[smcl]

Hey @antirez, if you're in the comments here I have a little question. I see someone asked about availability, since it's currently Sold Out. How often did you hit the Store before a unit was available? And was it a really narrow window of availablility? I'm wondering if I should write a little script that'll fetch the page, check availability and send me a notification or whether I should just remember to check the page myself every couple of days.

[antirez]

Hi! My purchase story was atypical: I saw the device, hit the official store, saw it available and just got it. Then I discovered I casually clicked in the exact right moment... No idea about their supply chain.

[buro9]

I got one just before Christmas (in the UK), also saw it available and just bought it.

Then it went out of stock.

I shared the capabilities and a test program with a colleague (in the USA) who went onto the site and it was available again. They have one too now.

They really do seem to be adding stock as and when they receive it, so just make a bookmark and check back daily.

[4286796215]

Same for me, I got mine end of December as well and only learned they were supposedly hard to get when researching custom firmware. I waited maybe three weeks, two of which it spend in customs.

[smcl]

Ahh, interesting thanks! To be honest it's not much effort to write what I described, so I'll just dive in and set that up.

[rcarmo]

Yeah, I noticed it being available for a day or so a while back, but didn't click... :)

[smcl]

Sounds like we just need to check every day or so. Fingers crossed you manage to get one!

[comfypotato]

I’m speaking from 6 months ago. My hacker (vuln researcher) friend just convinced to buy one, I went to the store and bought one. Probably just an uptick in sales right now because of similar blog posts and the current HN hit.

[smcl]

Ah I don't imagine there are any physical stores by me that would stock this. That said I did a google search for "flipper zero site:cz" and it seems there's sometimes second-hand ones listed on ebay-like sites, so that's an option.

[comfypotato]

When I said store I meant online!

[bru]

There's new units on sale every week. Alternatively, buy a second-hand one.