I picked up a pair of Raspberry Pi V1 cameras, both of which arrived unstuck to their breakout board:
Requiring the customer to peel off the white layer and stick the camera to the PCB helps keep costs low. They’re $4 if you’re willing to wait two months or $7 from a “USA Seller”.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
was the fpc plugged into the connector or was that also left as an excercise to the reader?
Not only was it plugged in, it was plugged in correctly!