• PlasmaDistortion
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    3210 months ago

    It’s not about how many they can manufacture, it’s about how many they actually sell to consumers. I have given up trying to buy them. It’s just not worth the hassle.

    • @[email protected]
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      1110 months ago

      Just checked for my country, and 4 out of 5 places had them in stock. Might be a local problem?

      • LazaroFilm
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        2310 months ago

        The issue isn’t the stock, it’s the price gouging.

        • @tyrant
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          1710 months ago

          The registered retailers are selling them at normal cost I think? Or I got ripped off and didn’t notice 🤔

          • @Aux
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            210 months ago

            £79 is official RPi5 8GB price in the UK. So €90 sounds correct.

          • LazaroFilm
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            210 months ago

            That’s decent. They sell for over $130 on Amazon. And that’s the issue. You can check decent stock and prices here: https://raspistock.com/

            • @[email protected]
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              210 months ago

              Yeah okay, that is way out of line, are there really scalpers, that buy raspis? 50 bucks for shipping one of those sounds like a decent business model … But scalpers suck nonetheless

              • LazaroFilm
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                210 months ago

                Yes plenty of scalpers were mass buying boards to increase the shortage. Now adafruit requires an authentified account to buy them with a quantity limit.

        • @ripcord
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          210 months ago

          There’s plenty available for sale at non-gouged prices since production ramped back up again. Last 6 months have been fine.

        • Alimentar
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          110 months ago

          Supply and demand? If you flood the market with stock, everyone can sell them and out bid each other until it’s as cheap as it can get while still turning a profit. That’s competition.

          The fact that there isn’t enough stock is why it’s so easy to price gouge…