Rickta59 589 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I thought the usb to serial part alone of worth the $4.30.jeez that is the part that causes the most problems. Order a usb dongle from ebay for less than $4.30 and you will be much happier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I'm catching up to this. Wish there was a warning. Was anyone aware the price was going to jump? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spirilis 1,265 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Don't think so... I think elpaso observed it first! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cubeberg 540 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Don't think so... I think elpaso observed it first! Yeah - Larissa (TI) said she was disappointed about the lack of communication. It would have been nice if they announced that they were raising the price in a month - not switching it suddenly. Thankfully - I've got enough boards that I'll be set for quite a while. I honestly think that someone at TI heard and dropped the price back for a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 So do we know what the final price is going to be? Can someone from Texas Instruments please comment on this officially? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 It is still $4.30 now.. an official announcement will be great. Some grace period for the current price, say one month, will be even better if $9.9 will become a reality.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elpaso 15 Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Yes, still 4.30 $. Given the huge amount of different places (web pages, videos etc.) where the price is loudly advertised as 4.30 they are maybe collecting all changes before rising the price. Or more hopefully, they have changed their mind and they'll stick to 4.30 :grin: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner84 466 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Anyway, this rumor pushed me to finally order a second (and third) board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Just checked, it is still $4.30. Hard decision to click the Checkout button full of LPs Maybe we will see 430 LPs from time to time listed on TIDeals if $4.3 is to become history? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Ordered five! That should keep me for a while. ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirPatrick 35 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Haha I ordered five as well. I bet they saw a jump in sales. What if it is just a marketing gag? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 $5 now at estore ### Part Number: MSP-EXP430G2 Availability: On Backorder Ships in 2 to 4 weeks. Our Price: $5.00 Quantity: 1 (min 1, max 30) ### $4.3 is history now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GG430 53 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Remember, TI's website is run by a finite number of monkeys... I start to believe it ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rockets4kids 204 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Raising the price from $4.30 to $5 is even more stupid than raising it to $10. It is probably going to cost them more to update the web site and all the associated documentation than they are going to recover in some time. Heck, they didn't even bother to update the price in the description of the item on that very page in the web store itself! I'm guessing that some bean counter got bent out of shape at how much they were "losing" on each sale and demanded a price increase. Then, when they realized that at $10 they were overpricing ST's Discovery F0 board -- whose Cortex M0 chip is targeted very closely at the MSP430 market -- they had to back off from the $10 price point. But no, rather than just bail on the idea, they compromise on a 70 cent price increase. It seems like someone else is as bone headed as the web team. The sensible thing to do would be to increase production so they don't go on backorder, so they then don't have to send out all the backordered items via overnight post, which I am sure is far, far more expensive. Not to mention the fact that they are keeping potential customers waiting 2-4 weeks in the process. If any of you TI people are out there reading this, consider yourself slapped silly by the clue-by-four. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Then, when they realized that at $10 they were overpricing ST's Discovery F0 board -- whose Cortex M0 chip is targeted very closely at the MSP430 market -- they had to back off from the $10 price point I was thinking along the same line too.. was thinking for $3 more I can have the StellarPad. But still, the 430LP is still attractive to me, for its DIP package, 2 chips per package, and USB<->serial on board. And for those of us living outside the US continent, free shipping is simply irresistable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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