[maemo-developers] N810 discount code frustration

[From: Vivia Nikolaidou]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Frantisek Dufka <dufkaf at seznam.cz> wrote:
> All this is very unfortunate and it is too late now but you could have done
> some things better to minimize those issues. I'm not sure about N810 program
> but with N800 there was a FAQ page
> http://maemo.org/community/wiki/n800developerdeviceprogram/ (see "Nokia
> shops don't cover my country, do I still have a chance?")

Yes, I did read it, but all they say is that the way we use the code
is up to us... Not too helpful indeed :(

> So the best way is to have friend from that country who will buy the device
> for you, use his/her own credit card, gets the device, then preferably also
> tests the device (and handles possible replacement) and then ships it to
> you. Unfortunately you can't ship device directly to you and you can't use
> your own credit card. And most probably you can't easily claim warranty in
> your country if device arrives broken or gets broken later.

Thanx a lot for warning me about also having him test the device! I
wouldn't have thought about it myself :)

Vivia