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I have managed to buy a Pi zero for $5 at a Micro Center store.

• ihuman 8y ago
  That's only if you buy 1 https://www.microcenter.com/product/486575/zero-w https://www.microcenter.com/product/486575/zero-w >1 at $5.00 each >2-5 at $14.99 each >6+ at $19.99 each
  • jsight 8y ago
    TBH, I never realized just how strange pi pricing was until seeing that web page. 1 for $5, but if you act now, you can get two for the low price of $30! Its really strange and it makes me wonder what the real price in quantity (>500 units) is.
    • bpye 8y ago
      The Pi Zero pricing is entirely to get them into the hands of people. I seem to recall reading somewhere that volume pricing is similar to that of the Raspberry Pi Model A, which makes sense given that they are very similar just smaller.
  • mcshicks 8y ago
    You can bring a friend (or two) and they can buy one also. I'm in San Diego and last time I drove back from Northern California I just stopped by (it's in Tustin) with my wife and picked up 2. If you need many then of course it doesn't work. I don't think there is any rule about you going back in another day either, although I guess if you went everyday they might notice. They didn't take down any information when I bought them, they just handed them to me.
• jrockway 8y ago
  They were $3.14 last March. Their bigger brothers were not $22.07, though.