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Friday, November 11, 2011

More Price Increases a-coming!

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I'm not sure how cheap you can get your computer system if you use dell home coupons. When I checked out the site, I couldn't tell if the coupons simply reflected Dell’s special offerings or were giving you additional cost savings. Nevertheless, in my opinion, you might want to give that option (or something similar) serious consideration. I say this because of two major economic whammies in route to your favorite computer store as you read my post.

The first economic factor deals with Thailand -- a major supplier of memory chips and hard drives to the world. Last month, the country experienced flooding severe enough to take out several key manufacturers of vital chips and storage devices. Currently, the worldwide pipeline has enough material so that the computer industry won't feel the shortages until the first quarter of 2012. After that, those wonderful laws of supply and demand will kick in and sharply increase the prices of our electronic goodies.

Economic factor number two starts in January of next year. Workers in China will get a pay raise when their employers must start paying a 20% increase in the minimum wage. The workers’ gain will be your gain in the form of higher computer costs as those Chinese businesses pass along newly mandated expenses.

So, if you were planning to wait until year for your new computer, you might want to rethink that.



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