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"MAX PER CUSTOMER: 1"

It really doesn't matter where else they "go" until they fix that right there.

(Why? Because on my workbench right now is the pi, instead of a pi; and that makes all the difference.)

That's exactly my problem as well. I wanted to hack a Pi Zero W into a presentation machine (for giving talks) and I didn't want to ruin my only Pi Zero W on account of how expensive it would be to replace (with shipping etc, it comes out to 30 euros or so).

Only for bare pizerow. Buy it along with official case, you can order as many as you like. Price raises to 18 usd per unit.

Yeah, I wish they would just charge me the real price of the Pi, and let me buy as many as I want. No need to buy a case with it.

The price was the selling point. By the time you get to $20-ish, there are better choices for an SBC depending on the task you need it for. (Unless you are new to the scene and need the RasPi community to get going, which admittedly is excellent)

It looks like "$10 wifi computer" was more of an add (loss-leader) than a real product. There still seems to be a gap between ESP32/8266 wifi enabled micros and $20 linux SBC's with built-in wifi that needs filling.

I've got 3 pi's in my desk drawer not in use. There's multiple outlet's that sell more than 1 per customer.

If you could tell me where I can get z-dubs 10 at a time for the advertised $10 price with combined shipping, I'd be eternally grateful.

Do they still enforce that? When I was working with Pi's a few years back I never had any trouble getting 5 or 6 at a time.

I had trouble getting more than one zero at a time when it was new. Maybe it's still the same in some places.

I think I've only ever bought Pi's by the handful...

Only for bare pizerow. Buy it along with official case, you can order as many as you like. Price raises to 18 usd per unit.

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