Tom Metro wrote: > They went live early AM on Wednesday, but the two distributors: > http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?ICID=I-RASP-HPBLOF-0015&bespokepage=farnell/en_UK/promotions/raspberryPi.jsp > http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi > > were overloaded.
Both servers are working now, but RS still shows a "register your interest" form, and Farnell shows a pre-order page with no pricing. So what happened? Did they sell out? (Oddly no official statement made on their blog or twitter.) If so, why go back to a pre-order setup, which is usually what you'd see before a product gets released. It should be a regular order page now, with an indication the item is out of stock or backordered. The Farnell logo looks familiar. UK arm of Newark? I guess so, I see a tweet: Just preordered one IN THE USA from Newark. Part # is 83T1943. Lead time 30 days. http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/dp/83T1943?Ntt=83T1943 Availability: 0 (Further stock expected to ship Mar 30, 2012) Price $35.00 The Q&A section on the page says there is a $20 drop-ship fee, which you can apparently avoid by ordering over the phone, and requesting delivery from a US warehouse, at the expense of additional delivery time. More on the fee here: http://www.element14.com/community/message/45370#45370/l/re-pre-order-from-us I see the same site also has a thread on the "open source" nature (or lack thereof) of the hardware: http://www.element14.com/community/message/45361#45361/l/re-not-open-source-hardware -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
