Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter Love it!
Hi everyone,
I thought I'd take a moment to share my experience with my new Wifi adapter that I recently purchased.
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb
I'm using a System 76 Lemur Ultra (2012) and like most of their products the Wifi is Intel Centrino which is not very freedom friendly. Anyway, I digress.
The Penguin adapater worked right out of the bag. Trisquel 7 reconized it immediately and the range is comprable to my onboard card. It handles bandwidth almost as well as the onboard card and it's tiny design is a huge plus.
If you're not using Trisquel on your laptop because it relies on non-free WiFi drivers give the adapter a shot.
In the page there isn't the price, is that a new way to make e-commerce?
> Where are you reading $44? I'm reading $24.97:
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> https://mediacru.sh/XHRkfMW0wYXG
My tests show $24.97 via Tor, $40.59 from the UK, $44.00 from Sweden.
I think @Chris has some serious explaining to do...
Here's what it looks like from here:
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The prices are not that different. They're just being shown differently. Taxes in the US are lower and the taxes are collected differently. In the US the taxes are collected at the end of the purchasing process whereas in Europe they are included in the price shown of the product.
As an example:
A US receipt:
$50 USD WIFI ADAPTER
$10 USD Tax
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Total price: $60 USD
European receipt:
$60 USD WIFI ADAPTER
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Total price: $60 USD
There is some adjustment to compensate for our cost differences as well. However this recent change also resulted in the shipping prices being cut in half. We either have to increase the shipping to compensate or add it to the price of the product.
In any event you're also not taking into consideration all the 'free' services your getting from the higher taxation (which is what is directly increasing costs). In the US people who go to college have to pay back student loans and health care isn't covered by the government. Many people have to pay thousands of dollars every month for health insurance, student loans, cars, car insurance, and other similar expenses. Cars in the United States are not a luxury. They are essential to getting to work as there is no decent (or any) public transportation in most places. If your outside of a major city (and most people are) then you need a vehicle of some sort. So one way or another your going to pay for these things. Either its through taxes or through private corporations/banks/etc.
Oh, OK. Maybe, just maybe, it'd be a little bit better if you wrote what the price is without tax and mark it as being what the price it without tax....:)
OK, because your stuff doesn't come with the end user paperwork for WEEE I hadn't realised we were still paying the taxes for it and the other EU / member state levies and regulations.
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If I understand what your asking/saying the laptops/desktops do ship from the United States so they will be taxed on delivery. There is no markup on them relative to the US price. In fact there are costs right now we're not taking into consideration. The cables, keyboards, etc can add $80-90 USD to the cost. It's not taken into consideration right now. That might change as we might be losing money on them unless your purchasing other items / upgrades alongside.
The main concern I have is ensuring hardware is readily available and properly supported under free software operating systems. I also try and price stuff is its affordable to people on a budget, but there are limits. For a basic configuration of any of the laptops/desktops there isn't much of a markup. That's intentional so those who don't have a ton of cash will hopefully be able to afford something still. I don't want to see people purchasing hardware that's hostile to who contaminated with DRM, proprietary software licenses, or not properly supported, etc
I should also point out that we don't collect taxes for other countries and the prices are basically set the same as in the US (maybe a few USD more, although not everything, stickers are the same price for instance). Europe is the only one which differs as we have a UK warehouse.
I can confirm, I have three of these things and they are amazing.
if it cost $44 dollars, and they give 25% ($11) to trisquel, isn't better to buy one for 5$ and donate $39 to trisquel? just asking.
25% of the profit - definitely less than $11.
