Where to get the RealSense F200- ALWAYS out of stock!

[jim_b_1]

Never had such a difficult time trying to buy a piece of hardware

The F200 camera was out of stock for I'm guessing several months.

Finally noticed it in stock again just after christmas. Then I spent a week trying to deal with a broken shopping cart.

Can anyone offer advice on where I might get my hands on the F200 dev kit?

[MartyG]

Wow, the F200 was showing as "in stock" only last week.

They occasionally pop up on eBay, though the seller is usually asking more than one from the Intel store costs in recognition of the difficulty of getting hold of one.  Sometimes, listings are just ridiculous though.  There's an "Ultra Rare" R200 on there right now for $480 USD + $372 USD postage - they must be padding the packaging out with bricks to make it that expensive to send.  The description is particular LOL-worthy.

 "This is a very rare, coveted camera.  Many RealSense developers that have been engineering apps for years now, still don't have one."

The F200's next-generation successor the SR-300 - not to be confused with the ZR-300 in the new smartphone dev kit - is due to be out or at least pre-orderable around Q1 2016 (Jan-Mar), though that's not much help if you need a camera right now.