Interesting... That link points to a $10 markup - a 22% profit margin (assuming they buy for $45 like all of us :-) There's also a link to an Amazon-based supplier, charging a $14 markup - a 31% profit margin.
Some markup is reasonable, but these above examples feel like outright greed driven - on the backs of a non-profit org... Feels like these guys are abusing distributor privileges. I think folks would rather pay those artificial premiums to http://beagleboard.org/ towards supporting software dev ;?) Even a small $10 premium, over say 30,000 future units would fetch enough to hire 2~3 fulltime developers. Why doesn't the org setup a paypal acct or some such, and have individuals directly buy from them - maybe charging a reasonable amount for S/H overheads, even using the help of volunteers. /venkat On Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:02:42 AM UTC-8, David Anders wrote: > > ... > https://specialcomp.com/beaglebone/index.htm > ... > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
