Just FYI: People have probably downvoted you because your link requires authentication (and redirects non-authenticated users to http://authenticate.rsdelivers.com).

downvote?

And I'm a bit miffed that my order's just arrived a few days ago, 7 months RS late. So obviously there's a teaching moment there I would do well to learn from. Ooh, fate, you nasty.

I wonder how many orphaned 256MB Model Bs are there floating around with RS and Farnell.

TBH, I wish I would have noticed how absurd the RS situation was earlier. I just put an element14 order in to see which ships sooner. Based on my order number, RS says they'll ship it mid November. Somehow, I feel like I'll be able to cancel the RS order with a pi in my hands.