US parents scramble to find affordable laptops

With schooling mostly online for many students this year, the latest wrinkle for parents in what has already been a draining back-to-school scramble is the hunt for a laptop, with many stores sold out of popular models.

Brittany Longo, who has one child entering 5th grade and another starting kindergarten in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said she tried Target, Best Buy, Amazon and Costco before finding the laptop her children would need for distance learning.

“I wasn’t surprised so many were out of stock, given the current state of the world and how many schools and colleges are doing online learning,” Longo said.

As big box retailers struggle to keep top models in stock, some parents and students are moving to third-party sellers online to purchase computers.

Swappa, a user-to-user market for “newish tech” told NBC News it has seen a strong increase in laptop sales, particularly lower cost Chromebooks. (NBC News)

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