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I wondered as there are so many of us here around the world if we could maybe help each other out a little.
I want a 1Gb SD Card for my MDA III here in the UK I can pay anything from £64.00 (48x) to £98.00 (60x) of course I want the 60x but wonder why I should pay so much when I know its cheaper in the US.
Yes I could buy from some US person on Ebay and have it shipped but I normally only purchase from UK sellers I feel safer that way.
So maybe there is an opportunity for one of you lovely US peeps with and XDA/MDA etc to help out us folks from the UK who have to pay through the nose or maybe even someone from Hong Kong etc
The best make I know it Integral 1Gb SD which is 10Mb sec read anyone know better and how much is it in your neck of the woods.
i bougth a 1gb sd card from ebay, kingmax 60x speed works great, i paid £49.49.
just checked he still had some and they are now £42.79 buy it now plus £6.99 post.
there are scandisk 1 gb for £38.49 plus £6.95.
Great.
m1bwe said:
i bougth a 1gb sd card from ebay, kingmax 60x speed works great, i paid £49.49.
just checked he still had some and they are now £42.79 buy it now plus £6.99 post.
there are scandisk 1 gb for £38.49 plus £6.95.
Great.
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Nearly all the ones I can find are outside the UK if they are UK ones post the links please
They are in the U.S but it only takes a couple of days to recieve them..
m1bwe said:
They are in the U.S but it only takes a couple of days to recieve them..
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Did you have to pay import duty and VAT? When did the card arrive with you? I often buy car parts from the US and they'll get delivered for a good price but a few weeks later (sometimes a couple of months later) the shipping company sends me a bill for the duty (10%) and the VAT (17.5% of price + shipping + duty).
It took 3 days to arive, from paying for it (paypal). no import duty or tax, just the price plus post and packaging plus post insurance in my case it totaled £57.47 well happy and now they are getting cheaper,,
I couldn't wait when I saw how cheap they were - just ordered a Kingmax one for £52 inc. post and insurance! Whoo!
Just hope it works now...
Thanks for the tip, m1bwe. If I have any problems I'll be round your place to put a bat up yer nightdress! :lol: :wink:
PS. CarlnAdele - the eBay seller was in the UK for this one - just the card is shipped from the USA. They're a major power seller so hopefully my first (ever) purchase on eBay should go smoothly... 8)
No problem,,, Peter.. :lol:
Incase anyone wants the Link
The 1Gb Kingmax Cards are at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=74696&item=3853395532&rd=1
i don't get !!!
isn't the 1gig sd cards the same price in ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63726
The eBuyer price doesn't include VAT.
However, there isn't a lot of difference in price. £52 (for me from the US) vs. £58 from eBuyer (inc VAT).
issie said:
i don't get !!!
isn't the 1gig sd cards the same price in ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63726
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Near as Darn it and had I looked there I would prob of got one from them but I've ordered the £52.00 one from the US too.
Pays to search more I guess, although I did but didnt look at Ebuyer, can't be perfect can we
Strange that they are cheaper here. Don't they all originate from Asia anyway?
Well, ya pays yer money, ya takes yer chances... Still waiting from my 1GB SD card from the eBay power seller called sarafatl. Apart from a PayPal receipt I've had nothing at all... No order confirmation and no response to my three emails...
Starting to be really pissed off with this now. First ever order on eBay and I get the most uncommunicative seller in the world. Got no idea whether there's even a card on its way to me.
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get in touch with paypal!!! they can see if hes recieved payment.. peter
hello,
actually...I am a ebay seller from HK... maybe we can have some transaction......just PM me if you want to order from me...No need to worry about it...I am a serious guy
Update: well, my 1GB SD card arrived this morning and it's not the one I ordered, so I'm waiting for this bloody crappy seller to get back to me and tell me what they're going to do. I have no idea whether this card will work in my XDA II and you can bet your teeth that if I open the packet to try and it doesn't work, I won't get any replacement or refund.
Jeez, why am I the unlucky one on eBay??? :evil:
Anyone got any experience of 'My Flash' cards, made by A-data, in their XDA?
