Re: USB Miners

I've heard that USB miners aren't really useful for mining anymore but I really want to experience what mining is like, even if I'm not really getting anything more than a few satoshis. With them being pretty outdated I was wondering if anyone had one or two left over from when they actually were useful, that would be willing to send them to me. I could probably pay for shipping if need be. I understand that even the cost of the electric needed to use it, is more than I will get out f it, but it is nothing something I will be doing long. Like I said, kinda just want the experience.
Thank you all in advance.

Most miners out on ebay are obselete in profitability.

Dont forget the power costs when mining.

Good to play with if you want to mine for a little project. But USB's stick miners are pretty much not for profit.

is any miner really for profit? Cheesy

Not much, you have to invest a lot and have cheap electrical cost. Mining is really all for big miners now, small miners are already out of the game.

I don't understand how can even they make profit

I mean, if they have free electricity
and mining exceeds the price of electricity

wouldn't it be more profitable to sell the electricity?

Is this even legal? If you have free electricity, but some ASICs and since you do not count electrical cost into your final calculations, your profit would be a lot more, more than selling electricity.