SSD price increase.
 

About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an explanation
for such a large price increase?

SSD price increase.
 

"Rick" wrote in message
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About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other
types of flash memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone
have an explanation for such a large price increase?

Small capacity SATAIII drives are now "old hat" and the best deals are to be
found on larger capacities where you can still pay under 50p per GB.

If you do need a smaller drive, something like this might be an option.
http://www.ebuyer.com/280120-ocz-60g...ssd2-1vtxpl60g

--
Alex

SSD price increase.
 

"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
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"Rick" wrote in message
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About 3 months ago I purchased a 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive for £31.38,
from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought I'd treat
myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that the same
drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the drop in
the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of
flash memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an
explanation for such a large price increase?

Small capacity SATAIII drives are now "old hat" and the best deals are to
be found on larger capacities where you can still pay under 50p per GB.

If you do need a smaller drive, something like this might be an option.
http://www.ebuyer.com/280120-ocz-60g...ssd2-1vtxpl60g



Even that has (allegedly) been reduced from £55.00 yet is still over a fiver
more expensive, with not such a good spec as my original better known
SanDisk, although my main curiosity was why such a huge price increase in
such a short space of time, especially when one usually expects the price of
such products to drop quite markedly as their sales volume increase.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/c...-064g-g25.html

SSD price increase.
 

In message , Rick writes


"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
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"Rick" wrote in message
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About 3 months ago I purchased a 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive for
£31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find
that the same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even
allowing for the drop in the value of the pound) going on previous
form I would have had expected to have been even cheaper, seems
strange, especially as other types of flash memory still appear to
be reasonably priced, does anyone have an explanation for such a large price increase?

Small capacity SATAIII drives are now "old hat" and the best deals
are to be found on larger capacities where you can still pay under
50p per GB.

If you do need a smaller drive, something like this might be an option.
http://www.ebuyer.com/280120-ocz-60g...ssd2-1vtxpl60g



Even that has (allegedly) been reduced from £55.00 yet is still over a
fiver more expensive, with not such a good spec as my original better
known SanDisk, although my main curiosity was why such a huge price
increase in such a short space of time, especially when one usually
expects the price of such products to drop quite markedly as their
sales volume increase.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/c...nternal/solids
tate/upto128gb/sdssdp-064g-g25.html


Ebuyer sell a 32GB sandisk for £35.

http://www.ebuyer.com/397957-sandisk...dssdrc-032g-g2
6
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Ian

SSD price increase.
 

In article , Rick wrote:
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an explanation
for such a large price increase?

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.

Rod.
--

SSD price increase.
 

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in
message .myzen.co.uk...
In article , Rick wrote:
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of
flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an
explanation
for such a large price increase?

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder
why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.

On ebay you pay fees when listing an item. It's not uncommon for business
sellers who have temporarily run out of stock to put the price up to a daft
amount, then drop it back down when they have more ready to sell.

It's a quick way of saving time and money


--
Alex

SSD price increase.
 

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in
message .myzen.co.uk...
In article , Rick wrote:
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of
flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an
explanation
for such a large price increase?

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder
why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.


--

Thanks Rod, I'll order a couple right away :-)

SSD price increase.
 

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:10:37 -0000, "Dr Zoidberg"
wrote:


"Roderick Stewart" wrote in
message .myzen.co.uk...
In article , Rick wrote:
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of
flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an
explanation
for such a large price increase?

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder
why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.

On ebay you pay fees when listing an item. It's not uncommon for business
sellers who have temporarily run out of stock to put the price up to a daft
amount, then drop it back down when they have more ready to sell.

It's a quick way of saving time and money

OTOH I've seen items advertised at unbelievably low prices but the
retailer has no stock. When the stock arrives the price returns to
normal.
--
(\__/) M.
(='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around
(")_(") is he still wrong?

SSD price increase.
 

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in
message .myzen.co.uk...
In article , Rick wrote:
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of
flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an
explanation
for such a large price increase?

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder
why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.

I think that Russ Andrews bought one.
--
JohnT

SSD price increase.
 

In article , Mark wrote:

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder
why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.

