hard drives price increase

[m01ateusz]

hi, a couple of weeks ago i bought a 3xs system with 500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5ms, NCQ
back then it was around £35 inc VAT, now it is over 80. so whats happened ? i wanted to buy another1 but now i will pass. i've also notice a huge price increase in all of yours hard drives, isnt it should be the other way around? after some time price should drop?
thanks

[DavidM]

Check this Hexus News article for details:

http://hexus.net/tech/news/industry/...d-thai-floods/

[m01ateusz]

thanks
so i will wait until everything go back to normal

[rushholme]

The remaining drives at manufacturers has been promised to the Americans

[lockefab]

The remaining drives at manufacturers has been promised to the Americans

Now your starting to make me hate them, they get better value (lower taxes) components and now their hogging all the HDD and making me delay my build