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- From: noel@reg.triumf.ca (NOEL)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Why memory costs doubled
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 16:24 PST
- Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
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- Message-ID: <9NOV199216240252@reg.triumf.ca>
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- Keywords: price ram memory
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- I am still peaved that RAM prices have doubled overnight seamingly
- all over N. America and the reasons I'm getting from marketing people don't
- wash. They are still blaming the American Protectionist bill and saying that
- their cost from the distributers has gone up. Something is very fishy. From
- what I can tell the bill was only calling for 20% hike and it hasn't even
- passed yet and it wasn't due to go into effect until April 93. Why it should
- ever effect Canadian prices is questionable to begin with, even more so when
- the price rises ahead of any legislation. It stinks of speculation and price
- fixing. Why not hoard ram chips just before Christmas and a possible American
- legislation and see what the market will bear. If the bill does go through,
- then somebody has made a 20% profit on investment, even more if the shortage
- has caused the price to go even higher. I guess I'm committed to wait this
- one out until the price drops back down to a reasonable level. Maybe ram
- prices were very low but 100% increases are !#@$!@# $%^& and I'm pissed off.
-