Is the price of RAM and SSD going up?

Yes, prices of RAM have already gone up 10%-20% since last December. The prices of RAM are expected to increase throughout the year. At least RAM prices aren't as bad as they were in late 2018 when it cost +$200 for 16gb of 3200mhz RAM.

SSD prices are expected to increase this year as well. So if you're going to buy either then you might as well buy it now.

LOCAL prices will always be higher than internet sales. (Buy online, service locally)

Prices are going down for same quality.

Buy what you need, if wanted futureproof by over spec. BUT BUILD EVENLY.Flagship parts will always be HIGH and OVERSPEC. 

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My future laptop can have: 

M.2 2TB PCIe NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive

128GB, 4x32GB,DDR4 2933MHz ECC Memory 

It is at YOUR local store.

prices are cyclical -- they go up and then back down.  as to when -- probably longer than it will take you to save the difference

Profiteering!                                     

It would seem so along with everything else...

N.Shadows