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The problem is their launch failed miserably. Too many things were done badly, and their partnership companies didn't do what they said they would.
Well, considering both RS and farnell ended up having a "register your interest page", and weren't actually selling it, yes, it ended miserably.
As of now, not a single person that I know of has confirmation of owning a prizm.
The only guy I know of that might own one paid an extra $20 from element14's site, which has a month or more lead time.
Well, I guess they ran out of stock real fast. Seems they didn't made enough for the launch. Also which one is better between the two stores?
The Pi people can't be blamed. They did the best they could. 10,000 boards will have cost them about $250,000. That's a huge amount of money for six people to gamble - and until about 0800 on Wednesday they didn't KNOW how it would go. Getting a million boards produced for the launch would have been a huge gamble, they could easily have been left with 900,000 unsold boards that needed to be dumped.The surge of interest might have died down shortly after release time and the number needed could have been only a few times the original batch size.
Quote from: Juju on March 02, 2012, 11:57:48 pmWell, I guess they ran out of stock real fast. Seems they didn't made enough for the launch. Also which one is better between the two stores?here's something i found on elemental14's threads:QuoteThe Pi people can't be blamed. They did the best they could. 10,000 boards will have cost them about $250,000. That's a huge amount of money for six people to gamble - and until about 0800 on Wednesday they didn't KNOW how it would go. Getting a million boards produced for the launch would have been a huge gamble, they could easily have been left with 900,000 unsold boards that needed to be dumped.The surge of interest might have died down shortly after release time and the number needed could have been only a few times the original batch size.
Quote from: graphmastur on March 02, 2012, 11:52:40 pmWell, considering both RS and farnell ended up having a "register your interest page", and weren't actually selling it, yes, it ended miserably.Heh, I didn't think of it that way, but now that you mention it... but hey, we'll get it in a few months instead of a few years, right? Quote from: graphmastur on March 02, 2012, 11:52:40 pmAs of now, not a single person that I know of has confirmation of owning a prizm. You're tired. I own a PRIZM! (And a certain community is obsessed with them because they own PRIZMs! )Quote from: graphmastur on March 02, 2012, 11:52:40 pmThe only guy I know of that might own one paid an extra $20 from element14's site, which has a month or more lead time.Yeah, I was a bit puzzled at first at the price inflation, but I guess that's why.
Quote from: Snake X on March 03, 2012, 12:19:53 pmQuote from: Juju on March 02, 2012, 11:57:48 pmWell, I guess they ran out of stock real fast. Seems they didn't made enough for the launch. Also which one is better between the two stores?here's something i found on elemental14's threads:QuoteThe Pi people can't be blamed. They did the best they could. 10,000 boards will have cost them about $250,000. That's a huge amount of money for six people to gamble - and until about 0800 on Wednesday they didn't KNOW how it would go. Getting a million boards produced for the launch would have been a huge gamble, they could easily have been left with 900,000 unsold boards that needed to be dumped.The surge of interest might have died down shortly after release time and the number needed could have been only a few times the original batch size.This totally makes sense. The guys behind the Pi didn't had any way to predict how much people will buy it at first launch and how much boards they needed.
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