You got lucky on your return bringing you more BTC than you paid. I got MUCH LESS than I paid.
You should ask yourself, "Why does this company force people to wait 30 days anyway?" I know the reasons they gave (because they told me too) and they are all bullshit. It's just another example of the crookedness that is BFL. People who just accept things like endless delays and "30-45 days for refund" are sheeple who can't think for themselves to judge what is right and what is wrong. BFL has wronged people, and if you can't see that then I'm sorry but you need to take off the blindfold.
BFL is fraudulent and deceptive too often to ignore.
They deserve no defending nor any kind words.
Let the slithering snake die its slow death.
It has been coming a long time.
Good riddance.
They were issuing refunds and delivering product. That isn't the behavior of a fraudulent company. I'm not saying they're a wonderful company with great customer service, just that your interpretation is that they are scam artists and I have not experienced any behavior along those lines.
Perhaps you received far less than you paid because you purchased your miner when BTC were ~$100 each? In that case, you paid ~50 BTC for a miner that
may have broken even? Unfortunate, but not their fault.
Amazing. I used to think like you. I was so forgiving and so patient.
Until I finally woke up. It took me about 10 months to wake up.
I ordered on August 17, 2013 (day 1). And a year later, they still had not delivered. Sure they started offering refunds...
10 months later. They
REFUSED me a refund no matter how politely I asked after month 6. I asked 3 times and got declined each time. So,
no, they were not honoring refunds always. They play by their own rules. You perhaps just didn't happen to get screwed by them, but defending them is not called for imo. Perhaps read what they've done to other people before sharing your blissful experience. I think you may not realize the magnitude of damage caused to others.
Then to top it all off to learn of the massive misappropriation of company funds for personal purchases, you begin to learn that there was unethical use of customer funds as well. I personally feel that there is a very good chance that the Monarch could have been completed WAY sooner had they actually spent the funds necessary to speed production to the point where the product was finished faster.