Why the large increase in WD hard drive prices?

blacksterposted 1 year, 7 months ago

Been keeping my eyes on the western digital 2tb elements 3.5" external drives from various places, just noticed that all the western digital range have almost doubled in price, looked on amazon, ebuyer and scan.

the 1tb was around £40 ish, and the 2tb around £65

They have been around those prices give or take a few pounds for months.

Am I missing something?

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whatsThePoint1 year, 7 months ago #1 Show comment toolsReply
flooding
dontasciime1 year, 7 months ago #2 Show comment toolsReply
I read a thread on here, something about a flood.
FearTheBassPlayer1 year, 7 months ago #3 Show comment toolsReply
Am I missing something?

yes
blackster1 year, 7 months ago #4 Show comment toolsReply
bassman_uk
Am I missing something?

yes

not last time i looked :P

Edited By: blackster on Oct 30, 2011 19:16
Syzable[mod]1 year, 7 months ago #5 Show comment toolsReply
They put a picture of an apple on them :D
blackster1 year, 7 months ago #6 Show comment toolsReply
ahh right is some kind of flood in their factories, does this mean you get a wet drive for the extra money
sancho19831 year, 7 months ago #7 Show comment toolsReply
Christ they have gone up a bit haven't they. There's a 2tb internal one on amazon for 150 quid!
guilbert531 year, 7 months ago #8 Show comment toolsReply
Many hard disks are made in Thailand and there is terrible flooding there, reducing number of hard disk that can be made.

Hence price rises

http://www.cclonline.com/article/217/Blog/Hard-Drives/Flooding-in-Thailand-massively-disrupts-hard-drive-availability/
master_chief1 year, 7 months ago #9 Show comment toolsReply
http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/sod-s-law-official-cool-story-bro-thread-1043236

:( from me.