[xmichael99]

so dumb...

"I’m sorry to disappoint but I won’t be building a cluster or decorating my walls with them! In fact I don’t have a project planned for these instead they will be sold on starting at £4 for a “Model A” and up to £9 for a fully boxed un-repaired Model B. I’m not doing this to make a quick buck I’m doing it for the blog content and the experience and to hopefully provide you guys with some very cheap Raspberry Pi’s for your projects!"

[aphrax]

Seems reasonable to me...

[14u2c]

The odd part is this:

> £9 for a fully boxed un-repaired Model B.

Why is he selling them un-repaired if the whole point is repairing them?

[pottertheotter]

I think that he means there was nothing broken so it didn't require repairs.

[jamesmd]

Exactly that!

[imtringued]

He only has to sell 7 units to break even.

[Jonnax]

Why is it dumb to repair electronics?

It reduces e-waste.

[stopChanging]

"not doing this to make a quick buck"

yet its a blog site absolutely new-years-eve-plastered with ads and user hostile content

[jamesmd]

Whilst the ad revenue normally doesn’t even cover the hosting costs of the site - which isn’t even expensive! It does give me the motivation to write more content.

If you don’t like ads feel free to use an Adblock - I use https://adblockplus.org/

If you want to buy a Pi for a very low price you could even setup pihole: https://pi-hole.net/

There’s nothing misleading when I say I’m not doing this to make a quick buck. I’m really not it’s just a lockdown project as there really isn’t much else to do in my spare time.

[jamesmd]

Also I do appreciate the feedback, I have tamed down the ads on the site- I’m usually behind my pihole so didn’t realise quite how annoying they were.

[k12sosse]

Instant "I'm outta here" design. Thanks for speaking up, sometimes I just feel like an old man yelling at kids to get off my web, but this person is managing to nail every one of my pet peeves.

[kelnos]

Do you not use an adblocker? The internet is generally unbearable without one. With ublock origin I don't see any ads at all on his blog.