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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Already sold out? Have they learned nothing? At this point they have to be doing it intentionally.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Scalp their own product and sell it for a markup just like how Nintendo does it with amibos and mini consoles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My pi 4 is worth much much more than I bought it for. It's insane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same but it's too valuable for me to get rid of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Its currently running a satellite tracker. Its a fun little project. Citizen science and all that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it's going to get scalped anyways, I would prefer we did it in the open auction style the first half year, with the RPI foundation getting the proceeds.

These scalper bots are adding nothing of value. Fuck em.

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