SSD Price dropping......

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https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3064422/ssd-prices-fall-to-new-lows-as-pc-market-rebounds

Hope local prices reflect that soon.
 

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Already quite sometime. Eg those SanDisk non 3D chip type of SSD, 480G is price around $135 vs in the past, may be around $200 or more.
 

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LOCAL prices DROPPING? Ha Ha Ha. Maybe by like 10 dollars.

Local prices wont ever reflect that anytime soon. Our local SG retailers are too greedy+stupid for that. They'd rather live in 2013 and charge u 400 sgd for an ssd i can buy at 200 sgd on amazon :)

'High rental' la bro, thats why we need charge u 200% markup :(

Ssd prices are dropping on Amazon. Not much on Lazada or Qo10. I wonder why hmm...
 
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For me when I buy my gskill ram in May is around 310 now I see Lazada selling around 269.
 

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For me when I buy my gskill ram in May is around 310 now I see Lazada selling around 269.

Lazada selling 1TB samsung 860 evo for 369 SGD.

AMAZON sells the same including shipping to SG for 240 SGD.

local prices are dropping indeed:)

Maybe in 10 years local retailers will wake up la.
 
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I think our local retailer price on lazada for 120gb and 240gb SSDs is pretty good now, only at the bigger capacities does the price difference vs Amazon become damn big.
 

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Whatever it is, don't support local business... Landlord benefits the most. Let the physical store close down one by one..

For me, even when same price or just slightly cheaper, I would still buy from overseas.
 

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I think our local retailer price on lazada for 120gb and 240gb SSDs is pretty good now, only at the bigger capacities does the price difference vs Amazon become damn big.

Agree. At capacities of 512gb and lower, local prices are quite competitive. Above that, local prices are still charging quite a substantial premium. Particularly so for Nvme type.
 

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Whatever it is, don't support local business... Landlord benefits the most. Let the physical store close down one by one..

For me, even when same price or just slightly cheaper, I would still buy from overseas.

But how is Merdeka gen going to asset enhancement if this happens :(
 

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Agree. At capacities of 512gb and lower, local prices are quite competitive. Above that, local prices are still charging quite a substantial premium. Particularly so for Nvme type.

Now buyers are aiming for 1TB and above.
 

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Amazon prices for 500GB and 1TB is quite unbeatable cos I bought a Evo 860 1TB at around $250. IIRC, a Samsung 500GB T5 from Amazon is around $150.

Saw a 250GB WD Blue M.2 at $99 in Lazada.
 

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Amazon prices for 500GB and 1TB is quite unbeatable cos I bought a Evo 860 1TB at around $250. IIRC, a Samsung 500GB T5 from Amazon is around $150.

Saw a 250GB WD Blue M.2 at $99 in Lazada.

thanks to local price... I still can sell a few sandisk 1tb @ $2XX :D all bought from amazon bf years ago
 

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Lazada selling 1TB samsung 860 evo for 369 SGD.

AMAZON sells the same including shipping to SG for 240 SGD.

local prices are dropping indeed:)

Maybe in 10 years local retailers will wake up la.

sometimes i do humbly wonder if folks like yourself ever mildly considered that SSD (and many other tech items like CPU, Mobo etc) isn't exactly a high volume product locally ?

i am thankful for e-commerce options that has added some healthy competition and somewhat levelled the playing field; i just got a Vega 56 at a much lower price than any local offerings (even with coupons) as i found the local premium a tad hefty for my price appetite.

However, ppl have to recognize that these tech items are not big volume movers. There's really no point running a business with thin margin if the corresponding volume isn't very significant to justify it. E.g. if SSD local prices moves within 10% of Amazon's, would it translate to 10X sales vol ? highly doubt so

for smaller ticket items like mobo, storage - i'd still support local as the quantum differential is still generally quite reasonable. Peace out..
 

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Wait till november amazon black friday

prices will fall even further then.
 
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