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Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Re: Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Post by rmc »

vidarh wrote: post #130
scraplab wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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).

Worst case is that your legal product runs afoul of some USA law and all your money gets confiscated, cf. http://cphpost.dk/news/international/us-snubs-out-legal-ciga...

Re: Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

mrpippy wrote: post #116

Everyone in the US: The Raspberry Pi is now listed on Newark/element14 (Farnell's US site): http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/dp/83T1943 It's $35, although there's also a 30 day lead time and a $20 handling fee (because it's shipping directly from the UK).

That's a bit silly - can't they send a big box full to the US and use a US distributor (I'm in the UK FWIW).

Re: Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

rjsamson wrote: post #72

The hard link that RS had given out on their twitter was here: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberry... if anyone wants to keep trying...

That gives me, in the UK, "Register here to express an interest in Raspberry Pi". Which I did.

Farnell then tell you:

"By providing your contact details you are agreeing for your details to be used for marketing purposes by companies within the Premier Farnell Group."

Which I find rather off-putting.

Re: Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

RLG_RLG wrote: post #9

I'm sure they will be on ebay -- for $300

I'm expecting some Farnell group employees will get a nice "bonus"? Perhaps I'm too cynical?

Edit: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Model-B-Ethernet-700M... ; $999 on buy it now ...

Edit 2: There's also this, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Model-B-Ethernet-700M..., which is interesting - must be against ebay policy to sell things you don't own?

Re: Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Post by djhworld »

PKeeble wrote: post #132

The one thing you can say about incompetence is that its ignorant of its own condition. This does not bode well to the quality of the product itself, the lack of basic skills and forethought is frightening. After all that "we know what we are doing" talk I guess we can now point and laugh.

They're a charity, they're not obliged to do anything for any one.

They anticipated the launch issues so they brought on two distributors who have networks and infrastructure in place to distribute these sorts of products to customers all over the world.

The problem is (and judging by their website design) these distributors probably don't get that much traffic on a day to day basis. Their products seem very niche. The distributors were warned and this is what happens.

Don't blame the Raspberry Pi foundation for this.

Re: Raspberri PI Release Announcement

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Post by PKeeble »

youlost_thegame wrote: post #115
egypturnash wrote: post #27

Man, I looked at Twitter, replied to someone, and went off to do something else like ONE MINUTE before the "hey you can buy the pi now" tweet. Twenty minutes later both the people ready to sell me one were totally swamped. Guess I don't get one from the first batch. Woe is me. Somehow I will survive! You know, as problems for a startup to have go, "demand for your product is so strong the servers selling it go down w…

Yes, dying from success is never the desired outcome, but at least they managed to send a first batch, which will be reviewed, will increase the hype, and hopefully give them a second chance to do things right and stock some more units

Or it could tarnish their reputation and kill the whole product. Lets hope the engineering of the actual product is a little better than the sales process. But I still think its kind of important not to give your potential customers a 404 as your first interaction or you run the very real risk of having zero conversions from all that homepage traffic.
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