Quote from: Holographic on June 29, 2012, 05:27:26 PM

Hi there!

I'm an IT technician from Norway who just recently got hooked on the idea of BTC and I'm looking to learn more from all of you good people on this forum. Eventually I will be trading and investing, but so far I have only been mining. In the last few weeks I have been able to set up a rig that is currently mining at 2.6 Gh/s. I'm very excited about the many possibilities of BTC, and hope to be able to use this forum as an asset to myself of course, but in time I'd like to be able to contribute positively as well

Now for my first question on this forum (which should probably be mailed to BFL, but they seem extremely busy with ASIC orders):

I read about BFL and their plans for a custom ASIC chip and figured I'd get in early. I ordered som units like the first hour or so the order form came online and got a pretty good spot in the queue i think (1694). I had to pay with a wire transfer because I am quite new to BTC mining and just didn't have enough coins for the purchase. I just received the wire transfer instructions, and immediately authorized the transaction through my online banking system because I understand my placement in the order queue depends on when BFL actually receive the payment(minus the time it took for them to mail me the instructions). It is now friday afternoon in Norway, and I don't think the transaction will be processed until monday, so I am wondering if they count the weekend as well or only business days? If they do count the weekend, my transaction, and copnsequently my placement in the queue, will be delayed 3-5 days. I'm not too excited about that tbh. If anyone has received any clarification on this, please let me know

Regards,
Holo

This should be a lesson to all newbies. Bitcoin removes the need for a trusted third party, but it does not remove the need to trust your counterparty. If you don't do your due diliigence, you can exkpect that sooner or later you are going to run into a con game. I'm not saying that BFL is a con game, but I have yet to hear of anyone who has received their paid order. If you get screwed, this is not bitcoin's fault. It woks like cash, and trusting someone on the Interent because he has a slick website is like buying a genuine gold Swiss watch from some guy you met in an ally. Just because it was half off, doesn't mean that you didn't get scammed.