How do you know?
Maybe he accepted the "spring-upgrade" and therefore wasn't eligible for a refund anymore...
Everyone was offered full refunds when the actual shipping began. Even people with all sorts of upgrades. It's the one thing BFL actually did right.
Ah, thanks! Now I understand why I haven't seen a lot of Monarchs in the wild yet...
PS. Sorry, didn't know that. I was banned from BFL fora for comparing the Monarch to an Antminer S3...