Do any production RPi's actually exist?

guys, have you ever ordered anything from china? - things NEVER get shipped fast from china, get over it! i always feel like 10 chinese guys are carrying my packages by feet because usually they arrive really slow - 3-5 weeks.

so CALM DOWN, noone paid for premium postage, devices will eventually arrive and everyone will be happy

no, i am not related to foundation, mine is arriving from farnell in mid-may only.. but I am patient, I can wait.

i'd like it to arrive sooner than later tho

Janis, people are eager for the first sightings of the production RPi's, which we were told to expect around the end of January.

We were told that the product would not be launched until stocks were built up, so I think it is perfectly fine to question whether any particular launch-event demonstration, or unboxing video, or eBay listing, or claims of stock selling out,  etc., refers to actual production RPi in hand.

Janis, people are eager for the first sightings of the production RPi's, which we were told to expect around the end of January.

We were told that the product would not be launched until stocks were built up, so I think it is perfectly fine to question whether any particular launch-event demonstration, or unboxing video, or eBay listing, or claims of stock selling out,  etc., refers to actual production RPi in hand.

All the videos we have seen show aplpha or beta boards, not production boards. Mr Ripoff on Ebay also does not have a Pi. RS and Farnell also do not have any Pis. They are on the high seas somewhere between China and here. I'm not sure how many different ways it is possible to tell people that. When they do arrive it will be obvious because the companies will say so. RPF will say so and thousands of recipients will say so. One Guardian journalist with a beta board is not 10,000 production boards arriving at Tilbury docks.

I've never caught one listed on ebay, the clear case design is interesting but he states this

"Need to know some steps to adjust the template model."

maybe it doesn't fit.

Bob, I'm pretty certain there are not 10000 RPi's on the high seas somewhere.  Before the 10000 RPi's start getting built, the foundation has to approve the test samples, and I believe it is the test samples that the foundation was waiting for on launch day.  The test samples couldn't be made until all the parts were available, and that took until mid February or so.  Apparently Farnell, RS, and Broadcom also want to approve the factory working conditions before starting the initial 10000 unit production run.