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Raspberry Pi Forum Widely touted '£22 computer' = £24.55 + Vat £29.46 I got charged £31!
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Widely touted '£22 computer' = £24.55 + Vat £29.46 I got charged £31!

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e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

And the kicker is... Farnell doesen't even have any so I have to wait three weeks-ish, but i do get "FREE" delivery!

No, i'm not a penny pinching whinger, and I do think you (might, at some point) get a lot of hardware for a little

money. Just wondering why the media reports for pricing are so misleading?

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    You think £31 is high. Check out ebay and the user 'Consolez4less' , he is offering a Buy it Now price of £79.99 with a whopping £35.99 for 3 year warranty!

    Persons like that on ebay should be shut down! the whole point of the Raspberry Pi is for an extremely low cost computer for educational means. I just wish the foundation would give more precise updates as to the current situation re deliveries!

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    You think £31 is high. Check out ebay and the user 'Consolez4less' , he is offering a Buy it Now price of £79.99 with a whopping £35.99 for 3 year warranty!

    Persons like that on ebay should be shut down! the whole point of the Raspberry Pi is for an extremely low cost computer for educational means. I just wish the foundation would give more precise updates as to the current situation re deliveries!

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    GreenYamo over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    I know they are probably in a difficult position, but before the launch there was quite a bit of information coming out of the foundation which was great, but as soon as it was launched there has been a lot of silence, although the Blog is back up now.

     

    If there was some clear indication of order numbers, outstanding orders and when the next bulk delivery will be made then I think it would go a long way to stopping the sort of eBay hi-jinks mentioned. I think I'll be going for this case though.

     

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Raspberry-pi-all-models-B-DIY-Casing-/300673071877?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item460182fb05

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