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Hard Disc Pricing (27 comments)

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Posted by Six16 @ 06:30 CDT, 31 October 2011 - iMsg

Has anyone noticed the huge price increase of HD's lately? They've trebled... The floods in Taiwan have really caused problems with supply, now those that have stock have drastically increased pricing :[

See here: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components...dm002.html

I used to buy these at ~�35.

The problem is it's effect my job, people want to buy DVRs with HD's and expect to pay the same price, which basically means no sales for me :[

5585 Hits

<< Comment #1 @ 07:18 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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xou

And that won't change before Jan 2012 or more :)

<< Comment #2 @ 07:31 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

By

brz

thailand actually but yes the companies were from taiwan.

no sales? damn you're defeatist. flood waters still haven't receded so the full damage has yet to be assessed aka expect the prices to stay at this level for a while. better step up your sales game or you might as well go have a crywank.

happy monday <3

<< Comment #3 @ 07:45 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #2

I did just sell 5k in cameras :)

Edited by Six16 at 07:45 CDT, 31 October 2011

<< Comment #5 @ 08:55 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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brz - Reply to #3

(:

<< Comment #21 @ 18:46 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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cyronix ' - Reply to #5

lol

<< Comment #22 @ 21:34 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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retire - Reply to #5

Motivating.

<< Comment #24 @ 06:37 CDT, 5 November 2011 >>

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Raist - Reply to #5

I am gonna go buy those brass balls, that's just awesome.

<< Comment #4 @ 08:43 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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kalston

Yeah, and it may take a long time before the prices get back to normal. Probably more than just a few months.
So silly of the manufacturers to have pretty much everything in one place and no serious backup plans.

They will still sell loads of them anyway, and the prices are sky rocketting on ebay too as you can imagine.

If only they could lower the SSD prices now :/

<< Comment #6 @ 09:55 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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tourist

trebled

<< Comment #7 @ 09:59 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Jamerio :

God damn those little brown/yellow people for being flooded and killed so you have to pay more to archive your pirated downloads!

Why not add up how much it would cost you to purchase the stuff you have on there, then use that as a basis of comparison.

All of a sudden you'll feel like you'tre getting a good deal.

<< Comment #8 @ 10:19 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #7

That's a stupid way to look at it.

<< Comment #9 @ 10:35 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Jamerio : - Reply to #8

Yet anyone with any kind of standing in the real world would agree with me entirely and disagree with you.

Good job we're on the armpit of the internet then!

Edited by Jamerio at 10:36 CDT, 31 October 2011

<< Comment #10 @ 11:06 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #9

Anyone with even a hint of logic would disagree with your second statement, so I'm sticking with my original comment.

Edited by Six16 at 11:08 CDT, 31 October 2011

<< Comment #11 @ 11:24 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Jamerio : - Reply to #10

Of course you are, you're not someone of real world social standing.

you're making posts seemingly bitter that becuase of the floods and people dying you're having to pay a few dollars more for your shit.

Of which you would not even require that space for if you were not filling it up with stuff you've no doubt pirated.

<< Comment #12 @ 11:40 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #11

Real world social standing? So you neither.

I was just stating the facts.. and the effect it's had on business. The fact I personally would have to pay more doesn't bother me. I have 2 x 500gb which is plenty and I'm not looking to purchase any HDs for myself currently. What I put on those HD's doesn't make any difference to your "argument".

<< Comment #13 @ 15:06 CDT, 31 October 2011 >>

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Jamerio : - Reply to #12

I was just stating the facts..

But you were only stating the facts because you had a problem with them due to a lack of perspective.

<< Comment #14 @ 17:07 CDT, 1 November 2011 >>

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fazz

Floods in Taiwan? You mean Thailand? :D

<< Comment #15 @ 17:43 CDT, 1 November 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #14

I'm sure my boss said Thailand originally, then he mentioned Taiwan in another email, so I'm confused :S

<< Comment #16 @ 13:52 CDT, 3 November 2011 >>

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kalston - Reply to #15

It's Thailand for the manufacturing plants but the offices are in Taiwan or something.

<< Comment #17 @ 06:18 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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Aquashark '

hang in there bro! like a kidney stone, this too shall pass

(fucking 1st world problems)

<< Comment #18 @ 06:23 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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Six16 - Reply to #17

When the Japanese distaster happened, recovery happend much quicker than everyone predicted. My boss predicts the same will happen with Thailand.

<< Comment #23 @ 21:37 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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retire - Reply to #17

Well I'm totally pissed that there's no cream for my coffee right now. Fuck you 3rd worlders, trying to be all righteously content and resourceful!

<< Comment #19 @ 09:40 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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sothis

Not to be coy or anything, but, is it out of the question to use WD Caviar Greens for example? I mean, their pricing is definately affordable, even if the price has increased the last 2 weeks.

<< Comment #20 @ 10:48 CDT, 4 November 2011 >>

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jetro

My home-made NAS suddenly became a goldmine :B.

<< Comment #25 @ 07:16 CDT, 5 November 2011 >>

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nemecel

I was about to but 2TB hd. Fuck

<< Comment #26 @ 13:50 CDT, 5 November 2011 >>

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gienon

The beauty of the pricing system. Nothing to bitch about.

<< Comment #27 @ 15:23 CDT, 5 November 2011 >>

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skint

Does this apply to SSDs as well? I have a 60gb OCZ vortex 2 I've been meaning to sell, could be a good time.

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