• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    1110 months ago

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

    • LazaroFilm
      link
      English
      2310 months ago

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

      • @tyrant
        link
        English
        1710 months ago

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

        • LazaroFilm
          link
          English
          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]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            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
              link
              English
              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.

              • @PopOfAfrica
                link
                English
                310 months ago

                I bought an old thinkcentre for $50 on ebay that trounces the Pi’s performance.

                Reduce, REUSE, recycle.

                  • @PopOfAfrica
                    link
                    English
                    110 months ago

                    I suppose looking at it from a gaming/emulation perspective. While the Pi4 was fantastic, there are definitely out there foe that usecase

                • @Aux
                  link
                  English
                  010 months ago

                  Can you attach any RPi HATS to it? No? Not an alternative then.

        • @Aux
          link
          English
          210 months ago

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

      • @ripcord
        link
        English
        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
        link
        fedilink
        English
        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…