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Have you ever seen any prices go down, short of official currency devaluation? If you are willing to pay X amount for something today, you will be willing to pa

Have you ever seen any prices go down, short of official currency devaluation? If you are willing to pay X amount for something today, you will be willing to pay this amount as a minimum, forever... why would anyone sell it any cheaper than the amount you are willing to pay

aosaigh 3y ago
Prices went down across the board after 2009 financial crises
- not_your_vase 3y ago
  Across the board? Could you name anything other than the temporary slump of real estate prices?
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creer 3y ago
Of course that happens often to specific consumer prices. Gas prices go up sharply on the slightest pretext and slowly float back part way down - or sharply so when a new source is developed like fracking. During the golden age of the PC, DRAM modules would be priced daily based on under- and over- availability. In most of the US, consumer electricity prices are NOT stable but sometimes greatly amplify offer and demand issues. Consumer electronics prices are often affected downward by manufacturers trying to gain market share.
- not_your_vase 3y ago
  Sure. But the $CURRENT_MODEL's price never decreases. It stays steady - until the next price bump. E.g. $MID_RANGE_GPU, $HIGH_END_CPU - their price will decrease next year, when the new model comes out. The new model's price will not be lower than the current one. Gas prices are only tangentially related to inflation. They mostly depend on how bad day OPEC folks are having.
  - ted_bunny 3y ago
    > $CURRENT_MODEL What's the purpose of writing like this? Asking genuinely.
    - not_your_vase 3y ago
      This is haxxor n3w5 after all. Use variables whereever you can, so the other haxxor-people won't laugh at you, and will know that you are h4xx0r too. On a different note, it is easier than googling a real model ID that will be irrelevant/incorrect/forgotten in a matter of weeks.
badpun 3y ago
Prices pf various goods go down all the time. Just recently, the prices of sunflower and rapeseed oil in my country (Poland) went down 30-40%. The GPU prices also went down considerably over the past two years.

aosaigh 3y ago

Prices went down across the board after 2009 financial crises

not_your_vase 3y ago
Across the board? Could you name anything other than the temporary slump of real estate prices?
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creer 3y ago

Of course that happens often to specific consumer prices. Gas prices go up sharply on the slightest pretext and slowly float back part way down - or sharply so when a new source is developed like fracking. During the golden age of the PC, DRAM modules would be priced daily based on under- and over- availability. In most of the US, consumer electricity prices are NOT stable but sometimes greatly amplify offer and demand issues. Consumer electronics prices are often affected downward by manufacturers trying to gain market share.

not_your_vase 3y ago
Sure. But the $CURRENT_MODEL's price never decreases. It stays steady - until the next price bump. E.g. $MID_RANGE_GPU, $HIGH_END_CPU - their price will decrease next year, when the new model comes out. The new model's price will not be lower than the current one. Gas prices are only tangentially related to inflation. They mostly depend on how bad day OPEC folks are having.
- ted_bunny 3y ago
  > $CURRENT_MODEL What's the purpose of writing like this? Asking genuinely.
  - not_your_vase 3y ago
    This is haxxor n3w5 after all. Use variables whereever you can, so the other haxxor-people won't laugh at you, and will know that you are h4xx0r too. On a different note, it is easier than googling a real model ID that will be irrelevant/incorrect/forgotten in a matter of weeks.

badpun 3y ago

Prices pf various goods go down all the time. Just recently, the prices of sunflower and rapeseed oil in my country (Poland) went down 30-40%. The GPU prices also went down considerably over the past two years.