Memory price has dropped suddenly in Akihabara Tokyo - US usually follow the trend after a couple of weeks

[fxsts]

According to Akiba Hotline, memory price is dropping in Akihabara, Tokyo. The US market usually follows the trend in after a copule of weeks. In fact, I started seeing a tip of it already here.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ (in Japanese)

If you are consider buying memory chips, you might want to wait for a while.

 

[Radboy]

Great, I order today, prices drop tomorrow.

 

[Warrenton]

Prices already dropped $20 direct from Micron

I remember when 128MB was $89 and now its $180... double.

 

[fxsts]

Let's wait and see, but I would not buy any for at least the next couple of weeks.

 

[Bleep]

I sure hope that prices do come down a bit, Quite a bit in fact. I have 3 machines ready to go but cannot afford the memory..
Bleep

 

[AMDfreak]

I'm all for lower memory prices but they really aren't ALL that bad now. I remember paying $300.00 for an 8MB FPM 72-pin SIMM for my 486 about 5 years ago!

 

[fxsts]

I was right, wasn't I.

 

[LOWDRAG]

great head up fxsts,,,,,,,,thanks bro , im watching the ticker now

 

[IronMike]

Assuming we wait, where do you think the best deals for quality ram will be?

 

[Windogg]

I bet you never lose at the weekly office football pool.

Windogg

 

[fxsts]

I actually suck big time at football pool. Last time I played, I did the worst amoung 15 people or so.

The latest from Tokyo is that the price of 128MB SDRAM hit below $7,000 yen mark (or about $65) which is the absolute lowest in the history. I personally think that it would not go any lower for the manufacturers to be profitable, but you never know.