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In <6319@apple.UUCP>, dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry) said:  
>In article <3902@cisunx.UUCP> jasst3@cisunx.UUCP (sullivan jeffrey a.) writes:
>>Does anyone know anything about the $199 1Meg SIMMs being sold by MacProducts
>>USA (800-MAC-DISK)?  
>...
>	I just called and asked about 1 Meg SIMMs and the scoop is that they
>are selling 120 NS 1 Meg SIMMS (good for Plus, SE or II) for $249 a piece.
>In other words, you need to pop $498 to add 2 Meg or a grand to upgrade to
>4 Meg.  
>...
>	As to the quoted $199 price "That was an earlier price and we
>were unable to get the chips at that price."  You decide whether or not
>it's misadvertisement.  It doesn't appear that they ever had any...
>	Still looks like a bargain to me if you don't mind dealing with
>folks who will quote a price they can't meet.

In all fairness Dave, their advertizements may have gone out 6 weeks ago,
just prior to the 1 Megabit chip market went kablowie.  There was one
week in which I could get ahold of 1 Megabit chips at $15/chip, and two
weeks later that price was $25/chip, and fast climbing to $32/chip.  Toshiba
makes some 60% of these chips, and now with them temporarily out of the US
market, the other vendors are getting a windfall profit b/c they can charge
the bigger corporations who will easily eat up most of the remaining 40%
of the chip supply.

Muliplying it out, $249 is an *excellent* price for those SIMMs.  But...
that price may be completely out of line in 3 months, depending upon what
Capitol Hill decides, and how the other 1 Megabit chip vendors react.

Peter
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