From my point of view, this is a big part of the story here. This is what was so inethical/illegal. They almost scared us out of producing the X6500 in bulk. I'm glad we went with our guts and pulled the trigger, though.

"Bait-and-switch" is what this is called, and it's illegal. Yes, people can get refunds, but many probably won't. That's the point of bait-and-switch. Furthermore, many probably would have ordered FPGA mining boards from the competition weeks ago if this product hadn't been dangled in front of them like a carrot.

I'm not saying this was all intentional by BFL, but it's what happened whether they meant to or not.