Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Folderol Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Pi/2 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:19:07 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <20151029091907.0ba695b5@debian> References: <1445624082@f301.n135.z1.fidonet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4c8c017bf2000d02e906f28de06f0c9d"; logging-data="3984"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/cUUyofiKClCrY2QavqxbeR883ySlJdgY=" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fcp51l4Pbis+4CecP/qOEZY/igo= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.raspberry-pi:9879 On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 05:01:53 -0400 rickman wrote: > On 10/23/2015 4:20 PM, alister wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:13:20 +1200, Dennis Ayala wrote: > > > >> Hello everybody! > >> > >> I just wanted to say hi. I'm a newbie with Raspberry Pi. I just ordered > >> my first device and hoping that it arrives quickly. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dennis > > > > usually 2 -3 days depending on where you order it > > Have fun, Any plans for it yet? > > What's the cheapest place to buy an rPi 2 for use in the US? They seem > to get marked up about $10 then come with free shipping from China. Any > better than $45 delivered? I'm in no hurry, so slow boat from China is > fine. > Hmmm Curious that you're getting them from China when 'official' production is in Wales. Also that's quite a mark-up. I believe Newark is a subsidiary of Element 14 so should be a reliable and reasonably cheap supplier. -- W J G