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Re:I bought 200 Raspberry Pi Model B’s and I’m going to fix ... by lebed2045 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:42AM (#25892891)
> Even the Pi Zero ($5)

may I ask where can I buy Pi Zero for 5 dollars? Even on Aliexpress (perhaps I wrongly assume it's the cheapest place to buy) there options start from $15 and up https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S...

I'm not trying to invalidate your argument in any way, just genuinely curious. Also, does anyone know the actual production cost of such device?

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Re:I bought 200 Raspberry Pi Model B’s and I’m going to fix ... by AtlasBarfed on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:44AM (#25893396)
https://www.microcenter.com/product/486498/zero-v13-developm...

it says 1 is 4.99, but multiple is 10$ when I saw it

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Re:I bought 200 Raspberry Pi Model B’s and I’m going to fix ... by AstroJetson on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:41PM (#25893914)
They are trying to get new people involved to hook them into the hobby and of course get them to buy more stuff from them. Remember you need an SD card, power, keyboard, mouse, oh look it's a RaspberryPi book, oh cool, they have a magazine and suddenly that $5 loss has turned into $80 of sales.

The person buying 10 at a time is just buying the boards, so no extra items other than maybe a PSU. If you really want 10 at $5 go every day at lunch, that's what I did.

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