The RPi 5 was rolled out differently then previous models. His time they dedicated initial inventory to consumers instead of larger clients and allowed retailers to do pre-orders. They just started shipping and have not fulfilled the backlog of pre-orders yet. Until that happens, you won’t see them in stock since they have already been claimed. I pre-ordered mine the first day and my estimated arrival time isn’t until some time in November.

The biggest benefit is that I was able to purchase at MSRP and know they will get it to me as soon as earlier orders have been fulfilled. I don’t have to constantly refresh the stock finder and try to order before scalpers snatch them up and resell for way above MSRP.

So same problems as the last one… it took me like 8 months to actually be able to purchase a Pi4

Pre-ordered one through Sparkfun and got it a few days ago.

I read somewhere they would decide how many to make for the second pass based on the volume of pre-orders.

They’ve been in stock here all week, shipping in 1-2 weeks.

https://makerbright.com/raspberry-pi-5.html

Rpilocator is a good resource but it’s not a full list of all sellers