AMT screwed the pooch. I didn't endorse them
You gave them a glowing review of a freebee POS miner that didnt even come close to meeting its published specs (and broke down 2 months later IIRC?) All the while paying customers received diddly squat and no one with a brain would believe the specs and timelines they published. But they were the real deal according to biomech.
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They've treated me well
As did AMT. I quote "They've done well by me".
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and I have yet to hear of any of their customers not being paid.
Which applies to any ponzi, right until when it collapses.
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It's been long enough that I doubt very much that it would have been sustainable as a ponzi.
You cant be that naive. Have you even tried doing the math?
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My thought from day one is that they are seling half of the hash they purchase, and using that to sustain profitability.
Or maybe you are
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I have no direct proof one way or the other.
So how is that good enough ? Would you endorse or preorder hardware from a company that offers no direct proof of anything ? Indeed you have ZERO proof of their identity. You have ZERO proof they are even mining at all. No pictures. No asic vendor endorsement. No mining address. Your payouts dont come from mining, they come from coin mixers. This has all the credibility of the Nigerian prince that emailed you yesterday. Why dont you put that in your sig? Let me guess, they dont offer referral rewards?
Oh, hell.
I shouldn't take the bait, but what the hell. I did indeed contact pbmining directly early on. I was asked to not reveal their identities beyond what was publicly known. But they did give me their names, which seemed to check out. I have said this as well, much earlier in the thread. It keeps coming around, and the fact that they are still able to pay out after this much time makes me think the ponzi cries are false. I could be wrong. But I don't think I am. I have them in my sig, and unless someone can prove they are not paying out, it will continue.
My report was hardly glowing on AMT. The miner worked, but it was a technobit HEX 16, not an original board. I was also very new to the scene. One board did blow out four months in, due to heating issues. According to Marto from technobit, this was due to the restrictive case. Running out of the case, the other board still works.
When it became obvious that I had been had, I said, as in your cherry picked quote, that they had done well by me. The rest of it, which you did not quote, was a long rant on customer service and call for them to step up their game. I've also worked with several of the litigants to give them what little information I have. I got suckered on that one. It happens, I'm hardly a god.
I won't be doing that here, because pbmining has not failed to deliver what they promised. I think they are legit. If you don't, well, that's fine. I've not been deceptive. If you've actually followed this thread, not just the most recent posts, you know I've debated the merits both way and been fairly neutral. I have made some money off of it, and I've clearly stated that as well.