News Russia PC Shortages Spark Wave of PC Upgrades

[Admin]

As leading PC makers leave Russia, users switch to upgrades and repairs.

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[BX4096]

Also known as the "get them while you still can" effect. Boohoo.

 

[Nilarium]

Also known as the "get them while you still can" effect. Boohoo.

As Russian, I don't agree with this statement and article.
Real reason is that rouble strengthened by 25% to dollar and it became really cheap for us to buy new PC, especially at the end of AM4 lifecycle and discounts on it worldwide.
This summer I upgraded pc for my best friend, my sister and her husband

 

[ex_bubblehead]

As with all of these potentially politically charged threads, keep the politics to yourself and out of these forums. There have already been some ejections. If there is any more of it the thread will be closed and violators sanctioned further. This is the only warning that will be issued and it requires no comment.

 

[Deleted member 1353997]

Another essential factor about the Russian PC market is that official reports got significantly longer, which is perhaps one of the reasons why people now prefer to buy illegally imported components and install them themselves.

I don't understand the meaning of this sentence. Did you perhaps mean "imports" instead of "reports"?

 

[Co BIY]

Did allowing Grey-market imports also result in many parts going without usual import taxes ? or not being supplied through exclusive and restrictive distributors ?

I could see these factors playing a role.

 

[AlexSpirit]

> One of the exciting things to note about sales of computer parts in Russia is that while the majority of them got more expensive than they used to be

It is not true. The truth is that prices have become lower for all PC components.