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639 points CTOSian | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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craftkiller ◴[26 Aug 25 17:49 UTC] No.45029921[source]▶

Well shit. I pre-ordered a risc-v motherboard from DeepComputing (Hong Kong) for my framework laptop that is supposed to ship next month. They'll likely run into these exact same issues.

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1. kjs3 ◴[26 Aug 25 18:28 UTC] No.45030394[source]▶

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I had my finger over the 'buy' button for an Omlex board when I saw this, thinking "If I want it I better order before things get weird". I was too slow avoiding the weird......

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2. craftkiller ◴[26 Aug 25 18:59 UTC] No.45030735[source]▶

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I knew shenanigans was going to go down so I conveyed to DeepComputing that I wanted to wait until the product was available to place my order. 1 month after that I got an email from them stating "Our product, [...] has been available for some time now" so I believed them. Turns out they meant the pre-orders were open. So even though I knew this was coming, I still managed to fall into an international pre-order situation.

(FWIW I assume this was a language barrier issue leading to a misunderstanding, perhaps with a customer service rep that didn't review my past messages. I don't think DeepComputing intended to trick me.)

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