Price Fluctuations
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No it's global but the exchange rate is the first to be hit. As it bites round the world the price of pc stuff will fall in dollars but that might only make them what they were a less than a month ago. Interestingly enough Poland is not suffering from this recession and 400,000 Poles are going back home. Wish I lived there now
The thing is regardless of the exchange rate if nobody buys components then prices will have to fall to tempt buyers back surely.
I was looking at spending £1200 a month back and now for the same parts it's going to cost me around £1400. I'm not buying my upgrade till mid December and i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that new video cards will be available and prices will be better.
I was looking at spending £1200 a month back and now for the same parts it's going to cost me around £1400. I'm not buying my upgrade till mid December and i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that new video cards will be available and prices will be better.
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Prices, if anything, will get worse. You can save a fortune simply by shopping around and getting the best possible deals.
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I dont see why the prices change when the exchange rate goes up.
If the item is in stock the supplier already has agreed a price for it with the supplier (paid for it). Only new items the supplier needs to purchase should be sold at the higher rate.
In my view its companies making more profits.
Just my 2p worth.
If the item is in stock the supplier already has agreed a price for it with the supplier (paid for it). Only new items the supplier needs to purchase should be sold at the higher rate.
In my view its companies making more profits.
Just my 2p worth.
Yeah but that stock only lasts for a week or so in many cases and then more has to be bought.
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I noticed this regarding the Asus P5Q mobos. The one i was going to get for a new build next week. 3 days ago it was around £90 now its £111.61.
Thing is, you don't know how long to wait for, cos you'd be waiting for ages!
Thing is, you don't know how long to wait for, cos you'd be waiting for ages!
Cant really be currency or crisis related if some of the other components listed above are still at the same price - case, psu, memory and DVD writer? You'd expect every item to increase if that was the case.
I see the Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail has fluctuated since this topic was posted, now £115.99 ex VAT (£136.29 inc VAT) - so its fallen slightly despite ongoing news on the crisis...
I see the Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail has fluctuated since this topic was posted, now £115.99 ex VAT (£136.29 inc VAT) - so its fallen slightly despite ongoing news on the crisis...
I could get a BFG GTX 280 OC for under £300 right now, but i really don't want to buy my upgrade till beggining of december at the earliest. I don't think all components are going up in price and from googling not all etailers prices are going up either.
Stock levels I suppose. Anything which moves quickly will go up in price first. Cases, psu's and dvd's won't move as quick as graphics cards.
And as for the q6600, 3 weeks ago it was £117.50 so is now £20 more expensive.
Well 3 weeks on and prices have gone up even further!
What cost me £538, then went up to £614, is now £656!!!
To be fair, I've had to use a different 8800GT as mine is no longer sold - so perhaps £10 to £20 should be taken off this price - but even so, the total would still be about £640....
Nearly a 20% increase!!
Interestingly, the shipping cost has come down by £3.00!!
What cost me £538, then went up to £614, is now £656!!!
To be fair, I've had to use a different 8800GT as mine is no longer sold - so perhaps £10 to £20 should be taken off this price - but even so, the total would still be about £640....
Nearly a 20% increase!!Interestingly, the shipping cost has come down by £3.00!!
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What companies in general don't seem to understand (In particular Tesco):
Costs for them increase (fuel etc blah blah), so they pass these costs onto the customer, and cut staff at the same time, and they have been doing this for a few years now.
The customer, who already doesn't spend as much due to living cost increases, sees the increase in food prices and spends even less, whilst at the same time they cannot buy many items of food they wish to buy as shelves are empty as there are so few staff.
Some companies just won't face it that they cant make the same X Billion pounds they did last year
imo the price fluctuations is the worst in supermarkets (aside from fuel obviously!).
Costs for them increase (fuel etc blah blah), so they pass these costs onto the customer, and cut staff at the same time, and they have been doing this for a few years now.
The customer, who already doesn't spend as much due to living cost increases, sees the increase in food prices and spends even less, whilst at the same time they cannot buy many items of food they wish to buy as shelves are empty as there are so few staff.
Some companies just won't face it that they cant make the same X Billion pounds they did last year
imo the price fluctuations is the worst in supermarkets (aside from fuel obviously!).
I noticed prices yesterday jumped quite a bit. The Powercolor 1GB 4870 card is now £234.99... A few weeks ago it was just £193.99.
The Intel core 2 Duo's shot up in price. The E8500 I was going to buy went up from £140 to £165 yesterday...
I could be wrong but I noticed it only seems to be products in high demand (such as the powercolor 1GB 4870 and the Intel Core2Duos) that are increasing in price, so it does make me wonder if it is actually to do with the 'credit crunch'.
The Intel core 2 Duo's shot up in price. The E8500 I was going to buy went up from £140 to £165 yesterday...
I could be wrong but I noticed it only seems to be products in high demand (such as the powercolor 1GB 4870 and the Intel Core2Duos) that are increasing in price, so it does make me wonder if it is actually to do with the 'credit crunch'.
Well the ones that are in demand run out more quickly meaning that OCUK have to buy more of them and every time they go to buy new stock the £ has dropped against the $ so prices go up.
Sell for profit!"!34
Yea but whatever he buys to replace it will be proportionally more expensive, so no dice!
It's pretty obvious that high demand products are gonna rise in price as the cost of replacing them has drastically increased over the past month or two.
Anyway from my perspective it seems like it's a good time to just sit back and wait. Now that etailers have shown us how cheap hardware can be I'm not gonna be splashing the cash anytime soon until they drop down to those levels again or we get some new top kit coming out at good prices. I did fancy a new PSU when they were under 10p/W for a quality brand but I'll just hold my horses until things get back to normal. I suspect Sterling won't fall much further and sooner or later some bad news will hit the US economy and see it start to creep back up again.
I was fortunate enough to bag a GTX280 for £242 a couple of months back as I'd noticed prices starting to creep up. In fact OcUK is actually a pretty good barometer for pricing trends; if you notice them hiking their prices, it may be time to start looking around and grabbing the gear you want before the prices go up across the board.
Anyway from my perspective it seems like it's a good time to just sit back and wait. Now that etailers have shown us how cheap hardware can be I'm not gonna be splashing the cash anytime soon until they drop down to those levels again or we get some new top kit coming out at good prices. I did fancy a new PSU when they were under 10p/W for a quality brand but I'll just hold my horses until things get back to normal. I suspect Sterling won't fall much further and sooner or later some bad news will hit the US economy and see it start to creep back up again.
I was fortunate enough to bag a GTX280 for £242 a couple of months back as I'd noticed prices starting to creep up. In fact OcUK is actually a pretty good barometer for pricing trends; if you notice them hiking their prices, it may be time to start looking around and grabbing the gear you want before the prices go up across the board.
The supermarkets need to keep their shareholders happy, which they can only do by making a large profit and paying out nice dividends. If they didn't then investors would lose interest and put their money elsewhere. Then they wouldn't have the cash to build new supermarkets, open new depots, replace ageing lorries, fund new ventures and so forth.What companies in general don't seem to understand (In particular Tesco):
Costs for them increase (fuel etc blah blah), so they pass these costs onto the customer, and cut staff at the same time, and they have been doing this for a few years now.
The customer, who already doesn't spend as much due to living cost increases, sees the increase in food prices and spends even less, whilst at the same time they cannot buy many items of food they wish to buy as shelves are empty as there are so few staff.
Some companies just won't face it that they cant make the same X Billion pounds they did last year
imo the price fluctuations is the worst in supermarkets (aside from fuel obviously!).