I want to buy Raspberry Pi 3 cheaply

Hello.
I'm Mandai, in charge of Wild on the development team.

A while ago, the third generation of Raspberry PI was released.
Although it became a hot topic in Japan, it continued to be in short supply and difficult to obtain domestically.

I suddenly remembered it and looked at a few sites to buy it, but they all had prices over 5,000 yen, so I thought it was $35? I have a question...

If you sell it for 30%, resellers can make a profit.

If you were to buy two units at the domestic price, the price would be about the same as buying one more unit at the regular price.

So I thought I'd buy it at a cheaper price, so I'd like to report on how I bought it from
ModMyPi

 

Visit site

First of all, if you look at the site, it is 29.99 pounds per unit. The current exchange rate (as of May 31, 2016) is 162.54 yen per pound, so it is 4879 yen. Compared to the domestic price, it's a little cheaper and doesn't feel like a great deal.

However, this amount is not the amount we will purchase.

ModMyPi is a shopping site operated by a company registered in the United Kingdom, so the price is 29.99 pounds after tax in the United Kingdom, but those of us living overseas are not obligated to pay British tax.
Therefore, when we purchase it, the price is 24.99 pounds with EX. Tax written on it.

If you recalculate it using the current exchange rate, it will be 4067 yen, which means you can buy it more than 1000 yen cheaper!

 

Would you like to give it a try right away?

the ModMyPi | Raspberry Pi page, select the Raspberry Pi 3 - Model B (NEW) product and click "add to basket" to add it to your cart.

There are also a variety of products that come with a set of various cables (the power cable requires 2.5A, so a cheap one priced at 100 yen might not be able to handle it, so don't worry if it's an official one!).
As you will see later, there will be a shipping charge, so it's a good idea to buy together with a friend or work friend.

When you select MY BAG in the upper right corner, you will be redirected to the list of products in your shopping cart, so check the products you wish to purchase and the number of products.

You can also change the number of items here.

 

Buy now!

Once you have selected what you want to purchase, proceed to the purchase process. There are six purchasing steps, but let's take a look at each one one by one.

In the shopping cart, select "Estimate Shipping & Taxes" under "What would you like to do next?"

Then, a form will appear where you can select the destination for the product, so select "Japan" for "Country".
The "Region/State" section contains prefecture information, so select the name of the destination prefecture.
Enter the postal code in "Post Code" and press "Get Quotes". A modal window will appear to select the mailing method. Select either Airmail Global Tracked + Signed or DHL (DHL Express). Masu.

Airmail is cheaper but takes 3-12 business days.
With DHL, the fastest delivery is the next day, but the shipping cost is higher than the actual item.

Once the above registration is complete, the shipping fee will be added to the total amount, and the total amount should have changed.

Once this is complete, press the "Checkout" button to proceed to the next step.

 

Account registration

When purchasing as an individual, the only items you need to fill out are your name, email address, phone number, address, and password settings.
I don't like it when someone calls my phone number, but since there aren't many, I obediently entered it.
The trick to entering an address is to start from the bottom, Country, and work your way up.I think it will be more intuitive for Japanese people to enter an address.
Although the Post Code (postal code) is not a required field, I think it would be more convenient to include it (especially if the item is being sent by regular mail).

 

Register billing address

This contains the address of your account information, so if there are no problems, you can proceed as is.

 

Register shipping address

The address of your account information is also included here, so if there is no problem, proceed as is.

 

Selection of transportation method

This also contains the information you have already registered on the previous page, so proceed as is.

 

Select payment method

Regarding payment methods, I think PayPal is also recommended.
This time I paid with a credit card, but the next day I received a call from the credit card company to confirm that I had used the card on an overseas site.
It seems to be happening a lot lately, so be careful.

I don't have BitCoin, but it seems like it's overseas.

 

Content confirmation

If there is no mistake in the number of purchases and shipping method, proceed to the payment screen!

 

Transition to the payment screen selected by payment method

If you are paying by credit card, there is no need to worry as the structure is the same as that of domestic shopping sites.

Once you have entered your credit card information, return to the site and complete the purchase process!

After that, use the tracking ID attached to the purchase completion email to see where you are currently traveling while waiting.
In my case, I was so busy that I completely forgot about it, and by the time I realized it, I had already come to Kanto. Zuko!

As for the approximate time it will take to arrive, if you order it in the middle of the night on May 31st, it will arrive on June 7th, so it will take about a week.
I want it tomorrow, I really want it! If so, it is faster to simply purchase from a domestic vendor.

 

The world of Raspberry Pi continues to expand

Regarding the movement around Raspberry Pi 3, I thought that personal electronic work was the mainstream, but the following movement is happening from Android.

Google officially supports Android on Raspberry Pi 3 - Computerworld News: Computerworld
I'm surprised that there are people watching to see if new repositories have been added, but there were certainly empty repositories.

device/pifoundation/rpi3 - Git at Google

There is a trend like this, and I'm not sure if it will gain further momentum, but the Raspberry Pi is becoming more popular as a small-scale server to keep at home, as an introductory machine for electronic work, or as a first PC to give to a child, which is its original purpose. I hope it spreads.

 
That's it.