UK Distribution

[Alastair Johnson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stroller" <linux.luser at myrealbox.com>
To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" <community at lists.openmoko.org>
Sent: Friday, 23 May, 2008 12:14:29 AM GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: UK Distribution


>On 22 May 2008, at 22:29, Hugo Mills wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 05:05:47PM +0100, Alastair Johnson wrote:
>>> I was going to post this under the European Distribution thread  
>>> but it seems to have drifted off topic. Shameless self-promotion  
>>> follows...
>>>
>>> We will be selling the Freerunner in the UK. The details are still  
>>> being worked out, but if you register we will keep you updated as  
>>> things change.
>>>
>>> https://www.truebox.co.uk/trueboxportal/index.php?wk=OpenMoko
>>
>>    One thing that's unclear is whether the European distributors, such
>> as yourselves, will be selling the 10-packs as well as single phones,
>> or whether those are only coming from OpenMoko in the USA. Are you
>> able to give an answer to this question at this point?
>
> Indeed.
>
> I'm not sure if the group sales thing is going to work in my area,  
> and the £20 saving of the 10-pack doesn't bother me too much, but I  
> do want the headset and whatever "goodies" are available as part of  
> the 10-pack. I'm almost tempted to buy a 10-pack myself and whack the  
> other 9 on fleaBay, but I don't think my credit card would stand it.
>
> If Truebox can offer the goodies then I'd love to purchase from them  
> - 420 Silbury Boulevard is just down the street from me, in fact, so  
> it would be easy to collect my Freerunner the *moment* it arrives.  
> I'll pop in for a chat tomorrow, Alastair, and scrounge a coffee from  
> you.
>
> Stroller.

Things are unclear at the moment, as you say. When we have some solid details we will post an update. In the meantime I would rather not speculate.

I'll take the collection, chat and coffee part off list.

Al