OpenWrt meeting November 2024

[Jonas Gorski]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 5:22 PM Denver Gingerich <denver at ossguy.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 05:16:28PM +0100, Torsten Duwe wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:22:52 +0000
> > Denver Gingerich <denver at ossguy.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 01:06:31PM +0100, Torsten Duwe wrote:
> >
> > > > .../1005007795779282.html:
> > > > | This product can't be shipped to your address.
> >
> >       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > As Götz has already mentioned...
> >
> > > > | Select another product or address.
> >
> > > > What am I missing? AliExpress offers me (for Germany) the "Chip Board
> > > > House Store" or the "ChipBoard Development Store" or the "Chip Board
> > > > Flagship Store", probably all the same. Will these pass the 10$ donation?
> > > >
> > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007826746106.html
> > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007827097740.html
> > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007827172335.html
> > >
> > > Do the links I posted earlier not work?  Or are the above 3 that you posted cheaper than the ones I posted earlier in your region?  I'm just curious why you'd want to use these 3 instead of the canonical ones from earlier.
> >
> > See above. I was curious about 2 issues here: why didn't
> > Hauke encounter this problem and 2nd -- you answered that.
> >
> > When I search for "openwrt one" these are the only usable
> > links that show up. when I extend it to "banana pi openwrt one"
> > they are the only links after all! "Black Friday" Price is
> > 109.39€, all three. Your links OTOH give me the "can't ship"
> > message above.
>
> Thanks very much for confirming that.  I had tested this earlier and it worked, but it seems available by country varies over time.  Strangely, it still works to ship to France, Italy, UK, and Spain.  Not sure why Germany is absent from the list.
>
> We'll be coordinating with Banana Pi on this, but it may be another day or so since they're offline due to what time it is in China right now.

Since they seem to be excluding Germany only, it might be the VerpackG
law [1]. It wouldn't be the first online shop I encountered that
refused shipping to Germany for that reason.

[1] https://fulfillment-box.com/packaging-act-verpackungsgesetz/

Best Regards,
Jonas