Either they'll admit that they can't produce the units, and let the shitstorm commence, or judging by the way they behave, come up with some elaborate BS as to why the units are going to be delayed for a few more months. I'm willing to bet it's the latter.

At this stage, I'm expecting them to string people along as much as possible, until it's too late for them to get refunds, or to form an angry mob. The stone walling, the cryptic responses, and the lack of any sort of defence all adds up. Personally, if it were me, I'd be cutting my losses. But that's just my opinion of the situation. I was sceptical from the start.

Looking at the state of the "company building", a strong gale would probably knock it down. For a company that's taken so much money to have what amounts to a grubby little corner shop just speaks volumes.

Well if alpha falls thru (ie don't get refund of my $667 or whatever) I do have a KNC Titan on order (no refund) so will ride this
Scrypt asic out as best I can

sure hope this guy is correct....Alts could ride bitcoin like a world class Hawaiian wave right to the $$$ beach

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/10960012/Bitcoin-price-to-hit-2000-by-end-of-the-year.html

then again when was the last time we heard anyone predict such a thing (er wait a min last fall)

good to have dreams even if I do get reamed by getting scrypt miners...(eventually I  will learn or go broke I guess)

again nothing from alpha to amex which is not a good sign considering it has been 3 weeks and Amex seems to have asked about the
purchase via a FRAUD warning to the merchant...just looked at paypal (which closed it was over 45 days amex musta flag'd them)
but that is what the dispute said from amex)

anyway ....no contact at all on a a 'possible' fraud use of card? not even a 'huh' ..that does not bode well for a normal company response
from a credit card company's initial contact does it (unless they are getting a sh*tlo*d of requests like this 'tagged' this way initially?)

the mystery deepens (or not depending on if you think I'm gonna lose my $$$ or not..flip a coin.....)

Searing



Heh!  NEWS FLASH!!!! Heh!


Well I guess times must be tough on www.alpha-t.net forums...JUST GOT BANNED..er like FOREVER...sigh it is to be expected I guess....pretty sure it was
not for anything I posted on their forums specifically ...but probably from what I posted on here....big whoop...if they were legit they would have
not banned me and just shipped the miners on 7/15/2014 as they stated 'shipping will start' this last year
(4 days from now) that sure woulda put me in my place! Woulda showed me by golly!
(no toys for Searing!)

(er wait a min ..no prototype..no cc payment in place...no announcement since 6/20/2014 of anything...posts being deleted from alpha forums
mysterious banning....er crap...they are BFL... the UK branch...argh..it all makes sense now.....well good to know I got some people to try
and get a credit card charge back...works or not at least I was/we are 'annoying' ...hopefully this cc charge back works out for most
of us and we get them for some real $$$....

I mean we pay 30% down with paypal then Alpha expects us to pay 70% remaining with no paypal protection
or option to use a credit card..er sorry....that don't seem to work from a TOS point of view according to my credit card company..who
fully understood WHY I wanted a charge back and agreed with my dispute...now whether there is any $$$ left to get back via my
nice Amex bloodhound cc company... is another issue....well hell I can 'write off"  the equip as a 'fraud loss' I'll likely only be stuck after a few years of dribbling
that down $450 bucks..equip depreciation not arrived wise....so can get that $250 applied to 'real tax $$ owed....but again w/o
Amex coming thur....still will be $450 out of pocket.....live and learn and as stated above 3 weeks and no reply to Amex''s Initial
request for info on disputed charge..and as stated above they have a 'Fraud Tag" on the dispute from what I can tell from paypal
closed dispute (over 45 days) process of the above.

Here is what it looks like more or less ..pretty plain jane way to ban someone..I expected at least a virtual firing squad or some such
I mean they can't even kick me off their forums with anything but a minimal effort!

anyway here is how it looks to get banned on alpha when you try to sign in


 
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er just like the above on a white background

hmm...first I was the 2nd guy banned on BFL shoutbox/forum (after rocky raccoon) now somewhere in the middle of the pack
banned from alpha ..the 2nd not even for anything I likely posted on their forums but likely from stuff posted here....it can't
be me right?....I mean I should wait a 1 yr and 20 days from BFL to get my $8.5k back? (man was i lucky) I should put 30% down under
paypal protection and pay the 70% left with no paypal protection anymore and no option for credit card protection..right? Just
on their word? (yep must be me...damn serfs are getting uppity out there in the shire)...

well only have KNC forum left to go...(got a Titan no refund...I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed as you can see
from the above)..I suppose when they send me a box of parts that don't work I'll get banned there too

well good to have goals...

I may yet reach the 'Triple Crown" of ASIC forum 'banning" ..........ah the fame the glory

the actual "wtf" moments....memories!

Searing


 

117% speculation, there's no reason for it to inflate. Would rather it remain stable.

Seems like more and more of the sensible folks who are questioning alpha, are being banned on the forums.

Never trust a company who bans its customers for asking questions. That's all you need to know about the company.

heh LOL put a travel ban on him ROFL

well amex has not heard from them in 3 weeks i would suspect after 30 days I hopefully??? will also have this happen...(not sure how
it all works amex says they take care of all and are mum about how....got quite snippy when I asked...whatever works (hitmen/witches/aliens?)

so I now just STFU and wait.....feel quite 'damsel like'

Searing

p.s. it is now only 4 DAYS till they start shipping units....ROFLAO ... heh ..funny how them posts disappeared huh?

I never registered on their forum, so they don't know what IP to ban. not much worth reading though to be honest...

I just got in touch with Discover card to inquire about my disputed charge, they also haven't hear anything back despite repeated attempts to contact Alpha Technologies. When it hits 30-days of no contact the dispute automatically goes in my favor, so just keep doing what you're doing please AT.

No reply from Eric Gunn on LinkedIn yet btw...

Sounds like Alpha-t is locked down in radio silence just waiting for the incoming STHTF

Photos removed, posts removed, accounts removed, sock puppets, evidence of past promises erased … 'we can not provide an update just whenever … it is for your own good' … 'if you don't get an answer to your question it is because we are serving other customers' … 'we'll have a credit card processor soon' … 'any day now' … 'soon' … 'photos ? sorry we don't want to risk letting our competitors know what we are doing' … 'it is for your own good' … 'don't forget to pay your invoice soon' … 'be patient' … 'we have your own interests at heart' … 'we can not provide an update whenever you like' … ' we'll provide a proper update soon' …  'soon' … 'soon' … 'very soon' … we're shipping from July 15 to July 31 … soon … soon … soon … erm … negotiations with the payment processors have broken down because they do not understand the bitcoin world … we had no idea this would happen … just go ahead a wire us the rest of the money or we will sell your machine to someone else and keep your deposit because 5 months have passed … it is in our terms of sale and we have had legal council from the best that Moss Side can provide ..."

Hey, who knows, maybe they'll start shipping a VaultBreaker Killer in the next 4 days …

You never know … stranger things have happened.

I was sifting through the coindesk archived articles to catch up on what I missed and I saw this little gem....

[Alpha Technology] ...also stated that a more substantial update is pending, and issued a second apology to those who have been seeking contact with its payments team. Alpha added that it will begin contacting customers once it is able to begin processing payments, saying “we guarantee it will be before July”.