More time to tinker at home? Over the course of a couple weeks, I purchased four a two months back. A project I worked on inspired at least another person in my office to buy one.
> Has anyone noticed a shortage of Pi Zeros recently?
It has always been like that since day one with the RPi Zero, which was years ago.
The Zero has always been produced in very small quantities and sold at a loss so they could advertise that price, but the actual users who could get it at the advertised price are a small minority of those wanting to buy it. I gave up after 2 full years, and never regretted.
Now I'd rather spend some more quid and get different (and often much more powerful) boards that I can order in 1 or 1000 units and will be available without either being bundled with unnecessary stuff to inflate the price or locked to 1 piece per order.
Here's a big list of boards complete with spreadsheet tables to compare them.
I think this is intentional. The Pi Zero is mostly a marketing device. It's advertised at $5 but unless you happen to have a physical store selling them near you, it's not really $5 because the shipping is never free and you can only ever by one. So it's more like $15.
Still not a crazy price, of course, I just dislike the misleading advertising.
mleo|5 years ago
wil421|5 years ago
squarefoot|5 years ago
It has always been like that since day one with the RPi Zero, which was years ago. The Zero has always been produced in very small quantities and sold at a loss so they could advertise that price, but the actual users who could get it at the advertised price are a small minority of those wanting to buy it. I gave up after 2 full years, and never regretted.
Now I'd rather spend some more quid and get different (and often much more powerful) boards that I can order in 1 or 1000 units and will be available without either being bundled with unnecessary stuff to inflate the price or locked to 1 piece per order.
Here's a big list of boards complete with spreadsheet tables to compare them.
http://linuxgizmos.com/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-136-open...
It's being updated once or twice per year, however this year's pandemic could have delayed the new one.
capableweb|5 years ago
kingosticks|5 years ago
LeoPanthera|5 years ago
Still not a crazy price, of course, I just dislike the misleading advertising.
rootsudo|5 years ago