Re: Marketing trumps quality
I made the mistake of buying the PoE card as soon as it was announced: it failed to supply power when a keyboard dongle was plugged in. It seems that my decision to defer buying the new model has been justified quite soon.
A full refund was available to you, and once the updated PoE HAT became available you also had the option of a free replacement: Blog
I wonder if you would have been treated so fairly with a cheap Chinesium SBC or similar device? No, you'd have been left up sh*t creek without a paddle - _then_ you'd have cause to whine about "making a mistake", but not with how the RPF have dealt with their quality issues to-date.
I don't work for the Raspberry Pi Foundation (or am associated with it in any way) but fairs fair... some people just like to complain!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
