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Re: Anyone notice a drastic HDD price hike lately? by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/22/2011, 5:14pm PST
Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) wrote:

Eurotrash wrote:

I've just finished building a new computer for someone, and I figured I'd throw in a few 1TB HDDs because they're basically free. However I ended up re-using the old HDDs from the previous machine, because it seems HDD prices skyrocketed (more than doubled) around mid-october.
Why, man?
Someone pointed out the increase is due to a disaster in Thailand, but I understand your point. I bought a new 2 TB internal SATA hard drive for $89, several months ago. Probably as much as six months ago, I'm not sure. (I went back and looked on-line for comments about it and have discovered it was around January.) Probably either Sleazegate or Wornout Digital. I hadn't thought about it because even with all the loading of basically everyything I have from the other computer I'm still only using 350 gig. Jeez, "only 350 gig"! I can remember less than 20 years ago buying my first hard drive, 80 meg, and taking it home on the bus, scared to death I'd drop it, and it cost, then $420.

It looks like I lucked out on this purchase and got it at a fairly good price compared to now.


They're taking the opportunity to collude and price fix. Save your receipts, as we will all get refunds in 6-7 years of like fifteen or twenty whole dollars.

I hope nobody else here has this misfortune.


ICJ
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Anyone notice a drastic HDD price hike lately? by Eurotrash 11/09/2011, 1:59pm PST NEW
    Yes, it's partly due to flooding in Thailand apparently. by Last 11/09/2011, 2:49pm PST NEW
        Ouch. Well, this may help boost SSD sales, at least. NT by Eurotrash 11/09/2011, 6:52pm PST NEW
        Partly = entirely NT by Entropy Stew 11/11/2011, 11:31pm PST NEW
    Yes! by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/09/2011, 8:33pm PST NEW
        Re: Yes! by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/09/2011, 8:43pm PST NEW
            "he's got a failing platter" <-- whispered behind hand to concerned onlookers NT by laudablepuss 11/09/2011, 10:16pm PST NEW
                Fucking platterati by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/09/2011, 10:36pm PST NEW
        Seagate is under the sea, motherfucker! Thailand makes half the world's HDs NT by Entropy Stew 11/11/2011, 11:34pm PST NEW
            PS: Zseni is also having sourcing problems for ladyboys NT by Entropy Stew 11/11/2011, 11:36pm PST NEW
                So in another words... Ladies with "hard drives"?!?! NT by HAHA meh 11/12/2011, 11:39am PST NEW
                oh man i missed this dig!!! by ndd 11/22/2011, 4:01pm PST NEW
    Can anyone recommend a cheap but good SSD? by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/10/2011, 8:10pm PST NEW
        so you can have a boot sector problem in another 3 months? SSDs are trash NT by Mysterio 11/10/2011, 9:53pm PST NEW
            SSDs will literally be all you can buy in two years. NT by This is Chris's Blood 11/10/2011, 10:10pm PST NEW
                that's great news for manufacturers if you have to replace your drives every six NT by months instead of every six years 11/12/2011, 12:04pm PST NEW
                    Hey old man, stop being so old. NT by Women wear pants now too. LIVE WITH 11/12/2011, 3:20pm PST NEW
                        SLC will last... by Mysterio 11/12/2011, 6:18pm PST NEW
                            2 years and going strong on an Intel X25-M G2. 2012 mayan calendar etc and so on NT by Motherhead 11/14/2011, 4:14pm PST NEW
                                Intel shit breaking is always the exception and never the rule by Entropy Stew 11/16/2011, 12:34pm PST NEW
                                    The OCZ Agility-3 works well so far. Quick question, Stew: by WITTGENSTEIN 12/02/2011, 9:36pm PST NEW
                                        ssd NT by jeep 12/02/2011, 11:21pm PST NEW
                                            Oh my god by WITTGENSTEIN 12/06/2011, 4:31pm PST NEW
                                                it's super nice where the screen is like "loading..." by jeep 12/14/2011, 6:35pm PST NEW
                Perhaps I was mistaken. NT by This is Chris's Blood 05/21/2021, 9:30pm PDT NEW
                    lol NT by Roop 05/21/2021, 9:58pm PDT NEW
            This was probably true in 2008. Not so much in 2011. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/11/2011, 6:01pm PST NEW
        I've used an OCZ vertex 3 in my main computer for well over 6 months now, no pro by Eurotrash 11/13/2011, 2:20pm PST NEW
            The vertex 2s supposedly had a high failure rate, though NT by Entropy Stew 11/16/2011, 12:41pm PST NEW
                As have most other SSD brands/models. Judging from the user feedback on Newegg, by Eurotrash 11/23/2011, 2:54pm PST NEW
                    I JUST bought a new system with a Vertex 3 in it =( by WITTGENSTEIN 11/23/2011, 8:22pm PST NEW
                        This was probably true in 2008. Not so much in 2011. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/23/2011, 9:28pm PST NEW
                            Was I talking about SSD's in general or shitty OCZ's? OH WAIT THAT'S RIGHT NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/24/2011, 10:11am PST NEW
                                All my SSDs still going strong, none have died yet. by Eurotrash 10/23/2012, 1:18pm PDT NEW
                                    I bought a new PC back in Fall 2013 and got an Intel SSD on it by WITTGENSTEIN 10/29/2015, 12:47pm PDT NEW
