Temporary pricing changes on RAM
So the pricing will return to normal after a few months, right?
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2025
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"increased by 20-40%"
It's more like 200-300%, all of it price gouging by vendors after hearing OpenAI wanted to buy a lot.
"market prices"
"price gouging"
i want to see how chuds spin this as a result of wokeness or "socialism"
Silicon Valley is in California, therefore it is woke.
Makes sense, you never know how much or what kind of RAM the fishermen are going to catch that day.
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.
"RAM is cheap" reddit commenters in shambles
Upgrade your ram, okay reddit, let me head over to amazon and check the price...oh, $1,000 for a stick, oh okay.
OK, but then I want all the RAM in a tank at the front of the store so I can pick the RAM that I want by loudly tapping on the glass.
Running older hardware has benefits sometimes, my local e-thrift shop has DDR3 sticks for days... for now at least
simply do not game. skill issue
Is this really happening because there's techies who believe they can create AGI, if they just keep building more computer?
Nope. It's because there are thousands of C suites that are trying to get in on the hype train (money train), with varying levels of actually believing the BS. Getting on the hype train means a ton of compute so that grandma can be given wrong answers like being able to substitute ammonia for butter in cookies.
okay thanks for explaining