I have several laptops in the notebooks-billiger.de app in my watch list and they became 50 euro more expensive this afternoon. When I just looked again, it was another 40 euro. I recently read an article that the new corona virus should make laptop prices cheaper due to falling demand.
Could happen. Suppliers are also partially affected.
The problem is that the factories in china are at a standstill and therefore no new goods are arriving here… As a result, the supply decreases and the markets try to survive and set the prices high