PBP Coupon and Shipping Timeline

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Update August 28th: Time for another update!

On the 25th, the forum preorders ended and public preorders began. At this point, all coupons have gone out. If you did not receive yours or it has expiry issues, you need to email pinebook@pine64.org about it by this Friday (the 30th).

First batch units (the first 100) are now in production! They will be shipping out very soon.

Second batch units will start production in late September or early October. The majority of these units are 128GB, and are going to the rest of those who entered the forum preorder system. However, about 200 units from this batch were not claimed in the early preorders, and instead are being sold as 64GB units in the first public preorders.

Previous Update from August 22nd:

: Alright, so here's the current status for forum preorders!

First batch coupons (early 100 units) went out long ago. If you missed it, you'll need to message sales@pine64.org about getting a new coupon. The actual Pinebook Pros should also start shipping very soon.

Second batch coupons (1000 units) are going out now! Over the next few days, check your email inboxes.

In either case, keep in mind that your coupon is only good for 48 hours after receiving it. This is why first batch users need to get a replacement one.

Original post:

I'm starting to see a lot of users starting to get worried about how they have not gotten their coupon yet.

It's not because we don't like you or that you were too late -- No one has gotten one yet! However, as of right now, everyone who has registered into the system will get one! As of about midnight UTC on the 26th, the first batch of coupons did go out!

The sales team is in UTC+8 -- When preorders opened, it was 8pm their time, and as of my typing this (10 hours later), it is 5am! When they get back to work, that is when you might be able to start expecting coupons.

As for the distribution of coupons, I'll lay it out for you:

First early batch is 100 units. About 10 of those are going to developers. That means about 90 will be available for pre-orders. Coupons will be sent to the first 90 users to registered into the system, starting tonight (in Europe and US time zones) and over the next 72 hours or so. Those units will ship in about 4 weeks from now. 

The second batch is much larger -- 1000 units, all dedicated to preorders. These coupons will start being sent out in a couple weeks and stretch out to about 6-7 weeks from now. Units ship about 8-10 weeks from now.

I hope this clears things up.