Now that the Efika costs €75....

[dammy]

AROS is also coming to EFIKA.

Dammy
TeamAROS

[Framiga]

the same old story! resellers have been "forced" to purchase "batches" of Efikas paid in advance (and Pegs in the past as well) of 10-20 pcs (don't remember now the exact amount) and obviously now that the price is dropped, they have that mobos laying around purchased at full price.... how to blame them?

Do you wanna some brand new Peg2 G4@1Ghz at 600 Eur each?

same old story :-/

[Zac67]

Sorry folks,

I was trying to assemble a larger Efika order to compensate for the extreme shipping charges or even relay it through a US address but:
- US shipping charges are ridiculous as well
- each additional board adds $10 shipping
- ordering a completely assembled client package costs less[/i] P&P than a single Efika board - what the ....

So it's obvious Bill is trying to hook us with a nice price and then rip us off when actually trying to order. I'm not gonna fall for that, so ordering is cancelled unless this is sorted out - probably indefinitely.

[CD32Freak]

@Zac67

I don't understand, isn't the Efika produced at DCE in Germany? So shouldn't it be cheaper for you or other Euro-citizens :-?

[Everblue]

Yeah they should ship directly from Germany! We should enforce an embargo on Efika until they start shipping them from Germany at a normal postage price, with cheap shipping options such as airmail. Paying for an expensive courier service for something as small,light and cheap as the efika i ridiculous.

CD32Freak wrote:
@Zac67

I don't understand, isn't the Efika produced at DCE in Germany? So shouldn't it be cheaper for you or other Euro-citizens :-?

[Zac67]

The Efika was developed by German bplan - I don't think it's produced here though (too high costs). I'll try contacting bplan directly, maybe they can give a hint.

[Framiga]

efikas are produced in china.

[CD32Freak]

Well, if you watch their video How to build the machine - Reloaded at the bplan website, you'll see they are produced at DCE Computer Service GmbH in Oberhausen :-)

[billt]

Why the red side, all sides of the red side, refuses to use cheap, available, working hardware even to this day is beyond me

Keep in mind that not "all sides" of the red camp are "refusing" to use cheap available working hardware. If it's not available, then it's not refusing for many. I simply cannot do a very good job of doing the impossible and using the kind of hardware you speak of. That's not a great situation either, but there's red people willing but completely unable to run OS4 on Efika.

[Matt_H]

CD32Freak wrote:
Well, if you watch their video How to build the machine - Reloaded at the bplan website, you'll see they are produced at DCE Computer Service GmbH in Oberhausen :-)

I think they WERE produced at DCE, but current production runs are done elsewhere.

[Methanoid]

What a bloody con... €75 but where? Nowhere..

Yeah, did you hear you can buy an Xbox360 for €49 .. just not on Planet Earth!