Konig 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2006 a 750gb seagate sata drive in sls costs $600+ sgd i can get it for less than USD $300 online in USA and its made in singapore so WT*?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tassardar_ 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2006 If u noticed things in US tend to be slightly cheaper. BTW the harddisk in US may be made from elsewhere leading to a cheaper price. Online shops also tend not to pay tax and after tax it may be slightly higher + not forgetting shipping. Though I still think SG prices are slightly higher but tat may be because singapore market is small and demand isnt high enough to ask for a lower price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr rabbit 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2006 i do not think pc hardware prices are lower in us...esp hdds. chk the series and model too. us models are seldom as update as sg. price wise- mostly also lower, evident from the hordes of angmohs shopping in simlim. eg... just sometime ago i got a fren studying in us wanted to replace hdd from his ext usb case, he looked thru all the radioshack type of shops at the mean time i was hunting a new hdd in sg, we all looking at seagate 300gb hdds, in the end i settled for a seagate barracuda 7200.10 but he only manage to get a 7200.8 and at least S$50 more than me note - mostly not everything cheaper in sg though how i wish i can get earphones in sg at us prices Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konig 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2006 ........ if u go to store in USA u are confirmed to get a higher price + tax, espcially best buy and future shop and all. check out ebay instead. I do know part of the reason is those guys dont have to pay rental for shop, employ stuff, easier to evade tax (remember that u dont pay state tax in usa if u order from another state) BUT $300USD vs SGD$600 is still ludicrous no matter how u argue. And yes, ive triple checked the harddisk is made in singapore. I have not heard of seagate 750gb harddisks made anywhere else. i do not think pc hardware prices are lower in us...esp hdds. chk the series and model too. us models are seldom as update as sg. price wise- mostly also lower, evident from the hordes of angmohs shopping in simlim. eg... just sometime ago i got a fren studying in us wanted to replace hdd from his ext usb case, he looked thru all the radioshack type of shops at the mean time i was hunting a new hdd in sg, we all looking at seagate 300gb hdds, in the end i settled for a seagate barracuda 7200.10 but he only manage to get a 7200.8 and at least S$50 more than me note - mostly not everything cheaper in sg though how i wish i can get earphones in sg at us prices btw there are 2 kinds of ang mohs, one working in singapore and the other kind is tourist. The expat shops there very much for the same reason as we do. The tourist probably buy alot of japanese cameras because they wanna eschew some import tax into their country. (europeans and canadians pay awesome amount of sale taxes so they might bring back some pc parts) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adhoc 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2006 It's simple really. The price that we get is what the market will bear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonhanjk 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2006 7200.10 is newer and faster than 7200.8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fromjava 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 I am not so sure, but it looks that ppl get bargains much easier in US than in singapore. PPL mo ksc 75 from amazon at less than 30 dollars, and some shops selling KSC 75 above 60. You see the difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamboman 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 I am not so sure, but it looks that ppl get bargains much easier in US than in singapore. PPL mo ksc 75 from amazon at less than 30 dollars, and some shops selling KSC 75 above 60. You see the difference. In the US, if you don't mind the little wait in shipping from out of state, you can save all the Sales Taxes and a lot of the merchants provide local shipping for free, so it is definitely much easier to get stuff cheaper in the US. And yes, Size matters.. the US market is more than 100x bigger than Singapore's which helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fromjava 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2007 In the US, if you don't mind the little wait in shipping from out of state, you can save all the Sales Taxes and a lot of the merchants provide local shipping for free, so it is definitely much easier to get stuff cheaper in the US. And yes, Size matters.. the US market is more than 100x bigger than Singapore's which helps. Yes, agree. Size matters a lot. The same merchant with the same profit margin may flurish in US size market but die in singapore size market. That is why the world is looking to US and the forthcoming china so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ezzo 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2007 Thats why Singapore government is importing all the china men to increase the population. Not exactly for the market but lots of other *reasons*. Sorry china dudes, but you guys are like everywhere in Singapore nowadays.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcarter 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2007 I think the real reason why it's cheaper is because they don't have to pay for shop rental fees. They just need to pay for a domain and hosting which is so much cheaper. And because they have a lot more customers, they can reap from economy of scale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soundsync 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 Hi Guys! It's good to know that someone brought up the topic on hard drives. Recently, I had a buddy who got me a Hitachi 2.5" IDE HDD from Penang, M'sia. The drive cost RM240. I'd like to know if there is anyone here who happens to know the going rate of that drive in Singapore? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lesnarhin 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2008 good to hear that!! i m not so claer about this industry but up for u anyway!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites