Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive pricing and the near future

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 10:24:07PM +0200 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
>> Am Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 06:32:24PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
>>> Howdy all,
>>> […]
>>> If anyone reading this does track the pricing of drives, are they on the
>>> rise, stable, dropping or what?  Is this a good time to expand while it
>>> is more cost effective?
>> Well I’m on ye Olde Continent and here I use a price search engine called
>> geizhals (German for scrooge). But they have an English equivalent ;-) and
>> of course use European pricing schemes (meaning including taxes, which you
>> do different).
>> https://skinflint.co.uk/?m=1
>>
>> The big difference here: it allows you to filter and sort by all sorts of
>> criteria, such as being (non-)SMR or price/TB. And it shows you the prices
>> of lots of different shops, including Amazon. So while it may not give you
>> an idea of the US market, it gives you one of available drive models.
> Ah, and another reason why I wanted to suggest this site: it also remembers
> the price development of an item. If you view an item’s details, you have
> its price history on the top right of the screen.
>


I used to use pricewatch.com but it seems to be gone now.  I also ran up
on a site once that shows a graph of prices going back to when a product
was first introduced.  Since my brain has no elephant genes, I have no
idea what the name of the site was nor can I find it now either.  :-/

Neat sites tho. 

Dale

:-)  :-)