A player orders RAM and is soon confronted with a new bill. Naturally, he is quite angry and disappointed. The community considers such behavior to be illegal and urges the affected individual to contact consumer protection.
A player reports on Reddit that he intended to order RAM from a provider on December 31, 2025. According to the user, the original price was 446.99 Canadian dollars (approximately 275.80 euros). Specifically, it was a DDR5 kit from Kingston (2 x 16 GB), not the RAM depicted on the cover image.
He explained that although he had placed the order, the seller significantly delayed the shipping. He learned the reason for the delay a good week later, on January 7, 2026: A formal email from the seller informed him that the price for the RAM was being adjusted: Instead of 446.99, he now had to pay 507.99 Canadian dollars (approximately 315 euros). That’s a hefty increase of 13.65%.
The formal email states the reason for the price increase: Due to AI-induced shortages of components, manufacturers are no longer obligated to adhere to delivery dates or guarantee prices.
The price adjustment remains visible thanks to Google
The price adjustment can also be clearly traced on the website: Google still displays the old price of 446.99 Canadian dollars. However, when you click on the PC Canada website, you can already see the adjusted price that the user is now supposed to pay. We have included two images with the prices for you. This way, the price jump can be easily understood.
How does the community react? Many people from the community consider this approach illegal and point out that the affected user should definitely contact consumer protection. Adjusting prices after an order has been placed is not acceptable:
The real question is: Would they refund you if the price had dropped? The answer is clearly “No” … This is unethical and probably illegal.
Another user adds:
This is totally messed up, damn it. You already placed an order; price increases are the company’s problem, not yours. They have that coming when they sell RAM that they don’t even have yet.
An action game has now revealed its system requirements, and they are quite demanding: A full HD requirement of at least 32 GB of RAM is already in place. Players in the community are far from pleased: RAM is hardly affordable, but a new action game now demands at least 32 GB of RAM for full HD
