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Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February
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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2024
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The issue isn’t the stock, it’s the price gouging.
The registered retailers are selling them at normal cost I think? Or I got ripped off and didn't notice 🤔
Thought so too, but I'm not sure
So what is the price supposed to be? I'm seeing ~90€ for the 8gb variant
£79 is official RPi5 8GB price in the UK. So €90 sounds correct.
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/
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
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.
MSRP is $80 I believe
That sounds okay with taxes and stuff
It's "okay" but you can do much better for the price.
I bought an old thinkcentre for $50 on ebay that trounces the Pi's performance.
Reduce, REUSE, recycle.
I agree that's a better device but I don't think it's fair to compare new to used. You could probably buy a used Pi4 for $20, and if that is sufficient for your needs, would be a much better deal.
I suppose looking at it from a gaming/emulation perspective. While the Pi4 was fantastic, there are definitely out there foe that usecase
Can you attach any RPi HATS to it? No? Not an alternative then.
There's plenty available for sale at non-gouged prices since production ramped back up again. Last 6 months have been fine.
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...