Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi's on eBay ..

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/04/12 18:16, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Rob Beard wrote:
>
> > On 17/04/12 10:46, Julian Hall wrote:
> > > On 17/04/2012 10:23, tom wrote:
> > > > On 17/04/12 09:04, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > > > > .. if you really really want one, then they're there...
> > > > >
> > > > > Gordon
> > > > If you really want one remember if you buy these from 'touts' on e-bay
> > > > the next nice toy you want will be sold to you at a premium in the
> > > > same way.
> > > > Tom te tom te tom
> > > Bought my current computer on eBay.. from a business seller who is also
> > > reviewed regularly by Computer Shopper. There are sellers to be wary of,
> > > but I think with common sense they can be avoided :)
> > >
> > > Julian
> >
> > I don't think that's the point Gordon was getting at. The first batch
> > are supposed to be going out to folks who want to get started on them
> > developing stuff and basically offering something to the community,
> > not folks who just wanted to buy one to sell them on eBay for stupid
> > money. It's probably going to annoy a lot of people out there who were
> > up at 6am to order one.
>
> Not quite ... AIUI, the first batch went out to a selected few
> independantly of the RS/Farnell sales... The ones on ebay are from the
> Farnell/RS orders - placed by the folks who did get up early, etc. and
> were lucky enough to get them - and are now selling them for whatever
> reason - either just make a "quick buck" or for other "genuine" reasons.
>
> It's a free market after all.
>
> Even if it does make those on the waiting list somewaht irritated that
> we have to grit our teeth, grin and bear it...


Yeah I suppose, I guess if anyone really wants one then they might be 
prepared to pay stupid money for one.  As much as I want one I'll hang 
on (I'm not prepared for one at the moment anyway, only got the TV with 
HDMI inputs, my LCD monitor only has VGA so I'm going to have to pick up 
another monitor, or use my old CRT telly in the kids room/wait for the 
main TV to become free).

> > Oh well, I'm not too fussed myself, I've pre-ordered one so I'll get
> > it eventually, in the mean time I've got a new project, restoring an
> > Amiga 500 :-)
>
> Good luck!

Thanks, I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew a bit. 
This poor Amiga has seen better days.  Although it does boot up, I think 
the floppy drive is on the way out though, I'm going to try cleaning it, 
failing that I've been reading up on fitting a PC drive (according to 
what I've read the Amiga will work but needs either a modification to 
the drive or an adapter, I'm going to opt for an adapter :-P).

Rob


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