Look at the messy cables between the monitors. This is how DIY/hacker shop is meant to be.
The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
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Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#22I 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…
Shipping isn't free, I don't see how it's wrong to exclude that from the $5.
Technically if you buy locally (in the same country), shipping the raspberry pi zero would fit in a small enveloped and cost probably only one dollar max. The surcharge is ridiculous.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#23I 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…
It raises a good question. Why can't they meet market demand? There have been shortages for years now.
Do they not want to?
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nobody is selling to for $5. Adafruit sells it for $10 excluding shipping, ebay sellers have it listed for about $15/10 GBP with free shipping. The price really is a lie for consumers. Maybe $5 refers to the price they sell to distributors, who need to mark it up.
Microcenter sells them for 5 dollars. This is the first unit. I happen to have one close to my home so I've been able to buy a few of them, I just buy one each time i go there. I am building retropie machines for my friends so i get them for 5 bucks. you can only buy one pi zero w for 5 dollars. but you can always come back and buy more.
It's 5 dollars for one.
If you want 2-5, it's $10 each, and if you want 6+, it's $15 each.
This is exactly my point. It's asinine to advertise it at $5. If you don't live near a physical Microcenter, it's not even $5 for one, because they charge shipping too.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#25I 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…
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Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#26Headlines that include the word "Apple" for no reason are much cooler than headlines that don't
Is there another computer hardware store you think would be a better comparison?
As far as I know since the demise of Radio Shack, Fry's is the only hardware enthusiast shop with a real retail presence.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#27Seems like comparing apples and... uh, raspberries.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Microcenter sells them for 5 dollars. This is the first unit. I happen to have one close to my home so I've been able to buy a few of them, I just buy one each time i go there. I am building retropie machines for my friends so i get them for 5 bucks. you can only buy one pi zero w for 5 dollars. but you can always come back and buy more.
It's 5 dollars for one . If you want 2-5, it's $10 each, and if you want 6+, it's $15 each. This is exactly my point. It's asinine to advertise it at $5. If you don't live near a physical Microcenter, it's not even $5 for one, because they charge shipping too.
I don't know any stores that include shipping on their price tags. But you're right, the Zeros are so popular that the MSRP of $5 is difficult to achieve without them being constantly sold out.
Hard to blame the market for correcting, they're worth way more than $5.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#29Because this headline demands a cynical response - this isn't cooler than Apple, its cooler than RadioShack.
Also, why the couch? Unless there are some coding camps at the location, I can't imagine someone (even a parent) coming in and needing to sit down. Maybe an experienced sales associate that maps out the types of activities that can be done, but I doubt that as well.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#30Because this headline demands a cynical response - this isn't cooler than Apple, its cooler than RadioShack. Also, why the couch? Unless there are some coding camps at the location, I can't imagine someone (even a parent) coming in and needing to sit down. Maybe an experienced sales associate that maps out the types of activities that can be done, but I doubt that as well.
I think it's cooler for people who actually create and hack hardware. There's a level of play and tinkering that you probably never ever experience in an apple store.