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BobA:
Prices on HDs seem to be skyrocketing.   I used to be able to get a 3.5 inch 500 GB sata HD for 45 dollars and now they want 70 to 90 dollars.   Hang on this is going to hurt.

vorghagen:
With several HDD plants being shut down due to the floods in and around Bangkok, HDD supplies will be low and prices will be high across the board. A few I was looking at last month have gone from $129 to $229. Retailers are also putting a 2 per customer limit on many drives.

BobA:
Found a cheap source for HDDs for now.   Alot of retailers have not updated the prices of their USB attached drives so you can still get a 2 TB in an external enclosure for 110.   750 GB 2.5 inch in an external enclosure for 99.   Don't know if this will last but I think I will pick up a few before the price increase catches up.  In the US you still have black friday but who knows where prices will be by then.  ??? ???

ark_ader:
I remember like 10 years ago when there was a memory shortage I bought a bunch of 128 Dimms and made a very good profit.

I have 3x2TB drives just sitting here and I know I can make 30% profit off them right now.

wp34:
Doesn't look like Amazon has raised all their prices yet.  I just checked the 1.5 TB drive I purchased a year ago is still the same price.  Although I would have thought it would have come down some in a year's time.

EDIT -
Nevermind that post.  I didn't notice that the drive was out of stock the first time.  I bought a 1.5 TB drive last year for $79.  The same drive in 1TB size is now $139 on Amazon's site.

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