๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐme ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต '๐๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต' ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง.
We have a local cafe and sandwich shop that was very successful, although owned by a woman who was so large she could barely walk and her husband, who wore one of those medical boots you see a lot these days. I wanted a poached egg sandwich, but every time I phoned the cafe both on a mobile and landline, it immediately cut off, so I walked down the road to the cafe, where I was presented with a guy who had one arm and a stressed-looking young girl. "๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ" I said. The guy told me they had purchased the cafe, but the original owners didn't know the passwords to the Google account, and BT are being arseholes about giving him the original number. So, no telephone orders, then?
While my poached egg was cooked, it was probably the worst, pointless sandwich I've ever had. The yoke was everywhere inside the kitchen foil. It was slightly upsetting to watch him chase the fast-moving egg around the plate with his drainer spoon in an attempt to scoop it up onto the toast.
I await the business to go up for sale or to go under. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
ghostdancer
in reply to dick_turpin • • •- you go to their page, you can't buy what you want
-as you're already there you may look something more and buy it
-return weeks/months later when they have the module and buy it
dick_turpin
in reply to dick_turpin • •Oh, I fully understand the technique. It's about raising desire. Many moons ago, when I was selling mobile phones, the ones that you had to carry the battery around in a suitcase. There was a ploy of handing the prospect the phone and letting them fondle it for a few minutes, and then I'd reach across and almost snatch it from their hands. You'd be amazed at their response, it was like you'd taken something from them and they wanted it back even though they didn't own it. You could see it in their eyes. I'd mess for a few seconds and hand it back, then hit them with the price. 99% of the time, they'd sign right away in case you snatched it from them again, even though I was going to because they hadn't bought my demo phone.
I think the Pi Foundation should do what most of the mobile guys do: talk about it, loan out a few presale models and then announce a release date.