Quote from: DannyHamilton on August 13, 2014, 05:51:30 AM

Quote from: crashoveride54902 on August 10, 2014, 04:35:38 PM

so this whole time he gets to sit there and mine with them, all the while our btc has been locked up? seems like a pretty sweet deal for him Sad

Not exactly. One miner was not 100% functional. Another was received nearly a month late and is no longer wanted, but soniq refuses to provide an address to return the miner. Both parties have been making an attempt at coming to an agreement on how to handle compensation for soniq failing to live up to the terms of the original agreement. So long as both parties are willing to work on a renegotiation, I am not going to force them to stop. Once the parties tell me that they cannot come to an agreement on the release of escrow, I will enforce the original agreement.

Quote from: abdullahadam on August 10, 2014, 09:36:40 PM

Can you provide more details? Who is the buyer and who is the escrow agent.

How much BTC is under dispute?

I'm pretty sure this is the transaction being discussed:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=600805.0

If so, then I am the escrow agent.

I believe 7.8 BTC is under dispute.

Quote from: soniq on August 10, 2014, 04:24:55 PM

he(escrow agent)seems reluctant to do so.

soniq, please stop lying.

I've been happy to enforce the original escrow agreement all along. You and the buyer have decided that you would rather renegotiate, since neither of you were very happy with the likely outcome of the original agreement. Most of the delay has been the months that have gone by with no response from you whatsoever while the buyer repeatedly tried to contact you.

Please note, that the original agreement states that the buyer can return the equipment for a $200 fee, but you have refused to provide a return address for the equipment. Refusal to accept returned equipment can be seen as a breach of the agreement and can forfeit the full purchase price of the unit. Since the buyer is willing to return it, he is due a full refund regardless of whether you have changed your mind about accepting the return.

The reason that neither party has asked me to enforce the original agreement yet is because the buyer feels that 2.50496981 BTC is insufficient compensation for the problems you have caused, and is therefore likely to demand a full refund and return of the unit to you, and you are unwilling to accept the refund of 7.8 BTC in exchange for the return of the unit.

I have only been asked today by soniq to enforce the original agreement. I am waiting 48 hours for the buyer to either dispute the delivery date, or demand a refund. If neither happens in the next 48 hours, the escrow will be released. If the buyer does either of the above, then the amount to be released from escrow will need to be recalculated.

Quote from: hjlow on August 11, 2014, 02:34:01 PM

could escrow be released for the 1st 4 miners while #5 is still being disputed?

It could if the buyer agrees to it.

IF this is our situation then I agree to release the escrow for the 4- received miners.
This could have been done months ago and I want to apologize for not realizing it was holding this situation up for all involved.

Most Sincerely,
MM