Do sellers with small stock numbers for devices gamble to shoot up prices for those?

Last Updated on May 1, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

We made very negative experiences with the LattePanda (3) Delta which was sold at Digitec Switzerland. After we reported in our journal about it, the LattePanda 3 Delta was suddenly not available anymore at Digitec Switzerland, but from other sellers which have conditions which are not as good as with Digitec and are sold at a higher price. Is this caused by a marketing gambling software, who gambles with devices with low sales rates, to shoot up prices for those?

We can see strong differences in stock which is available for different SBC – how can we interpret this?

Raspberry Pi® A+ 256 MB 1 x 0.7 GHz Raspberry Pi® stock at Conrad Switzerland, 5 pieces:

https://www.conrad.ch/de/p/raspberry-pi-a-256-mb-1-x-0-7-ghz-raspberry-pi-1299810.html?WT.mc_id=affiliate_awin_toppreise&utm_source=awin_de&utm_medium=cpo&awc=11467_1682956622_feb2d3c93962df3d8f91e133323ca798

Raspberry Pi 3A+ 512 MB stock at Digitec Switzerland, 3 pieces:

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/raspberry-pi-3a-cortex-a53-development-boards-kits-10121804

on the contrast Banana PI BPI-Zero Banana PI M2 ZERO 512 MB 4 x 1.2 GHz at Conrad Switzerland online available, 446 pieces:

https://www.conrad.ch/de/p/banana-pi-bpi-zero-banana-pi-m2-zero-512-mb-4-x-1-2-ghz-1646892.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlLXfs7_U_gIVCAmLCh2u2A2vEAQYAiABEgLbSfD_BwE&utm_source=google-shopping-de&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=shopping-online-de&utm_content=shopping-ad_cpc&WT.srch=1&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMIlLXfs7_U_gIVCAmLCh2u2A2vEAQYAiABEgLbSfD_BwE%3AG%3As

How can be interepret these numbers? Can we trust SBCs which have only a small stock? And will prices for those shoot up if not available anymore? What is your user experience with it? Write it in the comments below: