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According to the ONS, prices on most electronic goods have actually fallen over the last couple of years. Apple also put UK prices up a bit last year. With infl

by blowski 10y ago

According to the ONS, prices on most electronic goods have actually fallen over the last couple of years. Apple also put UK prices up a bit last year. With inflation running <1%, it's hard to see why it would suddenly rise this year by 20%. http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/consumerpriceinflation http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datas...

dogma1138 10y ago
The CPI for this year on electronic appliances has an increase of 1-2% month to month for the past 12 months, with a similar trend in 2015. And this is on goods which tend to be more resilient, travel, various insurance and thing that rely on currency exchange at the point of transaction have increased by 11-20% (depending on the destination due to EUR/USD adjustments) especially things like air travel. If you are buying PC parts from local stores in the UK you can see the change in prices over the past 2 years, and yes these are at nearly 20%, other things like Laptops have also went up by 10% or more, Dell, HP, and the rest have increased their prices earlier this year http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/hp-follows-dell-with-pc-price-hike-thanks-to-brexit-1324754 http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/hp-follows-dell-w.... Here are a few good examples of prices before and after the referendum as far as computer hardware goes: [0]Intel 6700K: -April 2016: 290 GBP -August 2016: 305 -Oct 2016: 329 GBP (which is more than price in Dec of 2015 when the CPU was new, before the price drop and above MSRP due to demand) [1]WD Black WD5001FZWX 5TB: -Jan 2016: 195 -Oct 2016: 230 [2]WD Blue WD40EZRZ 4TB: -Jan 2016: 110 -Oct 2016: 130 [3]Dell 2715U: -March 2016: 379 -Oct 2016: 388 And we can go on an on, yes these are just a few examples form a single retailer, but prices have went up, and on those that haven't simply staggered even tho there were MSRP price reductions in the US or elsewhere. You are more than welcomed to chose other local retailers and see a similar thing happening. Also while the CPI does track electronics sales it's not a good indicator, it doesn't track the prices of everything and more people are going to buy TVs or fridges which could've been in stock or on paid order for 18 months than GPU's and new laptops. Overall if you want to see the price hikes look at things that are moderately to fairly expensive and are sold at low (compared to other goods) consumer volume, and are usually not protected by tons of regulation, huge dealerships and backlogged inventory. [0] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-40ghz-42ghz-turbo-8mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-40x-ratio-91w-c https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-s... [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20160806041018/https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-40ghz-42ghz-turbo-8mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-40x-ratio-91w-c https://web.archive.org/web/20160806041018/https://www.scan.... [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20160408110152/https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-40ghz-42ghz-turbo-8mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-40x-ratio-91w-c https://web.archive.org/web/20160408110152/https://www.scan.... [1] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/5tb-wd-black-wd5001fzwx-desktop-performance-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-128mb-cache https://www.scan.co.uk/products/5tb-wd-black-wd5001fzwx-desk... [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20160115001838/http://www.scan.co.uk/products/5tb-wd-black-wd5001fzwx-desktop-performance-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-128mb-cache https://web.archive.org/web/20160115001838/http://www.scan.c... [2] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-western-digital-wd40ezrz-wd-blue-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-5400-rpm-64mb-cache https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-western-digital-wd40ezrz... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20160113024836/http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-western-digital-wd40ezrz-wd-blue-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-5400-rpm-64mb-cache https://web.archive.org/web/20160113024836/http://www.scan.c... [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20151229234616/http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2715h-monitor-ips-panel-2560x1440-6ms-350cd-m-dp-mdp-hdmi-black https://web.archive.org/web/20151229234616/http://www.scan.c... [3] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2715h-monitor-ips-panel-2560x1440-6ms-350cd-m-dp-mdp-hdmi-black https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2715h-monitor-ips-p...

by blowski 10y ago

dogma1138 10y ago

The CPI for this year on electronic appliances has an increase of 1-2% month to month for the past 12 months, with a similar trend in 2015. And this is on goods which tend to be more resilient, travel, various insurance and thing that rely on currency exchange at the point of transaction have increased by 11-20% (depending on the destination due to EUR/USD adjustments) especially things like air travel. If you are buying PC parts from local stores in the UK you can see the change in prices over the past 2 years, and yes these are at nearly 20%, other things like Laptops have also went up by 10% or more, Dell, HP, and the rest have increased their prices earlier this year http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/hp-follows-dell-with-pc-price-hike-thanks-to-brexit-1324754 http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/hp-follows-dell-w.... Here are a few good examples of prices before and after the referendum as far as computer hardware goes: [0]Intel 6700K: -April 2016: 290 GBP -August 2016: 305 -Oct 2016: 329 GBP (which is more than price in Dec of 2015 when the CPU was new, before the price drop and above MSRP due to demand) [1]WD Black WD5001FZWX 5TB: -Jan 2016: 195 -Oct 2016: 230 [2]WD Blue WD40EZRZ 4TB: -Jan 2016: 110 -Oct 2016: 130 [3]Dell 2715U: -March 2016: 379 -Oct 2016: 388 And we can go on an on, yes these are just a few examples form a single retailer, but prices have went up, and on those that haven't simply staggered even tho there were MSRP price reductions in the US or elsewhere. You are more than welcomed to chose other local retailers and see a similar thing happening. Also while the CPI does track electronics sales it's not a good indicator, it doesn't track the prices of everything and more people are going to buy TVs or fridges which could've been in stock or on paid order for 18 months than GPU's and new laptops. Overall if you want to see the price hikes look at things that are moderately to fairly expensive and are sold at low (compared to other goods) consumer volume, and are usually not protected by tons of regulation, huge dealerships and backlogged inventory. [0] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-40ghz-42ghz-turbo-8mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-40x-ratio-91w-c https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-s... [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20160806041018/https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-40ghz-42ghz-turbo-8mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-40x-ratio-91w-c https://web.archive.org/web/20160806041018/https://www.scan.... [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20160408110152/https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-6700k-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-40ghz-42ghz-turbo-8mb-cache-1150mhz-gpu-40x-ratio-91w-c https://web.archive.org/web/20160408110152/https://www.scan.... [1] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/5tb-wd-black-wd5001fzwx-desktop-performance-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-128mb-cache https://www.scan.co.uk/products/5tb-wd-black-wd5001fzwx-desk... [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20160115001838/http://www.scan.co.uk/products/5tb-wd-black-wd5001fzwx-desktop-performance-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-128mb-cache https://web.archive.org/web/20160115001838/http://www.scan.c... [2] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-western-digital-wd40ezrz-wd-blue-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-5400-rpm-64mb-cache https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-western-digital-wd40ezrz... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20160113024836/http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-western-digital-wd40ezrz-wd-blue-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-5400-rpm-64mb-cache https://web.archive.org/web/20160113024836/http://www.scan.c... [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20151229234616/http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2715h-monitor-ips-panel-2560x1440-6ms-350cd-m-dp-mdp-hdmi-black https://web.archive.org/web/20151229234616/http://www.scan.c... [3] https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2715h-monitor-ips-panel-2560x1440-6ms-350cd-m-dp-mdp-hdmi-black https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2715h-monitor-ips-p...