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| From | Arno <me@privacy.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: hard drives from Thailand? |
| Date | 2012-01-02 22:15 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <9meojkFh4qU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <jdsegt$dmq$1@dont-email.me> <TL2dnRS_IoRfIJzSnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <4F01D623.1030501@prodigy.net> |
cjt <cheljuba@prodigy.net> wrote: > On 01/02/2012 08:22 AM, Ant wrote: >> On 1/2/2012 6:21 AM PT, Joe typed: >> >>> At Best Buy- I just saw a sign posted over their hard drive selection- >>> saying there is a crimp in the supply due to the flooding in Thailand. >>> I'm surprised that one country is that important for the production of >>> drives. Or is Best Buy wrong? >> >> Most HDDs are from there. My 1 TB Seagate, from Thanksgiving 2011 >> weekend, was from there. Yeah, it is dumb/stupid to put everything in >> one place/basket. Hopefully, these companies learned their lessons. > They're learning that by restricting supply they can double or triple > prices. That's the "beauty" of oligarchies. Quite possibly, yes. Not good. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans
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hard drives from Thailand? "Joe" <joe@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-02 09:21 -0500
Re: hard drives from Thailand? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-01-02 06:22 -0800
Re: hard drives from Thailand? cjt <cheljuba@prodigy.net> - 2012-01-02 10:06 -0600
Re: hard drives from Thailand? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-02 22:15 +0000
Re: hard drives from Thailand? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-03 08:44 +1100
Re: hard drives from Thailand? Joe Kotroczo <kotroczo@mac.com> - 2012-01-02 17:27 +0100
Re: hard drives from Thailand? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-03 08:43 +1100
Re: hard drives from Thailand? Krypsis <krypsis@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-01-03 18:59 +1100
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