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If you live near a Micro Center, they always seem to have them in stock. They sell them in-store only.

The one near me (St. Louis, MO) has been out of Pi 4 model B and CM4 since September. A couple CM3+ popped in stock for a few days but were gone shortly after.

Checking right now, they only have some Pi 400s and Pi 3 A+ in stock. Plus a boatload of accessories, power supplies, and cases.

At some point it might be worth figuring out a way to mash a Pi 400 into a Pi 4-size footprint.

A lot of times they get them and don't update the inventory on the website. I had the most success by just popping in once a week during a week day for a few weeks, eventually got almost what I was looking for (had to get 8gb instead of 4gb, oh well).

That’s exactly how I wound up with a Nvidia 3080 and AMD 5950 in December 2020. Microcenter is great if you’re near one.

Really? Every time I check (in the Chicago area), it's still out of stock. https://www.microcenter.com/product/609038/raspberry-pi-4-mo...

I was looking in the past week coincidentally. The website supposedly shows stock in-store, but says they're out at the local one. Suppose I could call them and ask directly if there's a possibility the website doesn't actually track stock closely.

Always great to have an excuse to go to Micro Center :)

Went to the boston one 3 times in the past month. Didn't have any kind of Pi there.

Did you ask anyone? I’ve found they often don’t have stuff out but do have it in the back.

Never tried! Maybe I'll try next time I'm in the neighborhood. Been dying to get my hands on just one pi zero for a project for months now :(

Let me see if I have a spare one.

Mayfield Hts has been out of stock for a long time, but they have the pico.

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