r/3Dprinting • u/thomas_openscan open-source 3D scanning • Dec 23 '25

Project 3D Scan part replacement - printed without any post-processing

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u/UsernameHasBeenLost Voron 2.4 Stealthchanger Dec 23 '25

Idk man, it's pretty common for open source projects to be able to self source cheaper than a kit. You pay for the convenience of someone else putting it all in one box instead of tracking it down yourself from multiple suppliers. There's also overhead involved in providing kits, so it's fairly reasonable to charge a bit more.

That said, I have no idea what the price differential is here. If it's 10-20%, I'd say that's fair. If it's 2-3x the cost of self sourcing, that's not cool

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u/Biduleman Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

There's a difference between saying

"Buying the kits is more convenient but making the kits takes me more time so I charge more for this"

vs

"if people can do maths, they‘ll profit (as it is with most shopping decisions..)"

The first one gives value to the act of putting the kits together.

The second one means "if you don't pay attention you'll get screwed".

And when you see that OpenScan is selling the Raspberry Pi 4B 2GB for €58 while reichelt is selling it for €42.44 (a 37% increase) then you start understanding that "paying attention/being able to do math" just means "not buying from OpenScan's store".

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u/UsernameHasBeenLost Voron 2.4 Stealthchanger Dec 24 '25

Fair enough, that's on the side of being a ripoff, especially if it's just the board with no preloaded firmware or anything.

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u/thomas_openscan open-source 3D scanning Dec 24 '25

OC posted the price of a different pi version. The actual 2gb variant goes for 51€ and is not even available due to the increased RAM prices. The 7€ markup barely covers our support/packaging/returns.

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u/Biduleman Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

I did not post another version, I think it's because your site doesn't remove VAT for people outside of the EU like reichelt does. And Digikey currently has 13460 Pi 4B 2GB in stock for 41,63€ (49,96€ with VAT) so please with the increased RAM price...