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| mytymaus007:
--- Quote from: wbassett on September 01, 2012, 09:44:17 pm ---I'm still waiting for them to get back to where they were but something tells me the may never get back down to last years prices. I have 24TBs in my video server and still have 6 empty bays and some 1TB drives to replace with 2TB drives, so I am hoping they go back down at least for a little while. Looks like my arcade will top out at around 6-8TB in total storage. So by the time I have everything I need I'll be around 40TB... and probably need to start upgrading lol. --- End quote --- Nice I have 6 TB in my cab now looking to get another 2 4tb hard drives 40TB thats sick not to big on collecting videos but maybe when prices drop drastically but probably never will Damm |
| Turvey:
--- Quote from: mytymaus007 on September 01, 2012, 05:15:03 pm --- --- Quote from: Turvey on September 01, 2012, 02:48:34 pm ---Don't know about over there but I've just got an offer for a 3TB HD for £110($175) seems like a good deal to me ;) http://www.ebuyer.com/weekend-deals?utm_source=b2c_01-09-2012&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_weekend --- End quote --- seen 3tb for $99 over here last year --- End quote --- --- Quote from: MonMotha on September 01, 2012, 05:25:34 pm ---$175 for 3TB is a typical non-promotional price in the USA, but it wouldn't be a good sale. I know UK prices tend to be a bit higher than US, though. --- End quote --- Jeez! We really are ripped off over here aren't we? :angry: |
| MonMotha:
The thing to do seems to be to take the price in US dollars, slap a pound sterling symbol in front of that number, and call that the UK price. Eurozone pricing seems to follow a similar phenomenon, though the Euro is closer to the USD in terms of value than the GBP. The few times someone in the UK has asked me to send them something, they've bemoaned the outrageous import duties and taxes. That may be part of the problem: not only do your retailers have to pay those import duties, it also puts up yet another barrier to consumers simply buying direct from overseas (e.g. from US sellers or from China, etc.). Then again, the Australians seem to have a similar problem, and I don't think their import duties are as high. It may just be an issue of economy of scale in the shipping, but at the prices you guys seem to pay, it might be cheaper to have stuff shipped individually from the USA were it not for the duties and taxes. I guess your sales taxes (I guess it's technically a VAT) are higher than ours, too, and, unlike in the US where sales tax typically ignored/dodged on inter-state transactions, let alone individual international imports, you guys seem to get formally charged full VAT on imports. |
| Unstupid:
Meh... Spinning Hard Drives are so 20th century! |
| ark_ader:
The damage to the hard drive Plants due to recent ongoing floods in Thailand is the cause for higher prices. To be honest this is a good thing. It is time for SSD to get a strong foot hold in the market, and then we can wean ourselves off magnetic media which can increase our PC's carbon footprint. SSD prices are coming down, and with the new technology coming out all the time that stores more for less, can only be a blessing for tech industries. Those with huge collections, maybe it is time to start embracing cloud technology. ;) |
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