Consumer Electronics costs going up

[Guest2]

I read somewhere or heard on the news that prices will be skyrocketing come January. With this in mind if I was looking to purchase something for my pc costing ~£1000, would it be better to do it sooner rather than later or wait until next year when prices may drop as tech advances?

 

[Begbie]

With the £/$ being awful, I'd expect to see price raises on anything imported.

Possibly getting worse when Brexxit happens. But maybe not? It's always a risk.

 

[[TW]Fox]

This is just a BREMOANER LIE.

 

[TechMinerUK]

This is just a BREMOANER LIE.

There's a thread for that

Seriously though, they'll probably go up but honestly it'll probably be no more than anything else and plus next year it'll be new technology anyways. I wouldn't start panic buying parts for the sake of a couple of £ here or there

 

[malachi]

It already started, just look at GTX 1070 and 80.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Find the same item that's made in Britain, it will be cheaper and of a better quality.

 

[Nevakonaza]

To be expected,They're jumping on the "Blame brexit" bandwagon and using it as an excuse to put up prices.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Find the same item that's made in Britain, it will be cheaper and of a better quality.

Which UK made graphics card would you suggest he buys?

 

[Caged]

If you have the cash then buy it now. If it's the type of thing that gets a new version annually then maybe wait.

So, uh, 'it depends'.

Which UK made graphics card would you suggest he buys?

I think thejoke.jpg applies here

 

[Irish_Tom]

To be expected,They're jumping on the "Blame brexit" bandwagon and using it as an excuse to put up prices.

What else would you attribute the massive decline of the pound to?

 

[Uther]

Which UK made graphics card would you suggest he buys?

British Leyland Princess 1080, an absolute beast.

 

[Caged]

I got one of those and now my house is filled with diesel smog. Please assist.

 

[Jokester]

Possibly getting worse when Brexxit happens. But maybe not? It's always a risk.

Can't see the value of the pound dropping that much more, if it does, we'll all be working in factories knocking out cheap tat for the Chinese market and making a mint!

 

[Jokester]

To be expected,They're jumping on the "Blame brexit" bandwagon and using it as an excuse to put up prices.

Aye noticed this the other day, value of pound drops 15%, price of raw goods go up 50%. Blamed Brexit. Yeah right.

 

[Kenai]

Which UK made graphics card would you suggest he buys?

The one with the most sovereignty.

 

[itchy]

Am trying to remember but cannot for the life of me.

In 2008 or 2009 I was in Tenerife and the pound was like for like with the euro.
We could buy drinks with English money, but I do not recall any prices increasing in the UK at the time. I maybe wrong.

 

[koolpc]

OcUK dont need any excuse to put prices up!! lol

 

[bobbyspangles]

To be expected,They're jumping on the "Blame brexit" bandwagon and using it as an excuse to put up prices.

Not far from the truth tbh, certainly for a lot of companies.

I had an email earlier from one of my packaging suppliers, a domestic product, stating their prices will be going up by 7% because of Brexit uncertainty. Specifically, they pointed out the effect of the falling pound on crude oil prices and therefore increasing fuel cost.

Funny, as current fuel prices are the same as this time last year and still well below the 130p/l (petrol) they were in 2014.

 

[koolpc]

Scaremongering

 

[Amp34]

If anything, unless the exchange rate changes direction significantly, new products are going to rise in price more than old products (if they haven't already). Expect most companies to do the same as Apple when they released the iPhone 7 - which was increase the price in the UK (and nowhere else).