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Price point? It isnt cheap. Im in canada. Getting PI after tax/delivery is about 50$. Want a power supply, sd card and basic case? That will be closer to 100. My last netbook cost less than 200. My current phone 100. The PIs are not cheap. In canada, and i assume a great many other countries, they are very expensive toys.

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I'm sorry your import fees are so high.

But those import fees are not going into the production of the board. It's a very cheap board to manufacture and the recommended retail price was (and continues to be) one of the core principles behind the products design.

Those arent import fees. It is local distributors taking a big cut. The PI should be sold openly, without local franchise deals. If i could order one from europe i would. The import fees would be minimal. I bring prototype electronics into canada all the time. Zero import fees for small orders.

Which is pretty disappointing considering the original plan of a $5 computer. I think they lost sight of their original goals pretty early on.

Yeah, except this was never their orginal plan.

There _is_ a $5 computer (i think the zero still costs that in microcenters). But that was never the original plan

Their original goal of being a charity promoting education in computing? I think you got the goals mixed up there.

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