Comment on Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February
PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It’s not about how many they can manufacture, it’s about how many they actually sell to consumers. I have given up trying to buy them. It’s just not worth the hassle.
WallEx@feddit.de 5 months ago
Just checked for my country, and 4 out of 5 places had them in stock. Might be a local problem?
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The issue isn’t the stock, it’s the price gouging.
tyrant@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The registered retailers are selling them at normal cost I think? Or I got ripped off and didn’t notice 🤔
WallEx@feddit.de 5 months ago
Thought so too, but I’m not sure
WallEx@feddit.de 5 months ago
So what is the price supposed to be? I’m seeing ~90€ for the 8gb variant
helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 months ago
MSRP is $80 I believe
Aux@lemmy.world 5 months ago
£79 is official RPi5 8GB price in the UK. So €90 sounds correct.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 5 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: raspistock.com
ripcord@lemmy.world 5 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 5 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…