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Apparently.... http://au.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-chipset/chipse...
So $35 turned into $50
Weirdly that link lists prices for more than one board; RaspberryPI made it very clear that the initial batch was "one per customer".
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Setting up a US bank account for a non-US resident isn't all that hard. Worst case for most major US banks is that you might need to get a notarized copy of your passport and the application form, which can cost you a bit (first time I did it, years ago, the local US consulate charged me $65 for it).
Really? Don't they need proof of address in the US or anything? I might get me one, then. What's a good bank?
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Amazon has sites all over the world, including the UK, for which it also offers fulfillment services. I suspect the larger reason this hasn't been done yet is that it allows them to first take the orders and then scale the production run size to that.
All over the world? They've got sites in 9 countries.
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Amazon has sites all over the world, including the UK, for which it also offers fulfillment services. I suspect the larger reason this hasn't been done yet is that it allows them to first take the orders and then scale the production run size to that.
All over the world? They've got sites in 9 countries.
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So $35 turned into $50
Are those US or AU $, and did you include shipping and taxes etc in that? Weirdly that link lists prices for more than one board; RaspberryPI made it very clear that the initial batch was "one per customer".
The electronics suppliers are not used to this kind of traffic. I remember Ti's website grounding to a halt when I was first in college when they released a new kit for free, and in the past when they have done coupons for half off certain high value items. Interesting side note, Ti for its free samples uses Digikey to process them (same address, same exact boxes, packaging and onetime when I ordered a free sample I…
Fulfillment by Amazon would be awesome for this. Free two-day shipping and the site wouldn't go down. Edit: Seriously, you send them a big box, and they mail out all the little boxes. Check it out: http://www.amazonservices.com/content/fulfillment-by-amazon....
Only that Amazon doesn't ship electronics to outside the US, and thus international customers wouldn't be able to get them. Since the Foundation is from the UK, they probably know that. Maybe they didn't go for the best option, but I always like to remind the US customers (who usually just don't honestly know about Amazon's restrictions) that buying electronics from them is a bad idea for the international market
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Sadly, Kickstarter isn't an option for most people outside the US, as you need a US bank account to draw the funds into. A limitation with their Amazon payments system I believe.
True, but I'd bet a person-on-the-ground in the US would have been a fair bit less organisation that the deals they did with RS/Farnell. (See NinjaBlocks for an example - they're a bunch of local-to-me-in-Sydney-Australia guys who got a contact/partner in the US to manage their Kickstarter rego for them)
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Who is this a tremendous failure for? RaspberryPI, or Farnell and RS?
The distributors tbh. I'd imagine traffic to their website on a normal day is relatively low. Even though they're worldwide companies, their market is pretty niche.