Whether its buying during the run up or mining or just being taken for a ride. Those that got really screwed dont tend to speak up as they dont want to be embarrassed. . Remember as the saying goes walk a mile in someone elses shoes. Or in other words had you lived their exact life you would act very similar. Be happy you have enough money to invest more than you can afford to lose life has been good to.

BR

I have to say that I agree with your "rant". I have been in this space only since the beginning of 2017 but I have seen enough. I am particularly upset about companies, banks and other institutions that were making fun of crypto, trying now to co-opt it and use to their benefit. Small players might have had good time in the end of 2017 (perhaps, very beginning of 2018) but have been generally screwed.