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Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] WallEx@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So what is the price supposed to be? I'm seeing ~90€ for the 8gb variant

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

MSRP is $80 I believe

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That sounds okay with taxes and stuff

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's "okay" but you can do much better for the price.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

Reduce, REUSE, recycle.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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/

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 2 points 10 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@lemmy.world 3 points 10 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@lemm.ee 1 points 10 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...