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Saw this deal on dealabs, looks like a great price. Code only works with new accounts.
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B $44.59 @ Gearbest [New Accounts]
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There are two versions?
Yes, English is about $53 from poor memory.
Unless new accounts with code DRB is the cheaper price..I dont know maybe Lyl or someone can clarify.I only posted this deal because of the amount of votes it received on dealabs (french bargain site), I don't know much about the Raspberry Pi. Hopefully someone or a rep will be able to clarify
Still prefer the luke-warm apple pi..
That was an unintentional typo by the way.
The main difference is probably the 8gb sdcard that is included with the flavour of Linux on it - Chinese version or international English
How long is shipping?
Likely by the time you have received it, Raspberry Pi 4 will be out.
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Hi Fruit,
Estimated shipping information for your reference：
Unregistered Air Mail 15 - 35 business days FREE SHIPPING
Registered Air Mail 15 - 32 business days $1.85
Priority Line 7 - 15 business days $4.85
Expedited Shipping 3 - 7 business days $13.77
My last order placed more than 2 months ago, still waiting for it. I wouldn't place another order with these guys.
Hi dealspider,
Pls check your message box.:)
I reckon only OLD accounts buy from them….
Absolutely agree. These new account offers are pretty pointless unless i want to create additional PayPal accounts.
DO you need to for gearbest? Most of them that I use only differentiate based on email. Use gmail and . In the email and you get all the info into the one box. Works a treat for every site I've had to make more than one account for.
For clarity (Protip):
Open/Use any given gmail account… if you are opening a new one perhaps pick a long, easily remembered, word. eg:
That's one account you can use for (I'm guessing gearbest, too… because it even works on paypal) any deal that requires a new account.
Then:
1 email / two site accounts
Then:
1 email / three site accounts
1 email / four site accounts
Etc. etc. [email protected] [email protected]
Et cetera
Gmail doesn't parse them as different accounts, so all mails will go to [email protected]
But the site does parse them as different accounts. You can even use the same password for all of them, without a problem.
Alternatively, just add a plus after your main email address name such as [email protected] to create multiple accounts.
Additionally gmail ignores anything after a + before the @gmail.com
So you can also use [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] etc.@AnneFagit: Surely some sites have figured out this loophole and implemented a parsing routine to negate it. How dumb do they think we think they are?
title in link says :
DIY Raspberry Pi Model 3 B Motherboard - ENGLISH VERSION GREEN
question & answer at the bottom says :
Question:
Hello Is this made in UK or made in China ?
Reply:
Hello Nam,
This item is made in China please. Thanks for your attention.I think I'll pass on this deal…
What are the differences?
Does the UK version support band 28 and Brexit?
http://au.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberry…
Says they are made in UK.. this deal feels sus
From my knowledge, RPi boards are made in both UK and China legit. I think in recent months / year they have been trying to move most of the manufacturing to UK (Wales). Wouldn't be surprised if they used some factories in China to meet peak supply demand.
I would just buy a RPi from either E14 or Rs Components even if it cost an extra $10.
however I would probably be interesting in buying a Orange Pi from China just for cheap giggles.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-PC-set-1-Orange-Pi…
however I would probably be interesting in buying a Orange Pi from China just for cheap giggles.
Wouldn't the Chinese one be called a Mandarin Pi ?
Wouldn't the Chinese one be called a Mandarin Pi ?
Mandarins are too small, you need a big twin pair of Oranges or hey even Grapefruits for that matter..
I rarely hear Cantonese in Shenzhen, Putonghua pi ?
I have an Pi3 from Element14, and the PCB is stamped with 'Made in PRC'.
The build quality is really good, so not sure it matters whether the board is made in China or UK.
I have an RPi3 from Element14 as well.
It was bought not long after release, when E14 were short on stock.Cant confirm on the board (dont want to take apart the aluminium enclosure with all the thermal paste etc..)
But I can confirm that the Element14 sticker on back of box says "China" on it.
Not suspicious at all, I have a RPi3Bv1.2 sitting on my desk from IBM and it's says Made in PRC. Absolutely nothing wrong with it.
This deal is confusing..
Origin: British
Enough said..
Not according to the Rep on the link above…
Would this model be suitable to pick up or is it best to buy the Pi Zero and give that a shot?
Its showing up as $56 for the English one and $61 for the Chinese one. I even created an account (never had one before). No luck.
Thanks, deal expired. Code worked for me before, no longer working now.
Btw please use the 'report' button for issues with deals rather than neg voting
Still work for Chinese version and not limited to new account now! ！The code is managed by my colleague from French team!
Raspberry Pi Model 3 B Motherboard
http://www.gearbest.com/raspberry-pi/pp_354347.html?wid=21
price:$33.35
coupon:DRB
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/120890/43406/365622dd-…Sorry will keep this deal expired as it was for english version not chinese
No problem,have a good night!
The chinese one comes up as $44.59.. not $33.35 rep………
great deal once again, Lyl! thanks mate.
I always see Raspberry Pi around but haven't got a clue how the motherboards and components work, and what you can use them for. Jealous/jelly as it looks like some real fun toys for tinkering, perhaps one day I need to do some reading and learning as to what one uses these raspberry pi components to make and use IRL?
Unless someone has a good web link for a complete newbie such as me!
Heres a start -
https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Projects-Evil-Genius/dp/…
My local library has this book and others.
