tkrow21 Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Okay, so, here's the picture. My friend's running out of space on his hard drive, so I'm like: "yo, I TELL YOU WHAT, you can get a 1.5TB hard drive EZPZ for $70, friend." I tell him to hop on Newegg, and the 1.5TB drives are around $150, and my response to hearing this is an obvious: "wat". So I checked, and sure enough, the drives were indeed that expensive. He wasn't lying to me. Now I must ask, why the price gouging? Is it because of the tsunami in Japan? :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedCrazy Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Nope floding in taiwan. Did you not see it on the news or the thread on it. They will be up for the next year or two till the factories are back in full production. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathmineral Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Nope floding in taiwan. Did you not see it on the news or the thread on it. They will be up for the next year or two till the factories are back in full production. Yep Thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Guy Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Apparently I type to slow. Lol Edited January 10, 2012 by Lord_Guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Nope floding in taiwan. Did you not see it on the news or the thread on it. They will be up for the next year or two till the factories are back in full production. Yup, floods in Thailand will cause a shortage into next year. Prices went up because the supply is limited, and will remain so for some time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flareback Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Nope floding in taiwan. Did you not see it on the news or the thread on it. They will be up for the next year or two till the factories are back in full production. Think you meant Thailand, but yes this is the reason. Awww. bp9801 beat me to it. Edited January 10, 2012 by flareback Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Guy Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Craigslist my be your only cheap option. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Think you meant Thailand, but yes this is the reason. Awww. bp9801 beat me to it. Barely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Meanwhile stock up on memory while its cheap... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickosha Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Meanwhile stock up on memory while its cheap... You know, I am not even planning to build until early summer, but this is a good idea. The price of memory couldn't get much cheaper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskout Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Incidentally, I noticed that my current hard drive is starting to die out. I'm gonna have to look for a cheap used drive for the meantime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Meanwhile stock up on memory while its cheap... plan on doing that myself... I actually need to replace some hard drives so I will be waiting out the price increase for a while... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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