[lug] OT Memory Prices

[Sexton, George]

A local wholesaler's prices for PC133 256MB have gone from $30 to $65 per
stick. This is since December. There is a basic cycle in the RAM business
that goes something like this:

RAM is very expensive, lots of vendors start making it.
Prices go way down
Vendors Lose money
Vendors Close fabs or exit business
Prices Go up
Start the whole process over again...


I personally have seen this cycle 4 times in the past 6-7 years. It's just
how it goes. The only thing to do is to max out your machines when you are
at the bottom of the cycle.



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
Behalf Of Charles Morrison
Sent: 17 January, 2002 8:48 AM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] OT Memory Prices


Yes, they are. I read something yesterday that indicated (wholesale)
prices had doubled in japan over the last week. We've also heard the
same things from vendors (we're looking into buying a bunch right now)
like HP. This has all happened in the last week and I don't know the
cause of it.


Bob Collins wrote:

>Has anyone heard anything about Memory Prices going up?  A salesman at
>CADCO in Louisville told me they were.  I don't see any evidence of it
>in other stores or on the net.
>
>Thanks for you input.
>



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