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The problem with RadioShack is that you can pick up an Arduino or (probably, by now) a Raspberry Pi there, but you didn't know it.



Bingo. You got it. I visit and buy stuff at local RS stores, and yet I didn't know they sold RP there. Now I'm going to have to check it out.

Now that's something they should advertise.


They were a good place to find a Beaglebone Black when they were in short supply too! No crazy markup either.


"No crazy markup either."

Possibly, the only thing in the store fitting that claim.

Not even sure its true. Went to the website and I can burn a gallon of gas and an hour of time and pay local sales tax for $89.99. We'll round that up to $100 for expenses and annoyance. I'd pay someone $5 to fetch it for me to avoid the wasted time and having to wait in line and hear all about the great deal they could offer on a cell phone, so I feel rounding up to $100 is fair.

Or UPS can drop one off tomorrow (well, worst case, Friday) for only $67.99 and ordering it takes less than a minute compared to the agony of going to RS.

So sure, I'll pay about 1/3 less to get it from Amazon.

If I have plenty of shipping time adafruit sells then for $55 (plus shipping, they hide their shipping costs deep in the checkout process so I donno and I won't shop there because I can't compare)

Digikey will match the price $55 and they're honest about shipping estimates which would be $3.22 USPS first class (maybe), or $10 if I want UPS (eh, just use amazon) And living nearby I'll get it tomorrow or Friday at worst.

Lets be realistic, I have a busy-ish day today and I can't get out to RS anyway until maybe saturday, so Prime is not only cheaper but faster, and if I had to squeeze every penny I could save another $5 or so by ordering from digikey.


> having to wait in line

No worries there.




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