Well I could give you the abbreviated update, so you understand why there is nobody in DZ that gives a shit anymore. That is:

a) R17 was a setup, they  (DZ people) didn't give our money directly to Black Arrow, instead it went to their 'mate' a newly signed up Black Arrow reseller called minersource known here as bobsag3.

b) When things started going tits up, minersource did provide bitcoin (not fiat) refunds to those that asked a few month ago. Since most of us paid when BTC was > $800 that was a tidy profit for them!

c) In mean time, minersource have now 'employed' the DZ person that was supposed to be looking after our interests thomas_s.

d) As time has progressed and things have gotten worse, any new requests for refunds have been refused by minersource. There is of course nobody left in DZ to fight our corner.

e) BA expect to ship at end of this month, but have openly admitted the X3 is nolonger competitive but have failed to up the compensation, so instead they are offering raw asics as an alternative to taking delivery of X3's as an option. The three main problems with that deal are: 1. Only one company can do anything with those asics in terms of wiring them into a hashing board, in Bulgaria, with at least two weeks lead time. + shipping times! 2. You need to shell out more money to do this or give up half your chips as payment! 3. By the time all the above is done you will be lucky to get your money back hashing.

f) Those that stick with R17 will have to wait till August to see X3's hashing (maybe!) and even then we will be very lucky to see more than $1 in 3 of our investment back!

So we are royally up the keiber without a paddle!!