Memory prices creeping down?

[xenolith]

There's a stick of 256MB DDR PC-2100 SDRAM for $50 at Digi4me.com.

I know it's a Yahoo store, shipping is around $13, and it's a generic brand, but it's a good sign that the price for DDR memory is trending back down.

 

[Vette73]

Thats because most are not buying at the current prices. So alot of these stores , mostly the small ones, are stuck holding very pricy RAM they can't sell. So give a another 2-6 weeks and the prices might be bareable.

 

[Ly2n]

I don't like to reply to off-topic threads, but I will share my experence. I just ordered a 256mb p133 stick from Newegg and the day that it was shipped they lowered the price $3. It seems to be happening everywhere.

 

[Steven the Leech]

I have paid a premium price for ram a few years ago, but it does seem like RAM is high considering it costs equal or more than the motherboard you put it into, rivaling the cost of a new cpu.

I also dont buy that story about memory manufacturers losing money all last year---------------->There is not a large company in the world that will operate on a loss <period>

 

[bendixG15]

Steven, you got a lot to learn.......hope that you do

 

[JameyF]

Simple supply and demand. There is a good amount of supply out there, and little demand for memory at these prices. Real world example...TV shopping channels were selling computers decked out with 512MB of memory not too long ago when memory prices were stupid low. They advertised the hell out of that fact. Now, 128MB sems to be more of the norm. Of course this means lower prices coming if hte demand stays like it is, but don't expect it to plumit like it was. That was a different set of circumstances. I just hope we can buy quality 512 MB modules for under $100 shipped maybe by the summer.

 

[JameyF]

<< I also dont buy that story about memory manufacturers losing money all last year---------------->There is not a large company in the world that will operate on a loss <period> >>



hmmm....car companies, airlines, internet startups, and steel manufacturers, just off the top of my head. Almost all large companies run a loss for an extened period of some part of their existance.

 

[dmcgoy]

you forgot amtrak....

 

[Searchname]

<< There is not a large company in the world that will operate on a loss <period> >>



MAN, you must not own any stocks! I wish that were true, but they do it all the time. In actuality, most "large companies" run into a period where they do nothing but run at a loss. Go hit a couple of the stock boards and post the above quote in the Lucent board and see how fast you get flamed! Granted, they can't run at a loss forever!

 

[Searchname]

<< Granted, they can't run at a loss forever! >>


That's left solely for the enterprises of the US Government!

 

[jhuang0]

<< I also dont buy that story about memory manufacturers losing money all last year---------------->There is not a large company in the world that will operate on a loss <period> >>



Umm... I don't think you can make money if you're selling RAM at less than $10 per 256 MB like Best Buys was doing last year...

 

[Steven the Leech]

Steven, you got a lot to learn.......hope that you do


I doubt that i am any more ignorant than you are. Im not in the industry, but a fine example of a lg company not producing earnings "Enron" what happened to them. I beleive my tax dollars keep amtrak going as well as many others and i dont care to argue about..


The past 6-7 years memory would creep down after christmas and then rise again, influences such as terrible natural disasters also influenced memory prices.

If You make payroll, pay insurance, and rent/utilities etc for a year on the scale that we are talking about then you would have to have a prudent reserve for operatins, where do these reserves come from???? Healthy earnigs form the past??

 

[Steven the Leech]

HaHa

I do agree Supply and Demand is the main reasons for price fluctuaion


This does belong in Off Topic

 

[KLineD]

Companies WILL in some cases do just that, which is exactly what happened last year. Actually, its not only last year, its a cycle that follows this trend:

1) Ram is overpriced
2) Smaller companies start producing more generic ram, ram prices go down
3) Large companies (IE Micron) either buy the small companies, or to drive them out of business, lower their prices forcing the competition to do the same. Micron lowered their prices last year so much, they WERE operating at a loss. However, shortly thereafter, smaller companies went bankrupt cause they had no funding to keep up with micron's cheapass ram.
4) Bigger companies (micron last year) now have much less competition, and raise their prices a lot knowing that people will still buy. This pays for their losses and then some.
5) Go to first.

 

[Steven the Leech]

Well put kline

 

[knightc2]

I seem to remember that the last time we had a RAM price rise, some of the large suppliers delibrately halted production to drive up price and maximize profits. This may be what is happening again. After sales slow down, they will lower them again. Hopefully that will happen soon, I need more RAM.