Buying a cryptocurrency mining rig is not as simple as it should be, many of the manufacturers instantly sell out so a lot of miners buy from mining rig resellers – but which ones are safe? Which miner sells are scammers?!
This thread isn’t just about me, and my experience buying mining rigs, it is a cumulative thread where I am seeking everyone’s input GOOD OR BAD! Where they bought, and how that experience was. This is a public forum, for the public good of genuine and transparent reviews about your experience buying mining rigs. We will compile a list of miner manufacturer websites, miner reseller sites, and scam sites to stay away from.
Want to save some money on the next crypto miner you buy? I’ll post any known coupon codes by their links!
Reminder – this is a BIG thread, that is only growing. Use Ctrl+F to quickly find what you want!
Just to be very clear this thread is still under construction, it will take me several days to finish up the first iteration of it but wanted to start collecting community experiences asap
I’ve purchased from Goldshell and bobcat also had some bitmain Asic’s repaired by Simple mining in the states they took care of me aren’t scammers helped me out a lot.
Please provide screenshots proving your order, a picture of your miner, and the date when you ordered, and then received your mining rig(s)
basically if possible please provide more data and proof, adds validity and thus weight to your input – also helps us fight spammers/bullshitters trying to fluff reviews for companies etc
I’ve purchased from a few places, including individuals on the Vosk Discord and have had both good and bad experiences with both.
First ASIC came from NHASH. Overall, good communication and support but they’re really slow and, frankly, quite expensive. I would not recommend them. I’ve been waiting over a month for my Mini-DOGE Pro and it’s to the point now where it’s probably not even worth it and I want to cancel the order.
Second ASIC was an X5 from Coastal Crypto. Only complaint with them is that they mark inventory as “In Stock” but they don’t actually have it on hand, they have to source it from “overseas” and that has, so far, taken about a month. No complaints on price or service, however.
Third batch of ASICs was supposed to come from a Discord user but they ended up scamming me and I am now out a little over $500. Lesson learned there, USE ESCROW AND ONLY USE DREAM ESCROW!!!
Fourth batch is expected to show up today, I have four LB-BOX miners coming in from another Discord user. Questionable experience there as the user was banned from the Vosk Discord shortly after my dealing with them amidst allegations of scamming another user. So far, I’ve no reason to believe I’ve been scammed since there is an actual package in the mail but I will know in a few hours. This also could have been mitigated by the use of Dream Escrow. USE ESCROW WHEN BUYING ON DISCORD!
NHASH UPDATE
I ended up canceling my order with NHASH. I would caution users who want to purchase from them. They are legitimate, you will not get scammed, but they operate a bit unprofessionally. You will need to contact them over Telegram, their email support is spotty at best. They also list items as “In Stock” on their website that are actually out of stock and then try to convince you to wait for the resupply. This was what ultimately lead me to cancel my order.
COASTAL CRYPTO UPDATE
Great communication, great customer service, good prices. I received my Goldshell X5 from them. There were some delays but customer support was very communicative and I never wondered where my order was.
Purchased my L7 thru Print Crypto. Gavin Jasper was awesome (sales manager). I ordered it when it was supposed to be out but still a pre-order. There were people on this forum that ordered theirs months earlier and received theirs a month or two later. Their updates on release and shipping came out days or weeks before any updates from resellers on here. Purchase price was about $200.00 more than resellers on here. (Actually had one reseller on this forum refuse to sell me one) 5 stars for Print Crypto!
My L7, among many others I am told, had high hw errors. Eventually one hashboard quit completely. Great Voyage out of New Hampshire was the closest at the time for warranty shops. I have mixed feelings on them. They had my miner more than I did for four months. I would ship it to them (expensive), they would repair and ship it back. This would take about a month. I would hook it up, and anywhere from 12 hours to a couple of days later the same hashboard not working. After 4 months and 4 trips(they provided shipping on a couple), they replaced the L7. Replacement was obviously well used, but at least it worked. Great Voyage also does buisness as Offline Repair, or something like that-same address.
Orion and Taurus is Print Crypto’s recommendation for repair (not warranty). I have only talked with them, they seem knowledgeable, professional, and seem to have great customer service. I will try them if the need arises next time.
Bought 5 Goldshell X5 miners from Dxpool, 1 L7 directly from Bitmain and a Bluestar L1 from Apexto. All Goldshells came within 3-4 weeks of payment and bought on 3 seperate occasions. L7 was also 3-4 weeks and Apexto was 6 days from sending payment to receiving the L1. I am in Australia and it came from Hong Kong so pretty fast shipping. (1 = 1 RIP for the price of the X5 miners lol)
Apexto was done over WhatsApp so no official receipt except for the picture of tracking and box but it has my name and address all over it so that screenshot is best I can do
Remember the synchrobit fiasco crap company they still owe me 2 units of Voskcoin units and past the card dispute period but that’s not on Drew. Bitmain and Goldshell have been good to me to date also have had some good suppliers on EBay US, also direct resellers in China.
Would love to get added to this list if I have any customers floating in here who could vouch for me. Happy to “dox” or whatever is acceptable validation as well…
= 1 RIP for the price of the X5 miners lol)
