RAM PRICES

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Ok can someone please explain to me why we seem to have a few months of
stable ram prices then its starts to go up on a daily basis to silly prices?

For a 512mb pc2700 chip its gone from £35.00 to now £60-£65. Also Last
December you were lucky if you got a 512mb chip for under £100 ..

Ive just had to fork out for 20 x 256mb pc2700 chips incase the price keeps
increasing and I have to put my system prices up to high.

I hate ram!
 
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kids going back to school it happens ever year.
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RAM is a global commodity; not all school years are aligned.


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Ok can someone please explain to me why we seem to have a few months of
stable ram prices then its starts to go up on a daily basis to silly prices?

For a 512mb pc2700 chip its gone from £35.00 to now £60-£65. Also Last
December you were lucky if you got a 512mb chip for under £100 ..

Ive just had to fork out for 20 x 256mb pc2700 chips incase the price keeps
increasing and I have to put my system prices up to high.
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RAM is like an equity such as Gold. Prices rise and fall depending on
the amount of RAM chips in the market. When the manufacturers lower
their output the prices rise.

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rochyy said:
Ok can someone please explain to me why we seem to have a few months of
stable ram prices then its starts to go up on a daily basis to silly prices?

For a 512mb pc2700 chip its gone from £35.00 to now £60-£65. Also Last
December you were lucky if you got a 512mb chip for under £100 ..

Ive just had to fork out for 20 x 256mb pc2700 chips incase the price keeps
increasing and I have to put my system prices up to high.

I hate ram!
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Maybe we need a RAM-chip futures market on the Chicago Board of Trade so
system builders could hedge and keep their prices predictable. Probably
contracts should mature every week since RAM has a shorter shelf life
than something like wheat.
 
Ok can someone please explain to me why we seem to have a few months of
stable ram prices then its starts to go up on a daily basis to silly prices?

For a 512mb pc2700 chip its gone from £35.00 to now £60-£65. Also Last
December you were lucky if you got a 512mb chip for under £100 ..

Ive just had to fork out for 20 x 256mb pc2700 chips incase the price keeps
increasing and I have to put my system prices up to high.

I hate ram!
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Like the stock market, RAM prices are unstable. It's very much supply
and demand. If prices are too high, wait 2-3 months.
 
Ok can someone please explain to me why we seem to have a few months of
stable ram prices then its starts to go up on a daily basis to silly prices?
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For a 512mb pc2700 chip its gone from £35.00 to now £60-£65. Also Last
December you were lucky if you got a 512mb chip for under £100 ..

Ive just had to fork out for 20 x 256mb pc2700 chips incase the price keeps
increasing and I have to put my system prices up to high.
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The economys loose demand for ram down go the prices, then have a
demand for ram, not enough around for it, up go the prices. Nature of
the beast Im afraid.
I hate ram!
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But your PC loves it. ;-)



Christopher
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"There's a light at the end
of the tunnel" says the optimist.
"It's probably a train coming
stright at us" responds the pessimist.
 
I've been tracking RAM prices and they did jump, just when an article said they
would be going up. Strangely, PC133 is as high as newer techs. Must be
foundry output has been lowered.

OfficeMax has PC2700 256 for 19.99 after rebates, this week.

Wayne
 
The futures market was "invented" with this phenomenon in mind.
Speculators sell insurance, businesses use it to control costs.
Not for amateurs.
I use planning ahead, and the "Get a hunch buy a bunch" method, myself.
Works just about as good, volume discounts cover the 'losses".

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"There's a light at the end
of the tunnel" says the optimist.
"It's probably a train coming
straight at us" responds the pessimist.
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