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Hello!

Im interested on RASPBERRY PI too!

But seems we (Portuguese/people living here) dont have an easy expedition!

Sent a email to Lenave, hope them can save me

Any lucky around??

Farewell

Hi Luís

No luck here! The first batch is sold out ! And people that managed to pre-order are getting estimates, from Farnell, to delivery in mid of May. So I think the rest of us will have to wait at least 3 to 4 months to receive one.

I hope that Farnell at end will do a dedicated website to sell Raspi's without the limitations they have for now, for many local sites, for ordering products from them:

- Sell only to companies

- 30 euros minimum orders

- 15 euros shipping cost (this value I get to simulating a order of another item at Farnel site)

If my information is correct, then Farnell in principal refuses to sell to individuals in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden, and there are restrictions in Belgium and the Netherlands.

I know that Farnell in Germany has for ages received requests to reconsider this business-only policy, but doesn't care less. It would be nice if they finally reconsider instead of using their standard excuses.

If my information is correct, then Farnell in principal refuses to sell to individuals in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden, and there are restrictions in Belgium and the Netherlands.

I know that Farnell in Germany has for ages received requests to reconsider this business-only policy, but doesn't care less. It would be nice if they finally reconsider instead of using their standard excuses.

Hi all, Tugas in particular!

I've Read Farnell's information about sales to Portugal, the restrictions do not aplly for those who work on their own company.

My idea with the Rasperberry Pi is to use it as a portable system, that can be used at collage, and so on. Also I do plan to test it running Emergency Managment Software, as a proof-of-concept, that portable low power systems can run the software and be used in real resque operations.

I'm using the HawkBoard, the Beagle Boardxm and the BeagleBone, but they are expensive for some projects, so they cant be used that frequently.

Lets wait and see for some news from Farnell.

Best regards,

António

I've Read Farnell's information about sales to Portugal, the restrictions do not aplly for those who work on their own company.

And how many people do you think have their own company? Companies aren't exactly the target audience for the Raspberry Pi. I think the Raspberry Pi foundation made a very bad choice going with RS and Farnell. I bet RS and Farnell didn't tell the foundation that they refuse to sell to the target audience in a lot of countries.

Lets wait and see for some news from Farnell.

Farnell usually avoids discussing that topic. The best you can hope for are some pointless excuses, like "legal reasons".

In Italy is the same, no sell to individuals.

\Paolo