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An Example: HDD Price Development Before Black Friday (Single Sample/ Product Only)
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I've been looking at drives on ServerPartDeals the past few months, bought a few the past few months, and noticing a similar trend. Got 1 18TB recertified for $165, then a month later got two for $175, now they're up to $199.
They probably have a price bot/algorithm that tracks prices elsewhere and adjusts their prices to trend the same.