I am relatively new to bitcoin mining and it's really hard to decide on which hardware to buy and from where.  I see all the complaints about buying a pre order, so I will never pay for something that is not already shipping.  Then there are those obviously fake websites trying to claim that they have a 15 TeraHash miner and another that advertises that by September they will have a miner running at 6 TeraHashes for only $5,000.  And then even if you want to buy a machine that is actually real, would you send your money to China with no recourse if you don't receive your machine.  Why do these companies only want to be paid in bitcoins or with a wire transfer, if they are not scams? Now I see a company advertising a 600 GH and a 1 TH PCI card - wouldn't that be great if we could use our computers again to mine for bitcoins, but I'm not going to take a chance and pre-order one of these cards for $3,000.

I want to buy something with a credit card or with Paypay.  I have purchased my mining hardware from EBay - I have 9 Antminer S1 systems.  They may not be the latest and best, but I have received them without being ripped off.

I'd like to know what every thinks about all the scams out there and if you can suggest legitimate sites and ways to putchase mining hardware.  I really don't think that there are mining rigs for sale that are much faster than 3 TH's and they are going for close to $9,000.  I'd rather have 15 Antminer S1's to mine at 3 TH than take a chance and pre-order a 3 TH unit for $9,000.