One Australian gamer was denied a replacement for DRAM kit bought just two years prior and was only offered a refund of original price, four times less than its cost today

One of my biggest regrets over the last year is not picking up more hardware before the memory crisis, yet it turns out even thinking ahead may not save you. One customer bought a DDR5 memory kit back in 2024, and upon finding it (broken?), now they've been offered its worth… from 2024.

As covered by YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed, Goran, an Australian customer of the company Umart, purchased a 32 GB kit of DDR5 memory back in 2024 for AU$155 (around $110). Today, that same kit would cost you around AU$700.