Where to buy Raspberry PI (without intermediaries)?

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igrishaev2012-12-10 08:15:20

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igrishaev, 2012-12-10 08:15:20

UPD: thank you all, ordered on raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/

Hello.
I decided to play with Raspberry, but I can’t figure out where people are ordering a fee now?

I go to the Farnell website www.farnell.com/raspberrypi/ I
am offered to choose a country, I choose Russia, they ask me if I am a trader or an individual.
In the second case, they offer to choose an official intermediary, whose fee costs 2600 rubles: www.terraelectronica.ru/catalog.php?ID=827&Search=1&Text=raspberrypi&Gde=2&PageS=1

At the same time, everyone writes that they ordered directly from Farnel. What am I doing wrong? I don't want to overpay, plus Farnel promises delivery within one week.

What happens if I choose a trader's item? The site says that it may require some kind of code from me confirming my status.

And another question, do you need to take the power supply immediately?

Thank you.

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lionsimba, 2012-12-11
@igrishaev

You can try to order here: raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/
Immediately did not find any restrictions on delivery to Russia. And shipping seems to be cheaper than farnell.
Why Farnell stopped sending direct is a mystery, maybe they can't cope with the number of people who want to buy the device at retail. Although I ordered it there in February, they sent it in May, and about a month later I received it.

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Melkij, 2012-12-10
@melkij

The power supply is suitable for any USB, issuing 1A current. If you don’t have a suitable one at hand, you can take it there. Although how can an IT specialist not have one - I can’t imagine =)
I can’t tell you about the farnel, I ordered it in really slow in July, somewhere on the road now.

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AFoST, 2012-12-10
@AFoST

Took here cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221126323016&ssPageName=ADME :L:OU:US:3160
No problem.

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nochkin, 2012-12-10
@nochkin

Regarding the power supply:
Theoretically, anyone with a minimum current of 1A will do, but almost many Chinese power supplies do not draw this 1A (although they promise).
For example, the native iPhone / iPad power supply works great, but Chinese fakes often do not pull on them.

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Juraseg, 2012-12-17
@Juraseg

You can order directly here - newark.com. Selling model B for an honest $35. Naturally, you will have to pay for shipping from America. I just ordered but haven't received it yet.
There is an article about delivery from there on Habré - habrahabr.ru/post/152975/

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NetBUG, 2012-12-23
@NetBUG

Element14 (aka Farnell) delivered to Hong Kong in three days.
But this is Hong Kong.

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Alexander Orlov, 2015-04-02
@madfly

I bought corny on aliexpress. Well, yes, you have to wait a bit, but the price tag is quite competitive + free shipping.