I don’t think the ram manufacturers (like corsair, kingston etc) buy it at spot price, they have contracts and all for fixed price. since that’s the case, shouldn’t prices be sticky at least for the day?
Yea i think retailers are trying to vibe-price. Since the Spot DRAM price is completely irrelevant to them and there is no ‘free’ market for final DRAM DIMM sticks.
It’s less about the market and more about increasing prices as stock goes down during the day. With other products people would be pissed, but they have their excuse created for them by the bubble and being a slightly niche product.
The usual word for this is just price gouging. It’s a shortage.
Don’t they always sale it at market prices? Do they normally subsidize it or sell it at state set price?
Yes but normally the “price” isn’t so “volatile” that they can’t put it on the fucking sticker
I don’t think the ram manufacturers (like corsair, kingston etc) buy it at spot price, they have contracts and all for fixed price. since that’s the case, shouldn’t prices be sticky at least for the day?
they should but economics are fake
Yea i think retailers are trying to vibe-price. Since the Spot DRAM price is completely irrelevant to them and there is no ‘free’ market for final DRAM DIMM sticks.
It’s less about the market and more about increasing prices as stock goes down during the day. With other products people would be pissed, but they have their excuse created for them by the bubble and being a slightly niche product.
The usual word for this is just price gouging. It’s a shortage.
Memory cards and RAM was the first things I’ve seen eink price tags used for already 10 years ago.
It’s always market price but not like gasoline where they need to change the sticker throughout the day.