Hi
www.aria.co.uk have some cheap SD cards at the moment. 1M, 512M and 1G. Have a look at their specials page.
I bough the 1G card, the pic is an example, mine was a sandisk device. Works a treat. Think it was £55 incl p&p.
Nigel
Another update: This A-data 'My Flash' 1GB card does seem to work fine in my XDA II so I guess all is well in the end. I called the eBay seller and he was pretty helpful, so it's only in emails that he's unresponsive.
AVI movies recorded straight to the SD card are a little jerky on playback but apart from that this card seems OK. Its speed is 40x instead of the 60x that I thought I was getting. Ho hum...
outz said:
Strange that they are cheaper here. Don't they all originate from Asia anyway?
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I guess youve never heard of "rip-off Britain", then?
Anyway, I'm from the US and I'm going fom London (Dec) to NYC and back to London (Jan). Im gonna get myself one of these large SD cards, oO if anyone wants help to get a few cheap in the US, PM me and we can work something out.
Hi,
does anybody know where I can buy (buy, not preorder!) 8GB microSD cards for my Artemis?
As far as I can see they are not yet available (at least in germany), but maybe somebody knows more...
The promised delivery date in ebay auctions seems to get pushed back by 14 days every two weeks.
Valen
I bought one from eBay seller "nextdaymemory" but is hasn't arrived yet. His site says he has about 500 of them, see www.ebay.co.uk item no. 130177841263.
Please note for 8GB MiscroSD they are all SDHC so you will need to ensure you read this thread before buying one, as the standard Artemis can only handle MicroSD up to 2GB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311839
RafilK said:
I bought one from eBay seller "nextdaymemory" but is hasn't arrived yet. His site says he has about 500 of them, see www.ebay.co.uk item no. 130177841263.
Please note for 8GB MiscroSD they are all SDHC so you will need to ensure you read this thread before buying one, as the standard Artemis can only handle MicroSD up to 2GB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311839
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Think this may of just been added mate >>
Sandisk Launch Date Delayed * We are sorry we cannot be more precise on the delivery dates, but pre-orders will be filled in the order they are taken from our stock as soon as Sandisk Launches the memory card. Sandisk said "early week of 26th of November 2007"
thnx for the link, tho I'll hold off untill he has some ready to ship ;
Thanks for the update. I'll just hang on then and make do with my 2GB MiscroSD for now.
I'm seeing for about $22.00 shipped you can get a 32gb microsd on ebay. anyone bought one yet? sounds a little fishy.
for example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320531069281
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160431343243
let me know if you bought one of these and if they work well for you (or if they are fake/copies, sorry!). would love to get one. my 16gb is filling up all the time....
thanks.
Feedback confirms they're both fake.
confirmed fake and closed by ebay.
Has anyone tried any of the generic 32 GB cards from ebay? I was looking into getting one.
I bought this one...more of a trusted source
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...35&cm_re=32gb_micro_sd-_-20-211-535-_-Product
i spent the cash and got the confidence of buying legit, $95 for a Lexar 32 GB class 10 card with USB adapter. worth it
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Has anyone tried any of the generic 32 GB cards from ebay? I was looking into getting one.
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Shigster said:
I bought this one...more of a trusted source
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...35&cm_re=32gb_micro_sd-_-20-211-535-_-Product
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I just bought the same one! You can get 10 dollars off (to make it $39.99) if you buy it with a new account. Use the promo code NEWCUSTOMER10. You have to add something small to the order to get it over 50. I went to Newegg gear and added a Newegg wristband, as it was the cheapest item with free shipping.
I wouldn't buy any cards off Ebay. There's as much incentive to sell rigged cards as there is demand for high capacity. My roommate just bought a 32 GB off Ebay and he got lucky. Make sure that the seller offers returns and when you get it immediately run h2testw.
I just have one question for the OP..
Are you feelin lucky?
SD card prices are a RIP OFF!! am i the only one that thinks that?
davidv001 said:
SD card prices are a RIP OFF!! am i the only one that thinks that?
