floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digitalmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down14
arrow-up1527arrow-down1external-linkThanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digitalmashable.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·edit-24 months agoThey could garner good will by setting aside a % of their stock to sell to red-blooded people at a lower price… If someone walks into a grocery store before a storm and wants to buy 10 pallets of water, the store tells them to fuck off.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoThat’s because they’re guaranteed to sell all the water when there’s a storm anyway. There’s a reason there’s laws against raising prices in an emergency.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoI consider not having access to reasonably-priced hardware an emergency ;(
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoThen scalpers would buy them and jack the price up.
They could garner good will by setting aside a % of their stock to sell to red-blooded people at a lower price…
If someone walks into a grocery store before a storm and wants to buy 10 pallets of water, the store tells them to fuck off.
That’s because they’re guaranteed to sell all the water when there’s a storm anyway. There’s a reason there’s laws against raising prices in an emergency.
I consider not having access to reasonably-priced hardware an emergency ;(
Then scalpers would buy them and jack the price up.