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Retailers Respond To HDD Squeeze By Limiting Purchases, Raising Prices

Posted by timothy on from the now-you're-ready-for-econ-102 dept.

SKYMTL writes "With Thailand experiencing its worst flooding in generations, component manufacturers have been especially hard hit. The trickle down effect is having a huge impact upon hard drive manufacturers in particular. Retailers have responded by drastic price increases and even limiting hard drive purchases to 1-2 drives per person."

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  1. Re:Price Spikes by Xemu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Classic PR tick to fake scarcity to make a bad deal appear better than it is. 99% of customers would only buy 1 anyway.
    It means that they've changed from hi-tech marketing to commodity marketing like your grocery store always uses.

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  2. Re:Price Spikes by Z34107 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mirroring is the easiest form of backup.

    *giggles*

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