A single purchase of all the boards would only say something about the buyer, not the community.

This could lead to a long and interesting discussion.  Is the Arduino community, as it is today, enough and satisfying for all members?  This could be a good starting point for the discussion.

Anyway, good luck with your promotion

Thank you

I decided to run THIS promotion as it is, because it will help me test:

• Is the Arduino community altruistic or egoist?  If someone manages to buy all 30 boards, then I guess the community is not ready for total openness  :'(.
• Time to sell all 30 boards
• Geographic distribution of buyers
• Other metrics, if possible

I was thinking about the quantity issue...

• I don't have the capability in Yahoo Stores to limit the quantity per order.  If I can find a bypass, then the rule will be changed to limit the quantity to 1 per order.
• eBay fees are very high these days, I don't know if they will make any profit at all by reselling the boards.  If one buyer manages to buy all 30, maybe (economy of scale).
• What time do you suggest I should start the promotion?  I forgot we are living in a globalized world...

On Sunday March 15th 2009, at 10PM EST (USA, New York Eastern Time) I will be adding 30 Arduino Duemilanove boards with ATmega168 microcontroller for sale @ USD 22 each + S&H.

Here are the rules:

• There is no special link to the item, so you need to enter through the main store URL http://www.nkcelectronics.com and navegate through the store to get to the item
  
• There is no maximum quantity limit per buyer
• The offer is good until the stock reaches zero
• You have not secured the item for yourself until you complete the checkout process and payment
• Boards are new, genuine Arduino Duemilanove (ATmega168), Made in Italy
• The main purpose of the offer is to add more new users to the Arduino community.  If you already have the board or are experienced user, please pass the voice to people you know will benefit with the offer
• The second purpose is marketing:  How price sensitive is the open hardware community?  I will be publishing some results of the promotion

Depending on the success of the promotion, I will be running similar promotions in the future.

Your comments are welcome!

Note: $22* = $22 + S&H