Comment by RickHull

14 hours ago

> or just an excuse to fleece regular buyers

In a market with healthy competition (no collusion), this generally can't happen. Every single vendor is incentivized to lower their prices slightly at all times, with a floor at cost plus margin.

>In a market with healthy competition (no collusion), this generally can't happen.

We're talking about the memory market here.

The "healthy competition (no collusion). Every single vendor is incentivized to lower their prices slightly at all times, with a floor at cost plus margin" is the fairy-tale version they teach at 101s.