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My wife and I picked up Patriot sd's from Micro Center... I think they were $39 they work pretty awesome. Price wasnt bad at all compared to online prices. it seems like it is luck of the draw on the Generic ebay ones so we stayed away from those.
Fakes are extremely common for flash memory on ebay, especially on any kind of "OMG WHAT A DEAL!" type of things. The fakes are usually a 2GB card that's had a 3 painted on it in front of the 2, and hacked firmware to make it appear to be 32. But when you try to fill it, it won't let you, because it's still just a 2GB card.
Basically, if it's substantially below the going rate from reputable sources (looks to be roughly $60-80), you're going against probably 80-90% odds that you'll get a fake.
I made the mistake of buying one and I can put 32 gb worth in info on there but when I put it in the phone it can't access it.
I wouldn't buy from anyone but a trusted source and right now I wouldn't buy one for less than about $50.00.
In a year or two they'll be going for $25.00, but right now anything that cheap is bound to be a fake that doesn't actually hold anywhere near 32GB.
dsf3g said:
I wouldn't buy from anyone but a trusted source and right now I wouldn't buy one for less than about $50.00.
In a year or two they'll be going for $25.00, but right now anything that cheap is bound to be a fake that doesn't actually hold anywhere near 32GB.
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true story
16gb class 10 (14.8 formatted)- ~$35
32gb class 10 (formatted size unknown)- ~$82
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H8FTCK
i bought the 16gb c10 and it shipped fast and works perfectly for me. it is a real card, not a rip off too. sdtools (i think its called) for android said it has a r=10-12.5mb/s w=20-25mb/s or something in that range (been a while since i uninstalled the app). never had a problem and i highly recommend it, the 16gb one atleast since thats the only one i can speak for.
Patriot class 6 32gb micro SD card from Fry's for $69 about 3 months ago.
It's legit, not like the fakes on Ebay. Google it. You will find out the truth. Even if you pay near to the going price, you run the risk of getting a fake. IMHO, it's just not worth the hassle.
Got one it works pretty good..
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bkrodgers said:
Fakes are extremely common for flash memory on ebay, especially on any kind of "OMG WHAT A DEAL!" type of things. The fakes are usually a 2GB card that's had a 3 painted on it in front of the 2, and hacked firmware to make it appear to be 32. But when you try to fill it, it won't let you, because it's still just a 2GB card.
Basically, if it's substantially below the going rate from reputable sources (looks to be roughly $60-80), you're going against probably 80-90% odds that you'll get a fake.
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I got burned a few months ago for 25 bucks by a Chinese seller on eBay. I nought a 32 gig but it was actually a 512 that would rewrite over itself to make it seem like a 32gig
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daktah said:
16gb class 10
sdtools (i think its called) for android said it has a r=10-12.5mb/s w=20-25mb/s or something in that range:
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thanks for the info. wow. just ran this tool on my phone. 12.7 BM/s writing and 19.7 MB/s reading. Very nice. :-D however, on issue is why on earth would it need to know our GPS? *uninstalling*
I got one off Ebay for $39.99 and its totally legit. I got lucky I guess... this time.
Got to be careful with SD cards on eBay. I got a fake. I tested it with a program called htest or something like that. Seller did refund my money before I sent back the cards which was quite nice of him. I ended up biting the bullet and bought 2 from best buy.
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Hey Everyone,
Just called in and purchased a Lexar 32GB Class 10 microSDHC Memory Card for $27.99+tax from Future Shop.
I can't post links...so WEBID is 10166450
Price match against Best Buy (until tonight only).
I can't post links...so WEBID is 10166450
I've heard some pretty reviews on this...seems like a great deal too! It is a Class 10 with adapter!
Don't know how much they'll cost in US but in UK you can get SanDisk Mobile Ultra 32gb class 10 UHS-1 cards for £18($28.50) including tax and delivery from play.com.
And those Lexar cards really aren't much good really compared to the SanDisk which is probably the best card you can get for a mobile.
