Is SparkFun shipping any of the pre-ordered Raspberry Pi-5 8gb units yet?
No, sometime between now and end-of-year is our best guess…just awaiting the things 
Can we get any clarification on how the pre-orders are being processed? I get that estimated shipping dates can’t be provided but can we get elaboration on how the orders are being shipped. I preordered eight RPI 5 items morning of 9/28. A few days ago five of the eight items in my order were in stock with the other three items stating
“This item is currently backordered. This order will ship once all items are in stock.”
And
"This item is currently pre-ordered. This order will ship once all items are in stock.
So were the 5 items that I pre-ordered like "set aside/reserved/allocated " for my order and my order is just awaiting for the remaining 3 items so it can be shipped?
OR
Does my pre-order just sit in a que until every single item in the order is in stock before its “triggered” to be picked and packed for shipping?
I’m just wondering because for example the 2 Pi 5 cases were showing in stock a few days ago but now showing back ordered. So as different items may come in and out of stock while waiting for other items to come into stock if items arent being pulled for my pre-order I’m basically getting skipped and bumped to the back of the line.
Can someone please explain the process?
So, it depends based on your selection at checkout https://www.sparkfun.com/support#BackOrders - which we can change for you if you want by contacting support (scroll up)
The order of fulfillment is by order time, and the most limited item are the boards…the accessories are likely to be allotted first, with the Pis being the usual last-added-item to an order/shipment (meaning if you want it to ship as a complete order and you were next in line for a Pi5 based on order time, we’d ensure the other parts are allocated to the order as well before allotting Pis to orders at all)
Are they here yet?
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Any updates from anybody?
I placed my Order on 2023-09-29 and haven’t even received an update or anything. That is 2 months, 15 days or 76 days with no updates. The $121.43 already taken out of my account that day. I know I pre-ordered the day of. WE just like updates at least considering you all already have our money.
FWIW - I just got shipping notification this morning for order 9906475. 2 x RPI5 8Gb, 2x active cooling fans, 2 cases, and 2 power supplies. I was able to source one from Digi-key already and could’ve sworn I hit pause order and entered a request to cancel the order.
Oh well - I guess I’ll have to find something to do with them now that they are on the way
If the order numbers are sequential then mine is about 10k behind yours. I’ll probably be getting mine next year, lol. No worries, I can wait.
Looks like I got 2 or 1440 that came in last week
Gotta take that 10,000 Order number difference with a grain of sand, highly probable many of those other orders were placed due to holiday shopping and probably didn’t have any RPI5s in their final order.
Per the email that came out last week:
"Backorder: Between the 8GB, 4GB, and kits, we have ~1600 of the 4GB on backorder and ~9700 of the 8GB on backorder
Incoming Inventory*:
This week, we are expecting 1440 of the 8GB and will turn them as soon as we receive them
By the end of December, we expect an additional 360 of the 8GB and 180 of the 4GB
Over Q1 2024, we expect to receive periodic allocations of the boards - we currently receive shipments every 2-3 weeks
By the end if April 2024, we expect all orders placed by December 1, 2023 to be fulfilled - hopefully earlier"
What order numbers have received 8gb Pi-5’s after January 15?