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    Price of RAM in Singapore

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by zephyrus17, Nov 28, 2009.

  1. zephyrus17

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    In Adelaide, I purchased a DDR2 2Gb stick of notebook ram for $36 at MSY. Here, in Singapore, where technology is decidely more "advanced" than in Australia (on average), why is the DDR2 2Gb stick on average $70? Even eBay is ~$60. Any ideas?
     
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  2. BaldwinHillsTrojan

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    small market.
     
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The price of ram went up recently.
     
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    You would know. ;)

    Tech stuff tends to be rather pricey in Singapore. Hard drives, RAM and Creative stuff can be an exception as they are sometimes manufactured locally. However, as moral hazard noticed, there's been an increase in RAM prices.

    http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/44581-ddr2-qshortageq-causes-dram-prices-to-soar
     
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    the ram price has almost increased by 50% over the year and somemore Singapore has always been more expensive when it comes to computer stuff due to taxes... shouldn't have bought my laptop from there... might have been cheaper in UK...
     
    sean473, Nov 28, 2009
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  6. zephyrus17

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    yeah.. it was so expensive it was surprising
     
    zephyrus17, Nov 29, 2009
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    just cross over to malaysia. no tax on IT stuff. the only two computer brands really cheap in malaysia/singapore are dell and acer, we dont get discounts on other brands like the us/uk
     
    afhstingray, Nov 29, 2009
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