Newegg raised memory prices?

[oscaryu1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034

Before: $35 or so free shipping

Now: $77 with free shipping?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

Before: $50 or so (bought a set myself)

Now: $84???

Is it just me?

 

[`PaWz]

No, it isn't you. I saw the G.SKILL for $42 before, and the Corsair I think was $46

 

[johnb35]

Whats wrong with this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590

or this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231084

 

[mep916]

Whats wrong with this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590

or this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231084

The timings are a bit higher (CL5). The CL4 RAM that Oscar posted is usually more expensive.

 

[oscaryu1]

Yeah, but only for around $3 more. Weird. Whose to blame for this?

Whats wrong with this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590

or this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231084

For one, the G Skills is out of stock. Doesn't help if I want to order now, does it? Also, as mentioned, the above Corsair is CL5. CL4 is 20% faster than CL5. 20% can be quite alot to a gamer.

 

[mep916]

Yeah, but only for around $3 more. Weird. Whose to blame for this?

Probably supply and demand. Economics, young man.

 

[Calibretto]

I got my Ballistix Tracer 2GB DDR2 800 for $20 brand new

 

[fortyways]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

Before: $50 or so (bought a set myself)

Now: $84???

Is it just me?

Yes.

 

[oscaryu1]

I ain't blind. It WAS raised. Then lowered again.

 

[dsella]

I ain't blind. It WAS raised. Then lowered again.

Inflation.

 

[lion149]

higher gas prices...

 

[oscaryu1]

Haha, typical USA.

 

[lovely?]

Yeah, but only for around $3 more. Weird. Whose to blame for this?



For one, the G Skills is out of stock. Doesn't help if I want to order now, does it? Also, as mentioned, the above Corsair is CL5. CL4 is 20% faster than CL5. 20% can be quite alot to a gamer.

not literally, no. actually you will never ever notice the difference unless you overclock the sticks out of spec, in which case the higher timings will hold you back.

 

[fortyways]

I ain't blind. It WAS raised. Then lowered again.

It wasn't raised, you just caught them in the middle of adjusting the "sale" price. They don't expect anyone to actually pay the "original" price (what you saw), it's just a marketing tool so people feel that they're "saving" money on the "sale" price.

Like the "members" card at grocery stores. If you caught a grocery store in the middle of taking down one "members" price sign and replacing it with another, would you suspect them of some insidious plot to raise prices?