Memory Express trying to claim a 2TB ssd is "$470 off"

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• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You mean the one that was $200 before the AI chip BS?

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  • iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes but even accounting for the price spike in the last 3 months, that drive does not cost over $1,000 without a sale. These kinds of sale tactics honestly need to be illegal.

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    • turbowafflz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think they are illegal in many countries, but I guess it isn’t well enforced

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    • pro_user@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In fact, in the EU that is regulated by article 6A (see eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=… ) . That states amongst other things that:

      Any announcement of a price reduction shall indicate the prior price applied by the trader for a determined period of time prior to the application of the price reduction. … The prior price means the lowest price applied by the trader during a period of time not shorter than 30 days prior to the application of the price reduction.

      So maybe it wouldn’t apply for a 3 month period, but it does prevent stores from increasing the price by say 20% overnight and then give a “10% discount” the next day.

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    • charizardcharz@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s already illegal in Canada, you can report them to the Competition Bureau. I don’t think its very well enforced though.

      https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/deceptive-marketing-practices/types-deceptive-marketing-practices/ordinary-selling-price

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    No, the one that was damn near $100 before the BS.

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• albbi@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m seeing the WD 2TB at $510 off. Crazy.

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  • iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What a great deal! That’s 50% off! /s

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• CaptainCapy@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So according to them a 2tb drive costs almost as much as my entire pc did when I bought it a few months ago. A pc which has a 1tb m.2 in it I might add. I have my doubts.

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Still cheaper than a mac

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• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And it’s only a WD blue. Absolutely absurd.

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• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh no it’s only “one per customer” !!

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Memory Express, in title.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, right. Time for off time.

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