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- From: rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Rise in memory prices, why?
- Keywords: DRAM, memory, pricing
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.234410.25056@reed.edu>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 23:44:10 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov11.234410.25056
- References: <1ds1jhINNrqe@anthrax.solbourne.com>
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- In article <1ds1jhINNrqe@anthrax.solbourne.com> kucharsk@solbourne.com (William
- Kucharski) writes:
- > While reading article <1992Nov11.190950.15335@src.umd.edu>, I noticed that
- > josip@eng.umd.edu (Josip Loncaric) said the following:
- > >I believe MacWeek had a story on this -- I seem to remember them saying
- that
- > >the U.S. concluded South Koreans were dumping memory chips below cost, so
- > >that some penalties were applied, and the price of 1Mb SIMM went from $29
- up
- > >to $49. My memory could be hazy, since I do not have the article in front
- > >of me, but in essence the price rise involves trade dispute over dumping.
- >
- > One important thing to note is that the penalties have NOT been assessed as
- > of yet; the mere threat of penalties has caused prices to raise in
- anticipation
- > of penalties yet to be imposed. This is best compared to the way gas prices
- > rise with increasing world tensions, regardless of whether there is actually
- > any change in gas/oil availability at all. Call it price gouging, if you
- like,
- > or simply opportunism - the fact remains that no penalties have yet been
- > assessed.
- > --
- > | William Kucharski, Solbourne Computer, Inc. | Opinions expressed above
- > | Internet: kucharsk@solbourne.com Ham: N0OKQ | are MINE alone, not those
- > | Snail Mail: 1900 Pike Road, Longmont, CO 80501 | of Solbourne Computer,
- Inc.
- > | President, "Just the Ten of Us" Fan Club | "Dittos from Longmont,
- CO"
-
- It's not quite the same. A dealer who now has chips at $29, will have
- to replace his inventory with chips at $49 (to use above pricing). It is often
- more important to consider the price of replacing inventory, then to look at
- the profit margin on one particular order. In addition, DRAM is a commodities
- market, where speculation is the rule.
-
- --
- Robert Seymour rseymour@reed.edu
- Departments of Physics and Philosophy
- Artificial Life Project Reed College
- Reed Solar Energy Project (SolTrain) Portland, OR
-