HDD prices skyrocketting!

He was implying HDD's of other HDD manufacturers that use Nidec motors, not SSD's. SSD's don't use motors.

Let's hope that things can be turned around ASAP, not just because of the price increases but for all those people that have had their lives displaced by the flooding.

 

No, you're not going to convince me that all the hdd motors are made in Thailand. Not with China, Japan and South Korea being major manufacturing sectors, all dwarfing Thailand. Just because Western Digital put all their eggs in the Thailand basket, doesn't mean others have.

 

Seagate is located in the driest sections of Thailand, the only way they would get any flooding issues is if more than half the Island was under the sea

 

WD was just a example. They are the major motor company for hard drives. And Check all hard drive prices they are ALL climbing.

 

That's artificial. You can always blame something, create shortage and shoot up the prices...

In anyways, why did the prices increase on the very first day? Didn't the retailers have enough stocks for a week or so? This is called price manipulation...


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Price Manipulation only works if the suckers (you guys) spend your $$.

Relax.

 

^^^^True hence why I'm waiting until Black Friday to see if I can score the specific drive I want at a reasonable price.

And OH to the guy who posted the office depot link regarding the WD Scorpio Black you CANNOT add it to your cart because they are "out of stock".

Whatever. This whole thing reeks of unfairness but I'm not one to complain. I'll simply not buy for the time being and wait/see what happens....

 

Nobody made such a claim but how many factory closures do you think it takes to make an impact, all of them?

You could have googled Nidec as I suggested and found out where their production facilities actually are but you obviously didn't try very hard enough or didn't try at all.

No, not all of their eggs but certainly a large percentage. Why in Thailand, perhaps because of infrastructure and lower costs involved in production. Lower costs can mean you get lower priced products.

Yes, Seagate Thailand is fortunate to be on higher ground but what is your point exactly? I explained to you back on page 3 that it wasn't just about WD getting flooded.

FYI Thailand isn't an island, although maybe with all the flooding which has happened across more than 2/3rd's of the country it's maybe not far off being one.

Which date was the very first day? Flooding started in July but not everywhere at once.

idk but perhaps to stop stockpiling, prices are raised quickly because stockpiling could lead to even bigger shortages and even higher prices or maybe it wasn't raised quickly enough and stockpiling has already depleted stocks resulting in higher prices.

Ranting about it isn't going to change anything, either wait until prices drop or if you really need a HDD now then shop around for the best price as suggested by other posters.

 

Trying to argue rational points with people like that is pointless. They will believe what they want to believe, which is that it's totally the fault of "teh eval korporashuns!!!11"

 

Oh so true, i think i'll mark that as the advice of the day .

But, but all the corporations are so evil!. On a more serious note, there's probably some stockpiling and prices are probably slightly higher than they could be. However, even if the facilities of some manufacturers haven't been hit by the floods and there are producers for parts like motors outside of Thailand, there is probably limited quantities of said HDD parts which leads to reduced production and shortage of HDDs. Often, it's not a matter of if they can or can't produce, but how much they can produce in a given amount of time. Add to that that WD has been hit hard and they accounted for a very large portion of all manufactured drives and you have on your hands a nice little shortage of drives. After that it's offer, demand and how much people are willing to pay for it. Hence, if you don't absolutely need a new drive, then don't buy any.

 

I guess, the early bird does get the worm. They were in stock, and added it to my cart on Sunday. Perhaps someone's been reading this thread. Who knows.

Regardless, keep shopping! I found another Scorp Black 750GB (which appears to be in stock at the time of this post) for $130.

 

I'm not in the builder business, just an end user, but my guess is some vendors are treating HDD like commodities, like memory or gasoline (petrol).

In commodity markets, pricing is not set on the price of what was purchased, but rather the "estimated" price of that item in 30 to 60 days.

 

Edit: next post sums it up.

 

My Order

Price Now of my 1TB

Crazy. I paid $122 shipped (119.99), now it's $229.

 

Supply and demand, my friends if supply falls and demand remains constant, prices will definitely increase, regardless whether the corporations are saints or not

 

Agreed. The Scorpio Black from my post this morning ... They have raised prices, and are now out of stock. Gave TheAtreidesHawk a search from this evening (local time). Lowest I could find is now just a bit above $150!

 

The worst part is I can't decide if I wanna wait and see if the prices will go back down to normal (or at least what they were a few months ago) or if I should bite the bullet and buy it now.

Cuz I'm afraid that this whole price increase won't subside anytime soon. As in months perhaps? And even with Black Friday there is no guarantee that the model HDD I want will be one of the ones on sale that day....

 

You are better off buying the 3TB HDD now, because it's only $50 more.

 

Good news: Nidec Resumes Production of Motors for Hard Drives in Thailand - X-bit labs

 

Here in NZ 2TB WDblacks or any 3TB drive is just under NZ$500 :-o

 

After speaking with some people at Amazon I was able to get the Scorpio Black (WD7500BPKT) for $134.99. I think thats probably the best I will be able to find under these circumstances. If it goes lower below $100 oh well. With my brand new replacement Envy 17 3D in the process of being built and the Samsung 830 also purchased I'll be needing it sooner rather than later....

 

Lesson learned:

Buy many hard drives before next flood. Sell for 60%-90% more after flood.

 

There's a Seagate 640Gb USB portable HDD for $54 in the Walmart BF Ad.

 

I am so glad I don't need a new hard drive right now; but I will be getting a SSD in a couple of weeks though s:

 

SSDs aren't affected by the floods price wise so right now is as good a time as any to get one. all i can say is that you won't regret it .