                                        Still using all my original ssds, no problemos by Eurotrash 10/29/2015, 12:57pm PDT NEW
                                            and they're still going, same ssds, same win7 install. by Eurotrash 01/29/2017, 11:06am PST NEW
                    Fuck, spoke too soon by WITTGENSTEIN 12/08/2011, 3:19pm PST NEW
    Re: Anyone notice a drastic HDD price hike lately? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 11/22/2011, 3:10pm PST NEW
        WD 2TB is now $149, nearly double what I paid in January NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 11/22/2011, 3:19pm PST NEW
            HD prices have dropped a bit; a 2TB Seagate is $109, about $20 more NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 12/13/2011, 10:23pm PST NEW
                Anyone who needed a 2 tb should have bought then; they're now $149 NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 12/21/2011, 5:19pm PST NEW
            The WD 2 TB is now $20 cheaper NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/20/2012, 5:31am PST NEW
        Re: Anyone notice a drastic HDD price hike lately? by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/22/2011, 5:14pm PST NEW
        My first HD was 40 megs by Entropy Stew 11/23/2011, 1:59pm PST NEW
    SATA Hard Drive Pricing as of 2/20/2012 by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/20/2012, 5:28am PST NEW
        Re: SATA Hard Drive Pricing as of 2/20/2012 by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/20/2012, 10:49am PST NEW
            Git NT by E. L. Koba 02/21/2012, 1:15pm PST NEW
                Seconded by Entropy Stew 02/21/2012, 1:41pm PST NEW
                    Git was the right answer, in retrospect. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/29/2015, 2:54pm PDT NEW
                        It just werks NT by Entropy Stew 10/29/2015, 7:53pm PDT NEW
        Almost a month later; 2 TB still $129 NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/13/2012, 8:06am PDT NEW
    As of 4/25/2012 2TB is $119 NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/25/2012, 7:01pm PDT NEW
    Hard drives dropped another $5; a 2TB is now $114.99; see link by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/22/2012, 6:03pm PDT NEW
        This previously announced WD hard drive at $119 is now also $99 by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/05/2012, 3:57pm PDT NEW
    2TB drive down to $99 by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/05/2012, 3:55pm PDT NEW
    Newegg's having a big sale. 128GB OCZ SSD for $75 by Rafiki 10/23/2012, 10:46am PDT NEW
    Prices have finally come back to where they were two years ago by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/08/2013, 8:08am PST NEW
        No, they're not. WD 1TBs are still double the price they were back then. NT by Eurotrash 03/08/2013, 1:41pm PST NEW
            And no dead SSDs yet, by the way. Fuck HDDs, they're for losers and NASes. NT by Eurotrash 03/08/2013, 1:55pm PST NEW
                Mine has occasional lockups but never had the data on it just disappear by WITTGENSTEIN 03/08/2013, 2:56pm PST NEW
                    What drive is it? Actually, after I updated BIOS on my desktop for no reason, by Eurotrash 03/08/2013, 10:21pm PST NEW
            Well it's your problem if you want highly advertised Western Digital u pay more NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/08/2013, 5:54pm PST NEW
                Not really. 2 reasons. 1: I got moneyz. 2: fuck HDDs anyway. BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 NT by Eurotrash 03/08/2013, 10:26pm PST NEW
            I've not had any problems with Seagate drives and they're a national brand NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/08/2013, 5:55pm PST NEW
                AND they're a national brand, eh? Shit, can't beat that I guess. NT by Eurotrash 03/08/2013, 10:27pm PST NEW
            1 TB Western Digital HDs are double? You mean they were $40 before? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/12/2013, 4:57pm PDT NEW
                The 1TB WD Caviar Blue is now $5 cheaper at $75 NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/04/2013, 8:17am PDT NEW
        Great. When do we get our class action settlement checks? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/08/2013, 4:04pm PST NEW
            Class action? For what? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/08/2013, 6:05pm PST NEW
            I forgot one other thing about Class Actions by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 03/08/2013, 6:19pm PST NEW
            Don't get him started DONT DO IT-ahhhh too late. You did that on purpose ICJ. NT by Eurotrash 03/08/2013, 10:31pm PST NEW
    Hard drive prices have finally come back! 2TB, $85, internal OR USB by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/03/2013, 2:44pm PDT NEW
        *vuvuzela orchestra of joy* NT by crowd of poor ass niggers 05/04/2013, 12:27pm PDT NEW
    Even better. Western Digital 2TB sata drive, $79.99; see link in posting by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/17/2013, 11:20am PDT NEW
        FUCK Western Dick-ital. Seagate all the way motherfuckERRR! NT by Eurotrash 06/17/2013, 12:29pm PDT NEW
        How are they doing these days, Tdarcos? NT by Mysterio Lollerson 01/20/2017, 10:41am PST NEW
    Is this automated Tdarcos? by Horus Truthteller 02/15/2020, 11:27am PST NEW
    rpm speeds? by Grebble 02/23/2020, 10:44am PST NEW
        This is definitely a TDARCOS question by Cretinous Reprobate 02/23/2020, 4:55pm PST NEW
 
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