What's up with HDD prices???
About an hour ago I was checking on HDD prices for my Uncle and notice that ALL the prices seemed higher then usual. So I installed an Add-on for FireFox called the Camelizer, which keeps track of historical price data for Amazon, Buy,com & Newegg.
This is what I discovered.
WD Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s ---> http://camelegg.com/product/N82E16822136795
Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s ---> http://camelegg.com/product/N82E16822148767
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s ---> http://camelegg.com/product/N82E16822148701
And it's not just Newegg. its all the major eTailers!!!
WTF WTF WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not cool. Not cool at all...
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Makes me happy my raid 5 went last month, just replaced last month with 4 1T blacks and picked up a 2T black while i was at it and still have 3 500G left that were still good from the raid 5.
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Yeah, flood in Thailand didn't do WD any favors! :(
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Meh. This is just speculation impacting prices. I don't think there will actually be significant supply issues because of the flooding.
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This otta make SSDs a lot more attractive. That's assuming of course the flood doesn't cause a shortage of SSD parts.
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Originally Posted by
zombie67
Meh. This is just speculation impacting prices. I don't think there will actually be significant supply issues because of the flooding.
But capitalism is all about opportunities to increase profits. Happens every time..... :mad:
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That sure sucks, I'm so glad I don't need to buy any new HDDs at the moment.
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Originally Posted by
Aux10
That sure sucks, I'm so glad I don't need to buy any new HDDs at the moment.
Could impact supplies for months (6?), so I heard.
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I just dived beneath the scope....I got my 1TB WD Black on a friday....Tuesday moring the price went up about 30% here in Denmark...Come to think of it....Why the hell did I not buy 2!??!!:(