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HD prices going up fast
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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