Quote from: greenlion on July 06, 2014, 07:00:22 PM

Quote from: david105396 on July 06, 2014, 04:01:07 PM

Compensation

Currently we are unable to raise the compensation more than announced previously. The final decision will be made after we complete all deliveries in order to calculate the yield and our final costs.
However, we have done all preliminary calculations possible right now and due to our design focused on quality including:
-8 layer PCBs
-heatpipe heatsinks
-aluminium case
-included power supply
-long life 4 wire 5000 RPM fans
-genuine parts (capacitors, resistors, mosfets, inductors etc)
-capacitors that cannot explode
Our current design will not be able to directly compete on price with competitors design most of which are using one or more of the following:
-4 layers PCBs
-extruded aluminum heatsinks
-steel cases or case-less units
-no power supplies
-1500 rpm 2 wire fan (no speed control, no rpm reading)
As currently there are lower cost designs for our ASICs, at this point we would like to offer our loyal customers the possibility to exchange their order to Minion ASICs. We are now offering to exchange your order to ASIC at a discounted price of lower than $0.5/Ghash as follows:
-Each X3 preorder can be exchanged for 100 ASICS
-Each X1 preorder can be exchanged for 6 ASICs
-Each $55 paid for Rent-A-Minion service can be exchanged for 1 ASIC

Note that customers who choose to exchange their orders for ASICs forfeit the compensation announced previously.
Dispatch for the Minions is available immediately

Now this load of bullshit really takes the cake.

You're late and ridiculously overpriced because your product is superior??

"As currently there are lower cost designs for our ASICs". Are you fucking kidding me? The reason that people outside of BA were able to put together working machines from Minion ASICs is because their designs were cheaper? Do you think we're idiots?

Seriously, stop these excuses and be a man. There is no shame in admitting that BA is an incompetent organization. But this is just beyond the pale.

The price on this gear will drop significantly as soon as Batch 1 and 2 are completely shipped.