EU Slaps Chip Vendors with Penalties for Price-Fixing

[cadaveca]

Wasn't it RAMBUS that started all of this though, really?

 

[Zubasa]

The ram in my machine is actually worth more secondhand now than what i paid for it new.

Yup I sold my Corsair DDR3 1333 kit and made a small fortune

 

[TheMailMan78]

Hmmmm Greece gets a bailout and all of a sudden the EU lays out a blanket of "lawsuits". I call BS.

 

[robn]

Nah the EU's just horribly inefficient ...more likely paid a greater sum to their lawyers than they made in fines.

 

[AsRock]

QFT

nobody puts the money back into the consumers pocket - the real victims. especially for us Brits....everything is so unbelievably expensive here (=__=)

Tell me about it now i pay US prices . Even some of my family come over get stuff.

 

[Valdez]

especially for us Brits....everything is so unbelievably expensive here (=__=)

poooor Brits

 

[seedvt]

Well, Infineon is already bankrupt, and I don't think they have many remaining assets to be seized.

 

[Zubasa]

Well, Infineon is already bankrupt, and I don't think they have many remaining assets to be seized.

You mean Qimonda

 

[chaotic_uk]

me thinks the EU is getting greedy again tbh

 

[ToTTenTranz]

A 10th company in this price-fixing cartel was Micron Technology, which escaped the fine for exposing the malpractice to the EU authorities.

LOL, the mole got away!

 

[zithe]

QFT

nobody puts the money back into the consumers pocket - the real victims. especially for us Brits....everything is so unbelievably expensive here (=__=)

Then the gov't would owe people for the difference. Easier to just fine them.

 

[Paintface]

Good job EU , make them suffer

 

[xtremesv]

What about today??? $70 for 2GB DDR3???? Come on!!! The fine was for something that happened 9 years ago. Who assures us that this same thing is not happening just now? :shadedshu

 

[cadaveca]

What about today??? $70 for 2GB DDR3???? Come on!!! The fine was for something that happened 9 years ago. Who assures us that this same thing is not happening just now? :shadedshu

We don't buy from these businesses in the first place any more. You can thank OCZ, Mushkin, Corsair, Kingston, et al, for that.

They buy the DIMMs for cheap(even if they assemble them). REAL CHEAP. Many people, who work at these companies, get food put on thier plates for the increased cost. They can only lower prices so much.

Do you read the tech news? Staff at Foxconn are killing themselves from having such crappy jobs. If ya want cheap parts, that's what it takes.

 

[btarunr]

Hmmmm Greece gets a bailout and all of a sudden the EU lays out a blanket of "lawsuits". I call BS.

Greece's bailout is more like 90~100 billion Euros. This penalty is peanuts compared to that. So no, that bullshit is unfounded.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Fine them some more, greedy EU.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Fine them some more, greedy EU.

Honestly this and the mailmans comment have to be the dumbest on this thread so far

I am so sick of hearing a select few have a pop at the EU for every little thing they see posted in the news section, heck you wanna talk lawsuits? the grand ol US of A invented them. You cant breath over there for someone filing a lawsuit about something or other.

And by the way I am not from the EU, I am from the UK though the ignorant few of you dont even know the bloody difference or that we dont even have the same currencies.

heres a couple of nice things to try, go and google EU IT Lawsuits and then google US IT Lawsuits.

Whilst some are happy in their bubbles please dont spout about others when you need only look closer to home.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Greece's bailout is more like 90~100 billion Euros. This penalty is peanuts compared to that. So no, that bullshit is unfounded.

Every little bit counts. But I agree. The two are unrelated directly.

Honestly this and the mailmans comment have to be the dumbest on this thread so far

I am so sick of hearing a select few have a pop at the EU for every little thing they see posted in the news section, heck you wanna talk lawsuits? the grand ol US of A invented them. You cant breath over there for someone filing a lawsuit about something or other.

And by the way I am not from the EU, I am from the UK though the ignorant few of you dont even know the bloody difference or that we dont even have the same currencies.

heres a couple of nice things to try, go and google EU IT Lawsuits and then google US IT Lawsuits.

Whilst some are happy in their bubbles please dont spout about others when you need only look closer to home.

I couldn't agree more. The U.S. goverment could teach the EU on pointless lawsuits. I called BS on my own goverment years ago

 

[ToTTenTranz]

I couldn't agree more. The U.S. goverment could teach the EU on pointless lawsuits. I called BS on my own goverment years ago

LOL, it's actually happening the other way around.

Every time the EU successfully pins down a company for market rules violation, the FTC follows the example and does the exact same thing.
Just check what happened with Intel and Microsoft. The EU gets them and some months later we hear the FTC is doing the exact same investigation.

 

[btarunr]

Every little bit counts. But I agree. The two are unrelated directly.

Every bit? This penalty is 0.3% of Greece's bailout. Besides EU has the money to bail Greece out.

Actually it has more to do with German and French governments wanting to bail their banks who lent to Greece out, because if Greece defaults, those banks are screwed.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Every bit? This penalty is 0.3% of Greece's bailout. Besides EU has the money to bail Greece out.

Actually it has more to do with German and French governments wanting to bail their banks who lent to Greece out, because if Greece defaults, those banks are screwed.

we are all screwed because in reality we all operate just like greece. oh well. enjoy being able to afford computers while it lasts.

 

[cadaveca]

I was kinda thinking the same thing...what if that gulf oil spill travelled all the way up to Iceland...with it's active volcano...I dunno about you, but I'm envisioning the entire eastern coastal waters going up in flames.

And people are worried about money?