I was spending $70 (with free shipping on special) on 2TB Samsung EcoGreen F4 HD204UI drives at Newegg earlier this year. They are $230 now plus $7.28 S&H. Greater than 200% increase for a drive that was not even made in Thailand. I guess I can wait to expand my HTPC storage.
Jim [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bino Gopal > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Ready for a shortage of hard drives? > > > So I just saw this now-how badly are prices affected so I can compare b/c I > wasn't tracking them before this so I don't know what a good price/price dip > is (cause I need to buy some drives to consolidate! :P). > Thanks for any info on that guys...looking at 2-3TB size depending on what's a > better value... > > BINO =
