[OT] Seek good supplier for cheap, basic memory

Apr 22, 2009 14 Replies
M

Rather than use a CD, I want to see if it is cheaper to give data to friends on a cheap USB stick or on an SD card plus reader. Has anyone made this comparison for the UK?



I see cheap (and possibly not long-lasting) USB memory sticks can be had at £10 for five 1GB cards.

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the other solution, a quite reasonable USB 2.0 SD card reader can be had for £1 at the pound shop.



Now I want ask where can I get cheap, basic (probably not very marvellous) SD cards? I'd pay a more for a "good" supplier which doesn't need endless chasing up or expensive phone calls or is only available via eBay.



Thank you.


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In message , Matt H R writes

No, but since you can buy CD's from SVP for example for about the equivalent of 9p each (inc a slim line jewel case)

Can't see a USB stick or SD card beating that

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T

Aren't DVDs disc about 12 p. But then your friends carnt ignore you data wipe the card and put it to a useful use.

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Trev Nobody is perfect. But Being a Yorkshire man is as close as you can get.

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M

I mean the standard SD card.

Not the mini SD or the micro SD.

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M

Nor can I.

However, I'm looking for a solution based on flash memory rather than CDs.

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In message , Matt H R writes

Try 7 day shop

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C

Fair enough, but that wasn't what you seemed to be saying in your original post - "I want to see if it is cheaper..."

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has a 128MB for 2.08+VAT
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on the sizes, looking for a job lot of 64MB/etc on eBay may be cheaper... something like this (you can probably do much better):
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H

Holy sh*t. I remember buying 2Gb for a Sun server only a few years ago and it costing £30K.

And I gave the server away a couple of years ago.

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M

Sorry if I didn't make it clear. I mean to say that rather than consider using a CD my interest was to know if a USB Stick was cheaper than SD Memory (or vice versa).

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G

They are all so cheap that your question really should be which is the most convenient to use

and then just go and buy one

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M

Yes, that is one way of doing it. On the other hand, I've chosen not to use CDs in my situation. I want to compare the price of flash memory.

I want to see if it's cheaper to give data to friends on a cheap USB stick or on an SD card plus reader. I was wondering if anyone made this price comparison for the UK.

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No-one is stopping you! geoff was saying go and buy USB or SD - whichever is more convenient.

Choose a stockist. Look up prices. See which is cheaper.

Hint: Without telling us the size (32MB? 32GB?) and the number of cards (i.e. number of friends times the frequency of sending) we couldn't even have a good guess. And prices on these things change very frequently.

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How about loading an FTP server onto your home machine and letting friends download the data?

FileZilla server and client are free and a doddle to use.

regards, Ian

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