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WD HDD Industry Will Be Supply Constrained Due to Thailand Flooding
rarely_upset:
I just hope they're down by June or so when I get around to building a new PC, the 1TB hard disk costs as much as the motherboard I'm looking at.
CharredChar:
--- Quote from: rarely_upset on January 10, 2012, 03:00:05 AM ---I just hope they're down by June or so when I get around to building a new PC, the 1TB hard disk costs as much as the motherboard I'm looking at.
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Honestly? Im not even sure if the will be at the prices they were before October by the time we get to June, if it keeps going at the slow pace it is now. Even worse, they may allow the prices to hover longer because they know people will buy them anyway, what choice do you have?
kitamesume:
worse case scenario is a monopoly lasting till 2013, best case scenario manufacturers screw their plans and just dump a shitload of funds to resurrect those dead factories, which btw accelerate the procedure.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: CharredChar on January 09, 2012, 08:30:42 PM ---Gradually being relative. Ive been checking prices every couple of weeks and it doesnt seem to change but once a month and only by ~$20. Ive seen prices drop faster before this flood and that was only because of technology advances.
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Of course. They can't instantly get all their plants back up and running. Each plant that they return to operational status decreases the price a bit more, and each plant takes a lot of time and resources to revive.
--- Quote from: rarely_upset on January 10, 2012, 03:00:05 AM ---I just hope they're down by June or so when I get around to building a new PC, the 1TB hard disk costs as much as the motherboard I'm looking at.
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Oh, they'll have dropped, yes. They probably won't be at the prices they were at before October, though, when you could get a TB for maybe $60 IIRC.
CharredChar:
I've read before the prices even went up that the plants weren't even going to be the true issue behind a price hick. It had more to do with people panicking and buying a ton of drives, which was an issue during the holidays as the stock is normally low anyway. And that those plants add such a small number to the overall supply that it shouldn't have had such a large effect if their production was the only factor. Don't you think they could have ramped up production at other plants to help compensate and either keep prices down or help lower them quickly? Find it odd that didn't happen?
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