Ordering from Belgium

......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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Former Member over 13 years ago

That's just stupid. I was so pumped for this and now I hear I can't get one. You can't even get someone in the UK to order multiple pi's and send them to multiple people and I won't be able to get someone send me one from outside Belgium or The Netherlands.
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Former Member over 13 years ago

That's just stupid. I was so pumped for this and now I hear I can't get one. You can't even get someone in the UK to order multiple pi's and send them to multiple people and I won't be able to get someone send me one from outside Belgium or The Netherlands.
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

You'll get one. If you go to the farnell website and put 2081185 in the quick-order box and then go to the shopping cart, you'll notice they now state a lead time of 58 days.
So I might even get mine 10 days earlier
The folks at the Raspberry Pi Foundation are still busy straightening things out with Farnell and RS.. I just hope it doesn't take Farnell Belgium as long as it took some others to form our last governement
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

I just got off the live chat with Farnell.
This is a translation, original on demand

Question: What is the status of my order?
Answer: Estimated delivery is june 6th.

Question: So, am I in the 2nd batch or in the 6th?
Answer: I can't tell. Depends on the manufacturer.

Question: So the firstcome, first serve principle is no longer valid?
Answer: Normally yes, but we don't have them. The demand on february 29th was gigantic. Raspberry pi then only had a minimum number

Question: Can I pay with a credit-card or PayPal?
Answer: Unfortunatly, that's not possible.

Question: I thought the Raspberry Pi Foundation agreed to that with Farnell?
Answer: You cannot pay with credit-card at Farnell. This is also for the Raspberry Pi.
Question: OK. Thank you. Good afternoon.
Answer: Fine. Thanks for the chat. I hope they are back in stock soon. A nice product.

So despite all the efforts made by the Foundation, it still hasn't trickled through everywhere..
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