On ebay you pay fees when listing an item. It's not uncommon for business
sellers who have temporarily run out of stock to put the price up to a daft
amount, then drop it back down when they have more ready to sell.

It's a quick way of saving time and money

OTOH I've seen items advertised at unbelievably low prices but the
retailer has no stock. When the stock arrives the price returns to
normal.

It all makes a bit more sense now. In any case I've found that before even
considering bidding on anything on Ebay, it's advisable to check the price of a
new one from a familiar source, such as Amazon. Unless the Ebay price is
substantially less than the price of a new one I don't consider it worth the
uncertainty, and sometimes it actually ends up being more. Perhaps people don't
do any basic research first, which is very strange considering it only takes
seconds to check the price of something, or maybe they just get carried away.

Rod.
--

SSD price increase.
 

In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
It all makes a bit more sense now. In any case I've found that before
even considering bidding on anything on Ebay, it's advisable to check
the price of a new one from a familiar source, such as Amazon. Unless
the Ebay price is substantially less than the price of a new one I don't
consider it worth the uncertainty, and sometimes it actually ends up
being more. Perhaps people don't do any basic research first, which is
very strange considering it only takes seconds to check the price of
something, or maybe they just get carried away.

As regards a BIN, Ebay isn't some sort of John Lewis guaranteeing never to
be undersold. Indeed I've come across some charging more for a BIN on Ebay
than via their own website. Presumably to cover the sellers fees.

--
*We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

SSD price increase.
 

"Rick" wrote in message
...
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other
types of flash memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone
have an explanation for such a large price increase?




I have been tracking these for quite a while and it looks to me like you got
a mistaken price from Novatech.

OTOH what I don't understand is why they are about twice the price of the
equivalent USB drive. A 64Gb SSD is still over £50 (as you show above),
whereas a 64Gb USB drive is £28 (or less) from Micro Direct.

BTW the mSATA drives are smaller, faster and cheaper.

SSD price increase.
 

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in
message .myzen.co.uk...
In article , Rick wrote:
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive
for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I thought
I'd
treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to find that
the
same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even allowing for the
drop
in the value of the pound) going on previous form I would have had
expected
to have been even cheaper, seems strange, especially as other types of
flash
memory still appear to be reasonably priced, does anyone have an
explanation
for such a large price increase?

I've been watching this one on Ebay for a while-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170947516580?
ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It has been saying "More than 10 available" for some time now. I wonder
why nobody
has been buying them? They must be really good.

Maybe they have 100, so even if they sell 80, they still have more than 10
available!


Rod.
--

SSD price increase.
 

"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message
...

"Rick" wrote in message
...
About 3 months ago I purchased a SanDisk 64GB 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Drive for £31.38, from Novatech, I've been pretty pleased with it so I
thought I'd treat myself to another one, however I was quite shocked to
find that the same drive now cost a £53.99, when if anything (even
allowing for the drop in the value of the pound) going on previous form I
would have had expected to have been even cheaper, seems strange,
especially as other types of flash memory still appear to be reasonably
priced, does anyone have an explanation for such a large price increase?




I have been tracking these for quite a while and it looks to me like you
got a mistaken price from Novatech.

OTOH what I don't understand is why they are about twice the price of the
equivalent USB drive. A 64Gb SSD is still over £50 (as you show above),
whereas a 64Gb USB drive is £28 (or less) from Micro Direct.

Well, as we've shown, you can still get SSDs for about 50p per GB.
USB flash drives can be a lot cheaper - £18.99 for a 64GB for example from
play.com , but they use cheaper slower components.

Not all flash memory is equal

--
Alex

SSD price increase.
 

En el artículo , Dr Zoidberg AlexNOOOO!!!!!
escribió:

Not all flash memory is equal

SSDs also have an intelligent controller that does wear levelling,
garbage collection, block reallocation, etc.

--
(\_/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

SSD price increase.
 

On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 04:17:00 +0000, Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

En el artículo , Dr Zoidberg AlexNOOOO!!!!!
escribió:

Not all flash memory is equal

SSDs also have an intelligent controller that does wear levelling,
garbage collection, block reallocation, etc.

If you use a USB thumb drive the same way as an SSD - for continuous
reading and writing - you will find the difference after a few months.