Have HDD prices gone up because of shortage?

well I recently bought 1TB HD at one store in Gilmore…the price is around 3K to 4K. I bought mine for Php2,950 WD, but there are cheaper ones like Hitachi and Samsung that is Php100 less…I think its PC Options.

But I remember months ago (I think July), I bought HD 500gig for Php2,100, as I asked before, if I remember it right, it is now Php2,400.

it does. suppliers are not even selling their stocks. prices are up dramatically. some stores maintained their prices but i doubt they can sustain that. they’ll follow what the market says. price up!

even seagate sore up their prices dut to mose part of theit hdd is made in thailand. terrible.

maybe inventories for rma is also limited so my wd 1tb hdd was still on hold. =(

yes, notice ko din, yung sa isang store na pinagchecheck ko ng price.. it has gone up to around P700.. from 2k to around 2,700..

I saw stores in SM Manila selling WD 1 TB for Php5,500+. Akala ko normal price yun. Yun pala may shortage na. Haha

I hope their smart assed CEO and boards will heavely look and consider cavite, clark, subic or even cebu as their new manufacturing hub, like what INTEL is doing again. Manila shares similar floods but atleast it doesn’t last for 5 months the most is a week max. we have the worst and the most dilapilated airport in the world but atleast we don’t close it out even we have Coupe de’tat or massive civil unrest. Heck you can’t even find honda auto spare parts nowadays

toshiba and hitachi have manufacturing facilities here at our country, sadly their market share is not that big..

Just bought 2T HDD from PCX 2 days ago for P5,050.

Off Topic, but anyway, i’m working as a procurement coordinator for an AV company, and I’ve noticed that Dell in Northern California – Large Enterprise ran out of 146GB SAS 2.5in HDs (for servers), and Zones have about less than 20 HDs. it’s making my job difficult!

it’s Christmas season…pricing are going up no matter what…

here is the official word from WD

Dear valued customers:

October’s torrential flooding in Thailand has claimed hundreds of lives, displaced hundreds of thousands of residents and directly and indirectly impacted thousands of businesses. With more than 37,000 employees and manufacturing operations in Thailand, Western Digital’s business is one of those.

The human toll from the flooding is the greatest tragedy. Our highest priority is the well-being of our employees. We are relieved to tell you that all WD employees in Thailand are safe, although many of their lives have been severely impacted. Extensive efforts are underway to provide them with the assistance they need during this difficult time.

WD is deeply embedded in the Thai community and we are profoundly concerned for those who have been affected by the flooding. For the Thai people, family members have been lost, lives uprooted and homes destroyed. Many have been left without food and shelter. You can help.

WD, through the WD Foundation, is making significant contributions and matching donations by its employees on a one-to-one basis to support the recovery effort. We’ve identified the Thai Red Cross Society as the most effective means of distributing aid where it’s most needed.

Please consider contributing what you can to help the Thai people receive basic living necessities, rebuild their lives and restore their communities by clicking on the Donate Online button at the Thai Red Cross Society web site:

http://english.redcross.or.th/home

At WD we are passionate, dedicated people and are doing everything we can to minimize any disruptions in our service or delivery of our products. We ask that you, as a WD customer, remain patient with us for the next few quarters.

Sincerely,

John Coyne
President and Chief Executive Officer

Just checked, Samsung 1TB, just 2,500, now it’s 3k+.

Yup…it is up. I just bought WD SATA 2 in Sept for about $60. Pre-Black Friday and post still very EXPENSIVE!! Almost triple from cheapest place like Amazon.

It’s in fact very complicated in this active life to listen news on Television, thus
I only use the web for that purpose, and take the hottest information.