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I have managed to buy a Pi zero for $5 at a Micro Center store.
That's only if you buy 1 https://www.microcenter.com/product/486575/zero-w >1 at $5.00 each >2-5 at $14.99 each >6+ at $19.99 each
I have had 4 different RPi boards in the past including the latest and the pi zero, and every single of them failed to work reliably. The hardware design and quality are poor. One of my board had soldering issue, another has power supply issue, another has SD card reader issue. You would run into lots of tough ones. Software eco is mostly for playing around. There're lots of frustration around but no good answers. I…
I have had 4 different RPi boards in the past including the latest and the pi zero, and every single of them failed to work reliably. The hardware design and quality are poor. One of my board had soldering issue, another has power supply issue, another has SD card reader issue. You would run into lots of tough ones. Software eco is mostly for playing around. There're lots of frustration around but no good answers. I…
I worry a bit about the SD cards (especially with the zero, which is really being overworked), but overall I haven't really had any issues.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have managed to buy a Pi zero for $5 at a Micro Center store.
That's only if you buy 1 https://www.microcenter.com/product/486575/zero-w >1 at $5.00 each >2-5 at $14.99 each >6+ at $19.99 each
I wonder if they will sell you more than one Raspberry Pi Zero? The Zero is advertised as being $5, and it makes me angry every time, because it's not possible to buy it at that price. Every Pi retailer either has a one-per-customer limit, and charges shipping, or, charges up to $15(!) per Zero if you buy more than one. So it's essentially a $15 device being advertised as $5. I shouldn't be so annoyed about it, but I…
> and I just can't get them. Why can't you just pay $15 for them?
So, until they backtrack and apologize for their disgusting anti-consumer behavior, there's no way I will buy or endorse their products in any way. There's plenty of highly competitive alternatives[1] and absolutely no need to buy from these crooks.
[0]: https://np.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/7npv6a/20_raspberry...
I have had 4 different RPi boards in the past including the latest and the pi zero, and every single of them failed to work reliably. The hardware design and quality are poor. One of my board had soldering issue, another has power supply issue, another has SD card reader issue. You would run into lots of tough ones. Software eco is mostly for playing around. There're lots of frustration around but no good answers. I…
I'm surprised to hear of so many issues. Like the other commenter, I have used a couple of them for everything from home automation and network storage, to an openwrt router. I worry a bit about the SD cards (especially with the zero, which is really being overworked), but overall I haven't really had any issues.
It has worked reliably for a few years with the clothes peg though!
Cambridge native here - the store is super cool. The look and feel is very Apple store so that probably is the fairest comparison - but they’ve managed to retain the good bits without it feeling like the chaotic jumble sale that Apple Store’s have become. Dotted around the store are live demo machines showing Python code running on Pis powering sensors etc, and tutorials showing you how to run it etc. Was really inte…
The comparison to the Apple Store (just downstairs from the Pi store …) is both apt and misleading: Apple Stores are all shiny but in essence it’s a sales room. the Pi store, by contrast, has the potential of becoming a place to geek out, to learn something new¹, and to mingle. Let’s see whether this will actually happen. As somebody else said, with luck it might become a modern version of Maplin/RadioShack. ¹ I’m aw…