| Rich Mingin (PLUG) via plug on 26 Jan 2023 12:50:11 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Possibly Off-Topic but looking for a "server" |
It's not scalpers, it's rabid unfulfilled demand. Raspberry Pi supply has been zero or spotty for over two years now. I build Voron 3D printers, and the most difficult component to source since mid-2020 has been and remains the RPi. I have scavenged all my working RPis into printers one by one, and my current efforts to source an RPI4 4GB/8GB at a bearable price have me considering shanking a stranger to improve my chances. If there's one RPi on the shelf at the local mom and pop, and they could sell it to you for the 60$ MSRP, or sell it to me for 100$, I'm pretty sure they'd bring up the "suggested" part of MSRP and sell for what the market bears. On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 3:43 PM John Kreno via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > > Rpi's are becoming more available, but it's a bit of a crapshoot if you want one for what the retail should be. It's all scalpers at the moment. > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 3:11 PM Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: >> >> I certainly don’t want to discourage you from buying one of Jon’s old boxes. I also can’t guarantee what they might have at Micro Center. However, they often have some sort of overstock stuff on sale there, and if you’re the in the area it’s always fun to stop by there. >> >> Walt >> >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023, at 1:36 PM, Jonathan Simpson via plug wrote: >> >> Steven, >> I have a couple boxes I used as vmhosts which I recently replaced. If you're interested I'm sure we could work something out well under $100. >> >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 1:25 PM Steven Grunza via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: >> >> Sorry for the possibly off-topic post but over the weekend I became aware that a little-used server in my basement has failed. It's an old AMD K5 based system so anything from this millennium will do. Any suggestions on where to pick up a roughly $100 old desktop type box? I seem to recall Microcenter used to have a pile of them stacked up in St. David's store but that was years ago. >> >> I'm tempted to just spin the wheel-of-luck and buy one off of ebay but thought I would see if anyone knows of a local source for a used PC. >> >> Steven G >> steven.grunza@gmail.com >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > -- > John Kreno > > The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains … an unuprooted small corner of evil. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug