Raspberry Pi protoboard/connector group buy – $US7 each

This is closed now.

I’ve chosen the adafruit design as it is open hardware (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Prototyping-Pi-Plate).

The board manufacturer (iteadstudio.com) I use charges $US19.90 for 10 boards (will be green).   Shipping is about $US0.50-1 each (varies a lot with the weight).  I would like to kick at least $US1 per board to Adafruit for the use of their design. So that’s about $4 per board.

I looked around a lot for the tall connector then Adafruit started stocking them (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1658).  Let’s assume we have 10 takers that’s about $2.50ea with shipping.

Paypal will take a bit so let’s allow 50c for them.

That’s $US7 per board/connector pair!

So here is the deal.
– Let’s keep it simple, both connector and board, not one or the other.
– This is only for pickup at VHS, I don’t want to get into shipping stuff.
– Send me $US7 per set via paypal to (deleted, ordering is closed)
– I’ll leave this open until February 6th and order after that (ie after chinese new year).
– I’ll update the list weekly with quantities until this closes
– I’ll update the list with production status
– We should have the boards and connectors late Feb.
– If we get charged duty it will come from Adafruit’s cut
– I’m not taking anything, everything left will go to Adafruit.
– Once the boards are in I’ll send a cheque to Adafruit and a breakdown of the buy to the list
– I’m a decent guy, I don’t need to run with your $US7.
– Yes, I know I am in Canada, everything is priced in USD, I’m the messenger.
– No refunds.  We all have to share any risk involved (just saying this to be sure, not sure there is any risk).
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