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That's my issue with the Raspberry Pi. It's often advertised as a 35 dollar computer, etc., however when I decided to get one all the recommended partners and
by spike021 10y ago
That's my issue with the Raspberry Pi.
It's often advertised as a 35 dollar computer, etc., however when I decided to get one all the recommended partners and distributers were easily selling it for 40-45 minimum, excluding tax and shipping costs.
- MarcScott 10y agoAre you based in the UK? It's termed the $35 computer becuase components are purchased in dollars, and so it's the base price without having to take into consideration the daily fluctuations in currencies. It's manufactured in the UK however (Wales specifically), and so there will be inevitable shipping costs to destinations outside of the UK. This is simply unavoidable, and will depend on factors such as the price of oil.
- spike021 10y agoNo, I'm in the US. Shipping costs are definitely understandable. I just mean that there have been times I've looked for one only to find marked up prices before shipping/other costs.
- y4mi 10y ago"before shipping" is "after shipping" if your shopping in US shops though.
- spike021 10y agoI found it to be the case for both US and EU distributors. It'd just be nice if the costs were described rather than just silently raising the price without explanation.
- derekp7 10y agoI just went to element14.com (their official distributer in the US), and the current RPi is showing for $35. Where are you seeing the higher price at?
- spike021 10y agoIt wasn't recently, but in the past. Last time I looked was probably in April or so.
- derekp7 10y agoAh, that makes sense -- around that time I noticed that the primary distributors such as Element14 were out of stock, but you could pick one up from a place like Adafruit for $5 - $10 more.
- cheiVia0 10y agoI've bought mine at a brick-and-mortar Microcenter, and I ended up paying less than $35 for it ($35 with a $5-off coupon plus tax). So for RPi at least, the cost is not disguised as shipping.