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Old 14-11-2011, 05:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I live in meerut, U.P. Dealers here are saying that prices of HDD has gone up for 3 times the original price because of flood in Thailand. Is it true in any respect?
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yes, that's true. and it will be that way for some time....
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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it's true.to be more accurate prices are gone up by ~2.5 times at places where you get the lowest price like nehru place,online shops etc.so in places like meerut increase will be more than this.
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Yep, its gone up .. I remember that my friend had bought a 500GB HDD for 2K in October, but now its about 3.4K
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:59 PM   #5 (permalink)
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check out this link -
1TB hard drive prices skyrocket 180 percent due to Thailand floods - Yahoo! News
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Old 14-11-2011, 09:19 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Wait for 5-6 months before buying if it isn't absolutely necessary.
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Old 14-11-2011, 09:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
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are all hdd of many companies like toshiba, samsung, WD, seagate are made only in thailand?
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Old 14-11-2011, 09:39 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Guys, how about this??

TheITWares - One Stop for all Gizmos!Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Looks like cheapest. What are your views??
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Ohh..!! Didn't knew. Thanks for the information
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Old 14-11-2011, 10:23 PM   #11 (permalink)
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are all hdd of many companies like toshiba, samsung, WD, seagate are made only in thailand?
mostly. maybe that's why we get them so cheap.
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