[vcf-midatlantic] semi OT: microcenter sale includes $5 Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless

[Joseph Oprysko]

Well, it's one of the few companies still doing physical store retail of
electronic components.

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Glenn Roberts via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> And last time I was in the Vienna (VA) store they actually had them in
> stock! (bought one, but they were $10 then!) - so often the shelves are
> bare.
>
> MicroCenter seems to want to compete with AdaFruit and SparkFun but the
> way they display their electronic stuff is horrible - just a hodgepodge of
> stuff on shelves and pegboard.  Very hard to find anything.  Pretty much a
> linear search.
>
> Nice to have a local source but wish they were better organized!
>
> - Glenn
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-
> > bounces at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Jonas
> > via vcf-midatlantic
> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 7:17 PM
> > To: vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org
> > Cc: Jeffrey Jonas <jeffrey.scott.jonas at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] semi OT: microcenter sale includes $5
> Raspberry Pi
> > Zero Wireless
> >
> > microcenter has a sale until 10/1.
> > This seems to be part of it:
> > $5 Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless
> > (usually $10, limit 1 per person per day)
> > SKU: 240424
>
>


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