Theres youtube tutorial channels as well.
Thanks will bookmarkt he link to check out some other day when i have some time. I don't have any coding experience or tinkering with electronics/parts either for the record, hence I never bothered to looki nto this whole raspberry pi thing as it seemed above the casual person like me who didn't seem like an enthusiast?
Or maybe my impression/idea of the things is totally off whack.
I use my rasp pi 2 as a kodi media centre box for my Sony TV. It connects to my qnap Nas and I also use the Cec feature to control it with my tv remote. Other p wool use it for a variety of awesome uses like automation, house lighting etc
interesting - but for the budding complete amateur like me, is there somewhere I can see these projects and their 'difficulty'? I'm no weekend tinker so I am worried that I would not be able to do anything remotely advanced enough to be useful around the house.
The idea of house lighting or monitoring or something would be pretty cool though. However having no coding or electricals experience, and I am not someone who knows about computers, servers, databases etc - it seems Rspb Pi is out of my league in difficulty?
The ebook linked above is a good start. I use it as a simple PC to supplement the NAS storage I have.
Raspberry Pi is awesome! The 3 could actually be used as a desktop computer (for email and browsing and some light gaming). I use mine for various purposes, main one is Kodi (previously called XBMC), with the Aeon Nox theme it is a very pretty media centre.
I also use it to monitor my solar panels and upload data to pvoutput.org
It also maintains my dynamic DNS name with a curl script and I use it for remote access (port forward / tunnel via SSH). This allows me to get into my home network from the office without having to set up VPN.
I also use it as an access point to bridge my router and modem. The NBN modem is in bridge mode, so normally you can't access the modem's config page. So the rPi has both wired and wireless networks, I have a wired connection to my normal network and a wireless connection to the modem's wifi. Static route on my router pointing to the rPi and allow packet forwarding on the rPi and then I can access the modem's config page from my normal network (so that I can see line sync rates).
Lastly, automated speed tests with uploading the data to a MySQL database (Excel spreadsheet pulls the values from the database and charts it for me). This is so that I can brag about how good my constant 70+Mbps connection is :-)
Sounds great - the only problem is I'm no tech enthusiast or geek in the sense that I don't do all of these monitoring tools, servers, databases etc - so maybe it is not for the curious mind like me if I have no practical uses for it?
maybe if I could use it to design something that could automatically turn on/off and control lights easily? Or for more everyday life rather than for the technology enthusiast? Is there anywhere I can see a list of 'projects' that people have gotten Raspberry Pi's to do? Having no prior experience my only worry is a lot is out of my league and not worth trying if I buy the thing and it gathers dust?
How hard would it be for a first timer to get up to building a desktop computer? Could one theoretically build a cube computer - and how much would it cost to build something that you could run an OS on, emails, browsing etc. ? I would assume it would be significantly cheaper otherwise one would just buy a cheap laptop or desktop computer box from a shop and save themselves the trouble?
I see various types of Raspberry Pi models too - is there a good authority website that can introduce and explain the difference and pricing between the various models, what they can and can't do compared to each other in terms of the projects and work??
And more importantly do I need all sorts of gadgetry and tools to piece together something, or can you typically buy 'parts' that fit in to the Raspberry pi motherboards like a click and play sorta thing?
SOrry, such amateur questions!
There is a huge amount of information about the Pi out there, it's easy to get lost. But this is a good place to get you started: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/41vbs8/new_pe…
You can also download past issues of the MagPi (official Raspberry Pi magazine) from here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/
Thanks a heap for the reddit link - will bookmark it.
The MagPi looks good - guess it's not free though for the cheapo ozb in me? Looks like you'd have to buy it in print or pay for an electronic back issue??
@SaberX: You can download them for free. If you either click into each issue or on the "Get Issue" button, there will be a "Download Free" button that downloads the PDF. I'll probably fail my Ozbargain membership if I mention something not free while there are lots of other free resources out there. :)
Just had a look myself and issue 49 seems like a good first one to check out as it's got a beginner's guide.
Oh, great! I clicked a magazine and it had the 'print' thing mentioned and the like so I never went past that - assumed you had to pay.
Thanks - I will note down issue #49 for the record. Will haveto remember to get the PDF tonight before I Forget, when I get back home. Just to see what sort of projects and things Pi can do, and whether I'll take it further then. :)
If I only buy stuff not Made in China, I have to deal with all these over priced and lower quality products all the time. That's the deal.
Funny how the trail leads favourably toward the uk version, we are not talking about
a frying pan, or some plastic toy, we are talking about electronics which china excel in,
I'm sure that in both factories machines spit them out anyway, haha look at most of what
you have already at home, the majority will have Chinese components in them.
Build quality between the 2 are different.
Unfortunately it is true, but Chinese Govt. can't be trusted on what secretly they are doing with so many chips manf. there now for most of the world.
World need some alternatives other than China and people need to support them.when household electronics fail most of the time i'd bet it's because of the chinese/korean caps used.
Just found a new coupon for this deal:
DIY Raspberry Pi Model 3 B Motherboard - ENGLISH VERSION GREEN
http://www.gearbest.com/raspberry-pi/pp_488334.html
price:34.59
coupon:DIYGBPawesome, thanks! should post this as a new deal?
Is that the Chinese verision or the Engqlish version price?