Is there any rhyme or reason to RAM price fluctuations?

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Hello, I've been eying some G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (whether it be Ares/Ripjaws/Sniper) as well some alternative DDR-1600 module sets for a desktop slated to be built during the first week of March.

I am/was planning on buying some the aforementioned sniper set for $76.49 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231460 with 10% coupon), but I keep feeling like I might be paying too much. I've noticed that the prices just keep jumping up and down more-so than other core components. I was wondering, is there are any predictability to these prices drops/jumps? Thanks!

 
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Unlike consumer products which are typically made for retail shelves, the same DDR3-SDRAM chips are used in a huge number of devices. As a...
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Unlike consumer products which are typically made for retail shelves, the same DDR3-SDRAM chips are used in a huge number of devices. As a result, the prices tend to behave in a fashion similar to commodities such as oil or raw metal rather than a traditional commercial purchase. When the price goes up for manufacturers they pass the difference on to consumers.
 
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That and alot is also the retailers, look at the 280X GPUs, there;s been no cost increase in making the cards, but demand is so high retailers just keep hiking prices, the Bit coin miners are driving this in particular, but these were released at about $310 and have jumped to $360 - then $09 and last I looked the Asus like I picked up was at $459
 
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