blank cd price increase

[davedaraveishere]

Does anyone know why there has been a rise in price in CD's lately, or is it just an excuse by suppliers.

I bought 100 silver/green-silver cd-r's for 13.00GBP inc VAT a couple of months back. Now they seem to not stock them or they are expensive arounf the 20.00 mark.

I have seen some at 14 exc, but still, why the increase

[Will Hay]

I can't confirm for sure but...
...I heard two of the biggest producers, verbatim and tdk have relocated their manufacturing to Japan from Holland.
As a result of the Japanese having smaller arms than the Dutch the workers aren't able to wring as much dye out of the cloths they use, hence the increase in price.
Will