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when is next batch due?

e14 Contributor

Newark, at: http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/raspberry-pi-model-b-board-only/dp/83T1943

says (when clicking on "availability, check more stock")

  "1 Expected to ship 15 Aug, 2012    

   Further stock expected to ship 5 Sep, 2012"

 

JennyPeters of element14, on RPi.org forum says:  

    "Next 4000 are expected in May -- exact date still to be agreed."

 

Abishur on RPi.org forum says:   

  "for all I know they could be on the backs of 7 Sherpas traveling over the Himalayas as we type".

 

Liz on RPi.org forum says they are expected to pitch up before midweek, but she doesn't

have the tracking number because they are being shipped directly to the distributors.

 

please clarify!

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  • In a reply to a similar question I asked, in response to the latest 'front page' article on the 'official' Raspberry Pi website, Jenny Peters, an official Element 14 spokesperson said that... and I quote:


    "yes we are – between early May and end of June we are expecting a number of shipments……commercial sensitivity prevents me saying any more at this time."


    This is what I was hoping would happen, but it is good to have it confirmed.

    Hopefully that means that those customers (like myself) who placed an order early in March may not have to wait quite as long as we thought!


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  • In a reply to a similar question I asked, in response to the latest 'front page' article on the 'official' Raspberry Pi website, Jenny Peters, an official Element 14 spokesperson said that... and I quote:


    "yes we are – between early May and end of June we are expecting a number of shipments……commercial sensitivity prevents me saying any more at this time."


    This is what I was hoping would happen, but it is good to have it confirmed.

    Hopefully that means that those customers (like myself) who placed an order early in March may not have to wait quite as long as we thought!


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  • in reply to Montala

    Now this is what I've been asking for.  I've never expected to know exactly where between the mining of the necessary rare earth minerals and the shipping company's delivery truck my RPi was, but the recent Farnell/Newark announcement is the kind of minimal details I've always felt that the distributors should be giving us.

     

    At the same time they have been clear that their order numbering system is not tightly linked across their global system and that there is no way that they can tell each person where they are in the queue.  So at least they will get some reduction in the number of people asking them this question.