SIMM prices skyrocket??

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From: Ruth Milner
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 23:48

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Has anyone heard anything about a sudden dramatic increase in the price of
SIMMs for SPARCstations (and probably other systems)?

A few weeks ago we ordered some 4MB SIMMs and paid about $125 each. Today
we called the same vendor and were told the lowest he could tell to us for
was $225 each!! Something about a lawsuit against Korean SIMM manufacturers
(I got the message thirdhand so this could be wrong).

I haven't seen anything about this in the rags of the past few days.

If it really is an epidemic, it seems to me that the price has been raised in
anticipation of a shortfall or future increase, because they must still be
running on current stock. Kind of like gas prices shooting up at the pump
as soon as (or before) oil prices go up, even though the stuff you're putting
in your tank didn't cost the dealer any more than it did the day before. This 
would seem to be borne out by the fact that this guy told us to wait "a couple 
of weeks" and it might get sorted out ...

Anyone?
-- 
Ruth Milner                          NRAO/VLA                  Socorro NM
Computing Division Head      rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu

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