US EditionRAM Revolt: High Prices Have Driven People to Steal From Costco Display PCs
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RAM Revolt: High prices have driven people to steal from Costco display PCs
The world is ablaze with a variety of different issues at the moment, of varying levels of importance, and one of those is now reportedly RAM theft at Costco, brought on by the astronomical price increase of RAM kits across the industry globally. It has reportedly gotten so bad that people would rather steal the RAM from a display PC inside a Costco and attempt to make their escape than pay for it. Since the tail end of last year, prices have st…
Rising prices and RAM shortages have led the large US retail chain Costco to begin removing memory modules from display computers. These are now stored behind the counter or in a warehouse to prevent theft. In recent months, there have been increasing reports of customers opening display computers and removing the memory. In response, stores have decided to only provide RAM at checkout. Now, supermarket thieves are stealing RAM. The issue gained…
Costco pulls high-end tech from shelves to combat theft
If you happen to walk into a Costco looking for a gaming PC, you might find something’s missing—literally. The RAM slots are empty, and the graphics cards are apparently gone. But what you’re staring at isn’t a broken floor model; it’s retail’s latest headache. Shoppers are claiming that the wholesale giant has started removing RAM from its display computers, a move they believe is meant to stop customers from stealing high-demand PC parts strai…
In the course of the storage crisis, an American chain of warehouses allegedly began to remove memory from exhibits in order to precede thieves.
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