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Not everyone lives near a microcenter though. The pi zero W/2W comes out to like , $15+ ship + taxes and is more like $24.


Having grown up in a world where 8 bit computers with 4-16k ram (and no storage) cost the equivalent of $1000, inflation adjusted, this seems like an almost insane complaint. Hardware is so cheap now compared to software which is still very expensive to produce. A person could spend less than a $100 on a computer and make that money back very quickly doing various digital tasks on fiverr.


>make that money back very quickly doing various digital tasks on fiverr.

>an almost insane complaint

That's not the complaint. Not everything is a "I can make x money back" preposition. The complaint is "A $10 item is costing me $25." It's costing me 2.5x the price it should be. Maybe you should see it from that POV.

You can also keep going on about kids starving right this instant while I complain about 2.5x price difference, it doesn't change a thing. a $10 pi zero 2 w still costs $25, if not more given it's almost never in stock and runs out so quickly.

>Having grown up in a world where 8 bit computers with 4-16k ram (and no storage) cost the equivalent of $1000

That doesn't mean much though, does it? I'm not comparing today's costs to back when you grew up. Nor am I saying today's costs costs are worse than when you grew up. If I was, you'd be right. I am not. I am just complaining about the price I have to pay due to scalping/availability vs price something is advertised at usually.

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That being said, I understand why shipping exists, but $5 overcharge for sake of it plus $7 to ship something this tiny is a bit iffy. They literally just pack it in a soft wrap and throw it in an envelope.


I think GP's point was that it's incredibly cheap at $25 or at $10, enough so that for hobby uses it shouldn't really matter unless you are the type of person who just can't get past "I'm getting ripped off $10".

They are basically right, although I guess you should add "in much of the world".


>hobby uses it shouldn't really matter unless you are the type of person who just can't get past "I'm getting ripped off $10".

I mean, for one or two devices, sure, whatever (as was my thought process when I bought them). But then I was like, "What if I add a pi zero to this, and this, and this!" and a $15 difference quickly becomes 'expensive.'


Oh, and if you buy a thousands of PIs it's even more expensive, that is correct. Unbelievable.


A little offtop for everyone who uses comparisons that "old good days" computers/whatever were more expensive so new generation don't have moral ground to complain. Please don't forget about overall context. In that old day you could afford to buy house and don't spend the most of the income for renting. So it's incorrect to simply compare prices for one specific niche, overall context for expenses should be counted in.


What fiverr tasks can be done on a rpi type computer?

Genuinely curious.


I've been trying to get two Zero W 2s for almost two years now without getting ripped off by somebody on the second hand market. They are still nearly impossible to find for the advertised price. :(


While that certainly has been true for the majority of the last two years - rpi's in pretty much all skus have been back in stock for a few months now - to the point that even digikey has many of the skus in bulk stock

See: https://rpilocator.com/

As for Zero W 2s: In stock right now: https://chicagodist.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2


Oh, thanks! I've been watching that religiously and while you are correct the other Pi's have been available for a couple months now, the 2Ws have been absent. I haven't checked in a couple weeks now, I'm happy to see they are finally in stock!

Edit: it's a bit premature. Only Chicago Distributors have them in stock at the moment and they are limiting the orders to 1, which is frustrating because I only need 2.


Eh? Most UK retailers have it at RRP:

https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2


You can follow this account on Mastodon to get stock alerts: https://mastodon.social/@rpilocator


Let's all keep reporting them for price gouging until they get put out of business. Things that could be put to use should not be sitting in a warehouse.




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