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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. Opportunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm going to pull a few out of some machines I don't need and throw them on E-bay at some inflated prices. Profit!