Raspberry Pi Store opens in the UK

I knew better than try to post something positive on this unsocial site.  I'll be sure to listen a bit more to that little Cricket on my shoulder next time.

Hi Jon,

I'm glad that you posted it, I'd have missed it otherwise. Sorry it came across as being unsocial or negative. It was a bit excessively negative from me.

It could vary from person to person, I enjoy questioning organisations (charitable or not), than the people they are seeking to help - as can be seen by my assumptions that were localized at best, or incorrect, now that I've heard from other perspectives.

The store design to me still stinks, it could be a cultural or national difference, the stores and spaces are different here. I'm envious of cool stores like CVS actually - love that they stock so many different things, something for everyone.

They appear to be getting positive feedback about the new store on their blog:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/guess-what/

100 miles south of Edinburgh or Glasgow would put you back in to Civilization no problems .....Not sure if you would sell any more RPis there though.

To me that store looked more like a Library. I think the issues we are all having with it is that it seems to lack the down an dirty getting on with it look that we had in the stores of our childhood!

The idea of bringing in a whole new generation of kids on through  school to Uni with a good level of computer skills as more to do with what you do with the gear rather than the gear it's self. you really need to be able to get into the guts of all this and do things yourself to really learn which may mean breaking a few RPis (;-) ) . Is this too clinical we ask ?!

You should take tha happy juice Shabbaz it's been years since you have been banned ;-)

Looks Like Maplin in it's mid phase between been a very geeky store with mostly components and it's final incarnation as a purveyor of  electrical tat.

Lets hope it stays for a good while yet!

Dave I dont think it's a bad thing. I would like to see what they do from there other than sell RPIs to make a judgement. From the link you gave I recognise most as the usual RPI cognoscenti.Lets see how it goes!#

No chance of happy juice here, just (non-Irish) coffee : )

I never had my first (and only) post published on the pi website (they manually vet I guess). Maybe an error in their system. In any case, I prefer to read and blog on many things not Pi related - I only posted my first post there to warn about a dangerous mains project on their blog page...

Problemchild  wrote:

 

Looks Like Maplin in it's mid phase between been a very geeky store with mostly components and it's final incarnation as a purveyor of  electrical tat.

 

Lets hope it stays for a good while yet!

biggest part of the store is geeky. I couldn’t find a photo online though...

I don't think this'll be necessary today.