Delivery Queue

In case anyone is interested in the order queue and order reference numbers...

Ordered mine on 29/Feb 11:23am from Farnell in UK

Ref: 16462111

Delivered yesterday (08/May)

Well my order number is 164633?? and the last update I had on the 4th May was August!

My order was placed via CPC on 29th Feb about 11.15am in the UK.

Hi Nick,

I know that CPC are a division of Premier Farnell, but I hadn't realised that they were also taking initial orders for the Raspberry Pi, although they don't appear to be doing so now!

Assuming that they are using the same order system as Element 14 I would have thought that (based on what others have said) you should either have already received your Pi, or at the very least have been given a date much earlier than August.

It might be worth dropping them a quick email, or even giving them a call, to clarify your position, as it seems to be 'out of sync'. with Element 14 UK orders.

Good Luck!

Hi David,

According to Jenny Peters (Element 14), ordering via any Farnell organisation would be treated equally and in a single queue, so its a bit frustrating. CPC don't seem to be very interested and their response on the 4th May was when I asked was "These are expected to be available to ship mid – late August. This is still an estimated date as they are still being manufactured which is open to delays."

I think I'll need that good luck

N.

My number is a little higher than yours 16470xxx and I have been advised w/c 21 May.

This means you may be pleasantly surprised??

"According to Jenny Peters (Element 14), ordering via any Farnell organisation would be treated equally and in a single queue..."

This is not the case. Look at the order numbers and dates from different countries, they are not sequential. People who ordered later get their Pis earlier. Especially UK customers, they started to receive last week, and many who ordered later in UK than elsewhere got theirs already.

So I am guessing many that have ordered after the 8^th of March have already received theirs. I bought myself an 8GB SD card and have downloaded “Debian Squeeze” software but haven’t done anything since as I am still not fully clued-up in what I actuality need for its operation other than a mouse/keyboard and a monitor/TV.

Incorrect.

The first 5000 farnell-pies, those from the first batch initiated by the RP-foundation, were sold on the first day.

They have 12k coming in somewhere the next two weeks, and at least some of those will go to people who ordered on the first day.

The problem for many individuals was that they couldn't set up an account to order them on the first day. So only those with company accounts could order.

I'm not sure if those who "registered intererst" on the first day but only got to order later on have had their place in the queue counted as "on the first day" or "later on".

(I also have the impression (but no proof) that some countries might have been left behind a bit, while Farnell sorts out paperwork, maybe releated to FCC certification and things like that).

Incorrect.

The first 5000 farnell-pies, those from the first batch initiated by the RP-foundation, were sold on the first day.

They have 12k coming in somewhere the next two weeks, and at least some of those will go to people who ordered on the first day.

The problem for many individuals was that they couldn't set up an account to order them on the first day. So only those with company accounts could order.

I'm not sure if those who "registered intererst" on the first day but only got to order later on have had their place in the queue counted as "on the first day" or "later on".

(I also have the impression (but no proof) that some countries might have been left behind a bit, while Farnell sorts out paperwork, maybe releated to FCC certification and things like that).