I haven't been following the mining scene for a while, but I’m eager to jump back in. I used to love unboxing new gear, setting it up, and making enough profit for the next purchase. But I got burned by a scam years ago and lost all my mining profits. Lesson learned, right? Anyway, I’ve been checking out asicminervalue.com, and I’m digging the layout, especially the ROI info on different miners.
When you click on a specific miner model, a bunch of retailers pops up below. So, I’m curious how reliable are these sellers? Is it really just about snagging the best price, or should I be cautious and vet them first? Also, if anyone knows a better way to find decent deals and trustworthy vendors, I’m all ears. Appreciate any insights you guys can share!
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The first places to look at are the official websites of the mining gear manufacturers such as Bitmain.com, canaan.io, iceriver.io. There are links to official shops on those sites and there is less chance of you getting scammed
About asicminervalue.com In the past I have seen a couple of scam accusations made against vendors that pop up in that list like these;
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5240112
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5218281
So you have to be very careful or ask about a reseller here if you are not sure.
I can't vouch for any of these retailers that all of them are legit. If you're planning to buy miner, I advice you to check everything twice before buying miner from reseller. After all, miner isn't cheap thing, so, getting scammed would be painful. If reseller is listed on that website, it doesn't make them 100% legitimate.
And as always, safest place to buy things like miners is their official websites and not some resellers.
Welp, even asicminervalue isn't 100% sure of their list so why should you?
But yeahh I could imagine some people blind trusting their tested list hence this disclaimer should be on the list as well and not just on the FAQ or... just completely omit the "tested" tags and whatnot, it's not like they add specific supporting info for each yawns.
The whole list? Probably you will find a scam or two for sure in there, and when I mean scam I will say selective scamming, you have 5 customers with no problem and you have one that didn't receive a thing, making a 20% profit on 6 sales is pretty lucrative.
Their requirements to list something are pretty minimal and they don't even care about bad feedback, so most of those listed there are pretty sketchy.
Go for the manufacturer directly, if it's one of those MQO deals from Bitmain and you want just a machine try a seller with escrow here, there are a few sellers with reputation that won't risk their whole business for a $3k deal.