• @doublejay1999
    link
    English
    1479 months ago

    By what magik are they able to “predict” a 50% price increase ?

    • @afraid_of_zombies
      link
      English
      269 months ago

      They plan to raise prices 50%, then they raise prices 50%.

      My employer isn’t any better. We raised prices on our second biggest product line about 6 months ago.

    • DarkGamer
      link
      fedilink
      19
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Article says SSD manufacturers currently sell at a loss & intend to raise prices because they want to be profitable, 40% is break even, 50% is profitable

      • @Plopp
        link
        English
        359 months ago

        Selling at a loss? Lol yeah sure they are.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          5
          edit-2
          9 months ago

          Actually a common practice to gain a leg up in the market and kill the competition. This can drag on for long, but the endgame is always buyers getting screwed by a monopoly/oligopoly.

      • @PlantDadManGuy
        link
        English
        349 months ago

        Then the journalist who wrote the article is absolutely lying to us.

      • @afraid_of_zombies
        link
        English
        129 months ago

        Maybe they should cut the executive class salaries. Bet there is plenty of money there.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        19 months ago

        If that is real, this is baffling, why was it done in the first place? Was there some new company that could manufacture a significant amount of SSDs who started selling at loss so everyone else had to follow to not lose all marketshare? Also it’s not like SSDs are some eggs that expire, there is no need to dump all inventory. Pretty hard to believe.