Memory Prices still on the up, be quick!

UKTopGun said:
Damn I'm glad I bought that GeIL ultra low latency about 3 hours before "This weeks only" price ended for £126 now.
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Hi there

Yep they are now upto £200 and still no signs of the price increases stopping. :(
 
Now, don't you think Sir Spie should share his good fortune by way of air-freighting in those Titan Amandas and flogging them at the same price.....
 
Cir108 said:
Now, don't you think Sir Spie should share his good fortune by way of air-freighting in those Titan Amandas and flogging them at the same price.....
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Hi there

Unfortunately flying over over a tonns worth of heatsinks cost approx $4000 whereas via sea its only approx $800.

If we air freight them in it means we'd have to sell them at approx £5 higher than they are now, so best to wait. :)
 
Call it £3 more, take £2 less, and you get shot of the lot in no time. Call that £700 as testing the water.
 
Why are the prices like this just out of interest? Is there any actual good reason for this such as the suppliers having a hard time making the RAM or is it just a case of them deciding that they basically wanted more profits as everyone upgrades their rigs so they've upped the price? I remember the news before C2D and AM2 used to report something along the lines of "Yeah prices of DDR2 are high now, but once the uptake increases they should drop". So what the heck is happening? (Just out of interest, would have been buying an upgrade soon but as it stands I'd have been better off buying months ago than I would have now!)
 
Pulseammo said:
Why are the prices like this just out of interest? Is there any actual good reason for this such as the suppliers having a hard time making the RAM or is it just a case of them deciding that they basically wanted more profits as everyone upgrades their rigs so they've upped the price? I remember the news before C2D and AM2 used to report something along the lines of "Yeah prices of DDR2 are high now, but once the uptake increases they should drop". So what the heck is happening? (Just out of interest, would have been buying an upgrade soon but as it stands I'd have been better off buying months ago than I would have now!)
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Gibbo explained why on the first page of this thread.

Gibbo said:
Some say the memory makers are just a big cartel, who knows could be some truth to that.

In honesty I love memory its one of the best products to sell, at times like this margins are very high, its has close to ZERO return rate, takes up little storage space and always sells easily.

Thing is the memory manufacturers can charge whatever they wish, because no matter what we all need memory and as such everybody will pay. There was a few issues a few weeks back with a lot of memory getting crushed and hence not enough supply to cope with demand. Then no doubt prices go up to re-coup some of that loss.

Whilst there is demand prices can keep going up when demand levels off and the ICs all of a sudden have more than enough stock pricing will level and then begin to fall. Though at the moment demand is incredibly high and as such pricing will keep increasing.

OcUK is in a good position because I stocked all our shelves high before the price increases, but I have to use business sense and follow market trend. Why should I sell 5000 memory stick at £100, when I can sell them at £150 over the same period of time, make sense? OcUK will just aim to be competitive during this time and cannot recommend a good time to buy. Some could say now is a good time as prices are still going up. However if one choose to wait 4-8 weeks then prices may drop, but they may not, the price could stay high until next year. No one really knows, all I can see if prices still going up...........
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Even tho higher prices means its harder to buy ram now. It does mean theres good opertunity for normal folk to buy 2 sets now and flog the other as new later for a higher price getting profit. If i had the money i would do this hehe.

Glad i got my geil value ram 2gb in feb when it cost about 114 quid. As now it costs about £160-180 ish from ocuk right now. If i sold it for £140 id get the money probably and just use some old ram till prices back down. But cant be bothered so keeping the geil. :)
 
Bane said:
Is the same happening with DDR? As I've only been monitoring DDR2 prices
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Yup DDR has gone up even more and won't ever come back down and in a few months times you may even struggle to get. Its already nearly impossible to get decent clocking DDR now as all production has been switched to DDR2.
 
Bah, looks like my decision to upgrade to 2GB is at exactly the worst time ever!
No way can I afford it now, looks like I'll have to settle for some 2nd hand generic sticks, if I can find any that is.
 
Cir108 said:
Fashion is not an opinion. Fashion is wanton desire unleashed through the prompting by those who thinks, imagine, coax, persuade, demand, etc,
If you want to rant about how informed on society you are then please go to the GD forums and leave us to talk about rising RAM prices.
That is all
Bye bye
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Gibbo said:
In honesty I love memory its one of the best products to sell, at times like this margins are very high, its has close to ZERO return rate, takes up little storage space and always sells easily. :)

OcUK is in a good position because I stocked all our shelves high before the price increases, but I have to use business sense and follow market trend. Why should I sell 5000 memory stick at £100, when I can sell them at £150 over the same period of time, make sense?

I normally buy stock regular, but stocked up weeks ago on memory so we've not bought in memory from major people like Corsair or GeIL for 3 weeks now and still have approx 4-6 weeks supply. Our prices increase because we keep with market trend and as such we can remain competitive whilst making very high margin levels. Its how the memory game works and if you purchase well its how millions are made.
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Profiteering:
Making excessive profits by charging exorbitant prices for goods in short supply!

Good business practise? :confused:
 
Gibbo said:
Some say the memory makers are just a big cartel, who knows could be some truth to that.

In honesty I love memory its one of the best products to sell, at times like this margins are very high, its has close to ZERO return rate, takes up little storage space and always sells easily. :)

Thing is the memory manufacturers can charge whatever they wish, because no matter what we all need memory and as such everybody will pay. There was a few issues a few weeks back with a lot of memory getting crushed and hence not enough supply to cope with demand. Then no doubt prices go up to re-coup some of that loss.

Whilst there is demand prices can keep going up when demand levels off and the ICs all of a sudden have more than enough stock pricing will level and then begin to fall. Though at the moment demand is incredibly high and as such pricing will keep increasing.

OcUK is in a good position because I stocked all our shelves high before the price increases, but I have to use business sense and follow market trend. Why should I sell 5000 memory stick at £100, when I can sell them at £150 over the same period of time, make sense? OcUK will just aim to be competitive during this time and cannot recommend a good time to buy. Some could say now is a good time as prices are still going up. However if one choose to wait 4-8 weeks then prices may drop, but they may not, the price could stay high until next year. No one really knows, all I can see if prices still going up...........
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Honest answer... Thanks.

I don't like bUll, it's good to see these guys can stand up and say it as it is.
 
why has memory gone up exactly? whats the reason, sorry if someone sed it earlier in this thread im tired and reading hurts my eyes.
 
could it be anything to do with DDR3 Hovering about 2007? im sure they just wonna rake in a lot before launching DDR3?

I dunno i wanted a set of Geil 800mhz 4-4-4-12's, but they rocketed! damn it! :(
 
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