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Ship dates?

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So I just checked into my account online, and under Ship Date, for the Pi I ordered on 29 Feb., it says "30 March". I know there was some confusion over ship dates early on, so thought I'd ask - is this ship date shown in my account roughly accurate? I would be oh so happy to receive my Pi in a couple weeks.

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  • Well, went to my Farnell Account and found the ship date had been taken out, called them and apparently it is because they are waiting for the re-tooled boards - they are chasing the foundation every day for an update and can't give a firm date at the moment (Unsurprisingly) - confirms what Richard says above.

     

    At this point, I feel for Farnell, as they have taken this on and in the short term appear to have been stitched up a bit by the Foundation? I know in the long run they should make a profit out of the Pi, but it seems they have experienced a lot of short term pain and no doubt cost considering their website was DDoS'd on the 'launch' day. That and the fact that the faulty boards were discovered only after the agreement was struck seems a touch unfair.

  • in reply to GreenYamo

    I was under the impression that the two distributors (Farnell & RS) were arranging the manufacturing themselves, rather than through the Foundation, or is this not in fact the case?

  • in reply to Montala

    I believe that is the case for any remaining orders, but I was under the impression that the first 10,000 (faulty ones) were manufactured under the guidance of the foundation, without any input from Farnell. It was only on the 'launch' day that the distribution deal with Farnell was announced and they took over production. I could of course be wrong, I'm starting to loose the plot a bit with it all !

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  • in reply to Montala

    I believe that is the case for any remaining orders, but I was under the impression that the first 10,000 (faulty ones) were manufactured under the guidance of the foundation, without any input from Farnell. It was only on the 'launch' day that the distribution deal with Farnell was announced and they took over production. I could of course be wrong, I'm starting to loose the plot a bit with it all !

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