Price Hikes

[Praxis727]

I just found generic no heat shield 16g kingbox ddr3 1600 ram and the deal is it is 199.00 cad.  I bought corsair vengeance last year for 99.00.  I understand inflation. I understand parts being in demand due to increased sales of bit mining components which increases private resale as well as demand so prices of parts go up.  At then end of the day new equipment, facilities, employees as well as materials aren't needed or expensive.  The cost of production on any and all components haven't changed.  New levels of tech for the most up to date not cross platform compatibly literally comes  every 1.5 years and the newest in tech comes every 7 months.  Prices have doubled for ram went up 30 to 35 percent for normal motherboards.  Wireless isn't offered on premium boards so nic cards have to be purchased. 

Video card price increases for what it is have gone up ridiculously since the 6 and 7 series nvidia to have a mid level card but run at slower bit transfer rates.  The cost of making any of these components cost no more then it ever did.  Just because sales rates have gone down now that mining isn't as worth it and starter level gamers can buy used components manufacturing companies as well as resale companies got a huge boost for a few years and have at the very least went back to normal quantities as many people want the newest tech and upgrades.  Compensating for the lack of meeting last years numbers should not result in an increase of this caliber and at then end of the day will only result in lack of sales and overstock.  

 

Guess what I am getting at is I can understand some increase. At any point there is no way current prices are justified.  Cost of production is no where near what the manufacturer charges and resale profit margins are well beyond what wholesale bulk discounts cost are.  It's fine for you all to have your hands in the cookie jars.  One cookie at a time you greedy jerks.  You know the rules.  Always been the same.

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, Praxis727 said:

I just found generic no heat shield 16g kingbox ddr3 1600 ram and the deal is it is 199.00 cad.

Dont understand how this started all this. DDR3 is already out of production so supply drops to zero. However, DDR3 PCs are still common. Since Prices is proportional to demand divided by supply (I know I know it should be 'price is directly proportional to demand and inversely proportional to supply, whatever), it will go up. It's completely natural.

[Anjelllo]

Less ram production, higher price. More graphics card demand, higher price. Yes, it is that bad.

[Imbellis]

Increase in RAM pricing is due to a supply shortage - Hynix's production factory burnt down, reducing supply by quite a margin.

The increase in GPU pricing is due to yet another story of supply and demand. Miners bought out many video cards, raising the cost since people were still willing to buy it.

 

Supply and Demand.

[asus killer]

36 minutes ago, Praxis727 said:

Guess what I am getting at is I can understand some increase. At any point there is no way current prices are justified.  Cost of production is no where near what the manufacturer charges and resale profit margins are well beyond what wholesale bulk discounts cost are.  It's fine for you all to have your hands in the cookie jars.  One cookie at a time you greedy jerks.  You know the rules.  Always been the same.

prices are not set considering if the margin is morally ok to consumers to buy, there is no such rule. They just respond to supply and demand. That's why you have 1.000$ iphones and they do not know what to do with all the money.

 

there are much worst cases

http://www.businessinsider.com/products-high-markups-2014-7

[michaelocarroll007]

55 minutes ago, asus killer said:

prices are not set considering if the margin is morally ok to consumers to buy, there is no such rule. They just respond to supply and demand. That's why you have 1.000$ iphones and they do not know what to do with all the money.

 

there are much worst cases

http://www.businessinsider.com/products-high-markups-2014-7

i feel like some of these are way off considering how real business works. though i get it might be looking at what if you tried it your self but still not correct at all.  you really need to look at Net profit End of year put all the bills and payments in and see where it ends up to really talk if something is ripping you off like they are suggesting.  reason why they think services are CRAZY % is they dont account for any labor tools ect painting is obviously a labor insensive side compared to materials. 

 

1st one is $140 supplies vs 9000 cost 6000+% markup....

 

Uhh  what about 

Workers liablity insurance

Vehicle costs  Payment, Maintenance, gas, Tickets insurance

Payroll Labor to Paint

Offices that provide pricing to clients and run the logistics of whos going where Pay roll for these people.

Electricity, heat, cooling, water, furniture, Computers,Painting tools, Air compressors  list gose on and on.

 

Same gose for almost all these.

 

Coffee Shops that coffee doesn't cost them .10 cents   Employees insurance elevtricity morgage/rent  Cups tables chairs refrigerators freezers ect ect.....

 

Snow removal? Many places where it doesnt snow every week the markup is high or the mowing the lawns ect are all seasonal work which plays a huge factor into this. Setting up and running the buisness short term but paying the long term bills and if your focusing your time on these there will be lost pay from what you do in other parts of the year.

 

[asus killer]

4 hours ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

i feel like some of these are way off considering how real business works. though i get it might be looking at what if you tried it your self but still not correct at all.  you really need to look at Net profit End of year put all the bills and payments in and see where it ends up to really talk if something is ripping you off like they are suggesting.  reason why they think services are CRAZY % is they dont account for any labor tools ect painting is obviously a labor insensive side compared to materials. 

 

1st one is $140 supplies vs 9000 cost 6000+% markup....

 

Uhh  what about 

Workers liablity insurance

Vehicle costs  Payment, Maintenance, gas, Tickets insurance

Payroll Labor to Paint

Offices that provide pricing to clients and run the logistics of whos going where Pay roll for these people.

Electricity, heat, cooling, water, furniture, Computers,Painting tools, Air compressors  list gose on and on.

 

Same gose for almost all these.

 

Coffee Shops that coffee doesn't cost them .10 cents   Employees insurance elevtricity morgage/rent  Cups tables chairs refrigerators freezers ect ect.....

 

Snow removal? Many places where it doesnt snow every week the markup is high or the mowing the lawns ect are all seasonal work which plays a huge factor into this. Setting up and running the buisness short term but paying the long term bills and if your focusing your time on these there will be lost pay from what you do in other parts of the year.

 

fixed costs vs variable costs and all that... not the place for that discussion. They oversimplified but in a context, you went on a different path, everything but the kitchen sink. You cannot include gas on a paint job markup.