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Ordering from Belgium

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......Both Premier Farnell and RS Components have worldwide distribution networks, so wherever you are in the world, you will be able to buy from a local distributor......

 

We Belgians, (and the Dutch as well) ar fu***d.

In Belgium Farnell doesn't sell to individuals.. only companies. They will make an exception if you purchase more than 50 Euro's ex. VAT.. (try finding anything else to buy on a website that's overloaded)

RS-Components doesn't even do that. No company, no sale..

So I head over to the website in The Netherlands. Same story.

Germany does not ship outside Germany. They redirect you to another distributor who doesn't have a clue what a Raspberry Pi is.

UK: Contact export@farnell.com

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  • The saga continues...

    At 7:54 AM on THE morning I sent an E-mail to belgiumsales@farnell.com asking if they could reserve me a RPi. At this time the website was under DDOS and when you could get through, you couldnt' order because of the 'rules' described above.

    In the meantime I read the document which describes what the procedure is for individuals.

    This reffered to another e-mail adress: Belgiumfinance@farnell.com, so I sent them an E-mail at 9:47.

    At 10:23 I received a response to my first E-mail. In short it said they thanked me for my order and that I needed to pay 39.95 Euros to confirm my order.

    So I did and I sent a screenshot of my online banking as they requested in their answer.

    Since then, nothing but the sound of silence...

    Untill monday! An E-mail from Hollandsales@farnell.com with this link:image

    http://downloads.element14.com/raspberryPi1.html

     

    I guess they want me to que up at the end of the line again..

    So I called Belgium: estimated delivery: May 12th.

    In the mean time my money is sitting in Farnell's account...

    Then I called the lady who sent me the last E-mail.. She told me that at about 9:00 AM on the morning, (local?) management had dicided they (Belgium Sales) had to stop taking orders...

     

    I can only confirm what I've known for a few years now: ONLY IN BELGIUM !


    To be continued..


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  • The saga continues...

    At 7:54 AM on THE morning I sent an E-mail to belgiumsales@farnell.com asking if they could reserve me a RPi. At this time the website was under DDOS and when you could get through, you couldnt' order because of the 'rules' described above.

    In the meantime I read the document which describes what the procedure is for individuals.

    This reffered to another e-mail adress: Belgiumfinance@farnell.com, so I sent them an E-mail at 9:47.

    At 10:23 I received a response to my first E-mail. In short it said they thanked me for my order and that I needed to pay 39.95 Euros to confirm my order.

    So I did and I sent a screenshot of my online banking as they requested in their answer.

    Since then, nothing but the sound of silence...

    Untill monday! An E-mail from Hollandsales@farnell.com with this link:image

    http://downloads.element14.com/raspberryPi1.html

     

    I guess they want me to que up at the end of the line again..

    So I called Belgium: estimated delivery: May 12th.

    In the mean time my money is sitting in Farnell's account...

    Then I called the lady who sent me the last E-mail.. She told me that at about 9:00 AM on the morning, (local?) management had dicided they (Belgium Sales) had to stop taking orders...

     

    I can only confirm what I've known for a few years now: ONLY IN BELGIUM !


    To be continued..


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