Citaat:

Try and get one for next to nothing even on eBay and see what you come up with. That hard drive must cost at least $20 even at wholesale prices.




A quick search on US-based sites gave me a consumer price of $15,95. If you would find a wholesale price for said product you would talk even less.
Compared to what storage devices used to cost, these units cost near to nothing.

Next year shipping costs will be more than the actual HDD. And for consumers outside Canada and the US there will also be extra taxes (I had to pay 40 Euro ($52,53!))

So when I have to pay $10 (shipping) and $52,53 (taxes) = $62,53 to receive a $16 HDD, the additional costs are in no proportion to the actual cost of the HDD.