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Raspberry Pi Goes On Sale In US, Sells Out
hypnosec writes "Easter has brought some good news for Raspberry Pi fans in the US as the $25 Model A of the credit card sized computer is now available in the United States. Texas based Allied Electronics is the first local retailer selling the Raspberry Pi in the U.S. and has been selling the Pi through its online store. (There were companies selling the Raspberry Pi over eBay to U.S. users for a higher price tag earlier.) The Model A has sold out completely and as of this writing there is zero availability."
Customer: "They're selling this product for $50 below list price across the street."
Retailer: "OK, so buy it across the street".
Customer: "They said they don't have it in stock".
Retailer: "If I didn't have it in stock, I could sell it for $100 off list."
Allied isn't the only retailer that has them.
I can see 3 different US resellers with them in stock, shipping today, as others mentioned in posts. Model As and Bs.
The Raspberry Pi itself has been on sale in the US over a year.
The only people buying As are the ones who don't know how to find Bs and think there is no one other than the two adwords results at the top of Google search list that sell them.
Congratulations, you posted a story about a rather well known and popular computing device ... and get every single detail of it wrong in every possible way.
You have whole demonstrated you have no fucking clue what you are doing.
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They have Model B, but no Model A. I want a Model A because I plan to use the device as an embedded controller and I will likely code my own assembly or C code, no need for a linux stack. So, where can I get a $25 Model A in the USA?
Dunno what planet you live on, but there's now over a million of the little buggers out in the wild - not bad for a credit-card sized basic computer system that runs Linux (other OS's available too, btw). If the sales of the model B had been in line with the Foundations initial expectation, ie around 10,000 or so, then "shameless plugs might be the order of the day.
For someting thats not a general consumer item, then SALES of a million devices in just over a year (not just inventory stock) is bloody good going.
No pliugging required.
BTW I'm interested to read that you know of "a lot of products with similar or better capabilities in smaller form factor with a case and power". Perhaps you'd like to share your knowledge of where these desirable little devices might be obtained and from somewhere reputable, not an outfit somewhere in Guangdong. Prices, including tax and shipping in single quantities miight be useful as a comparison too. Oh, and production figures? Because the more there are, the more likely it is that an active support community might form about them, rather like that the Raspberry Pi enjoys.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm????
That's the Model B, this is about the Model A, the cheaper version that was initially touted and got a lot of headlines for just that.
As a package, the Pi is already obsolete and outclassed. Where it does have an advantage is it's very easy to flash (just stick an SD in it), has a large and coherent support base, and has some connectors for hooking it up to other things.