Just picked one up, thanks for the heads up!
Also, I wouldn't use play.com to save my life. The reviews about that website scare me to death.
There is something fishy about price matching a sister company. Why are there two stores where the only difference is the colours?
Oh that's a good deal but it's late hope I can get one tomorrow.
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Dont waste your money shopping at Futureshop or Bestbuy. I live in Vancouver and the 2 best computer stores are NCIX and Memory Express. The always have a 32 class 10 micro of one brand or another between 19 and 25 dollars. Every major city has a PC builder store, that is where you will find the latest deals. I have a 32 in all of my devices and can say that there is no difference between Lexar, Adata, Gskill, or SanDisk. They all do the same job at the same speed. Here are some links:
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=62042&vpn=AUSDH32GCL10-RA1&manufacture=AData Technology&promoid=1258
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=65506&vpn=RP-MEMS-32C10&manufacture=Retail Plus&promoid=1258
^yep, I have a microcenter in houston, $25 for a class10 32gb...
onei0077 said:
There is something fishy about price matching a sister company. Why are there two stores where the only difference is the colours?
Oh that's a good deal but it's late hope I can get one tomorrow.
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I price match Best Buy to Future Shop and vice versa all the time.
It's weird that their pricing isn't consistent...considering these two stores are less than 5kms from eachother.
I've read some pretty good reviews on the Lexar....so I'll see how it is...if it isn't that great...its only like $31.xx and I am sure I can use it elsewhere....in a digital camera or something.
kanewtz said:
Hey Everyone,
Just called in and purchased a Lexar 32GB Class 10 microSDHC Memory Card for $27.99+tax from Future Shop.
I can't post links...so WEBID is 10166450
Price match against Best Buy (until tonight only).
I can't post links...so WEBID is 10166450
I've heard some pretty reviews on this...seems like a great deal too! It is a Class 10 with adapter!
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I AM THE ONE who first went to FutureShop in Vancouver and got them to do the initial price match against BestBuy for $27.99. The price match must have registered in the computer for future sales like yours. It was originally a $30 BestBuy 3-day door crasher.
Also, this Lexar MicroSD comes with a USB card reader, not a microSD->SDHC adapter like most other cards come with. This Lexar (a division of Micron) comes with a 10 year warranty.
Reviews say it is a fast card (especially with the card reader) but may have issues with Android, so lets put it to the test and see.
The BestBuy Door crasher sale is (officially) over but here is the link with picture of the USB card reader.
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Dont waste your money shopping at Futureshop or Bestbuy. I live in Vancouver and the 2 best computer stores are NCIX and Memory Express. The always have a 32 class 10 micro of one brand or another between 19 and 25 dollars. Every major city has a PC builder store, that is where you will find the latest deals. I have a 32 in all of my devices and can say that there is no difference between Lexar, Adata, Gskill, or SanDisk. They all do the same job at the same speed. Here are some links:
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=62042&vpn=AUSDH32GCL10-RA1&manufacture=AData Technology&promoid=1258
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=65506&vpn=RP-MEMS-32C10&manufacture=Retail Plus&promoid=1258
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The retail plus has absolutely terrible, scary reviews. Why the hell would you refer us to that?
I'm going to buy the adata one though.
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I own one of the retail Plus cards and have had no issues with it what so ever.
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Catalyst2012 said:
I AM THE ONE who first went to FutureShop in Vancouver and got them to do the initial price match against BestBuy for $27.99. The price match must have registered in the computer for future sales like yours. It was originally a $30 BestBuy 3-day door crasher.
Also, this Lexar MicroSD comes with a USB card reader, not a microSD->SDHC adapter like most other cards come with. This Lexar (a division of Micron) comes with a 10 year warranty.
Reviews say it is a fast card (especially with the card reader) but may have issues with Android, so lets put it to the test and see.
The BestBuy Door crasher sale is (officially) over but here is the link with picture of the USB card reader.
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The Lexar card that you purchased at Futureshop is also available at Memory Express. Memory Express has an unbeatable price match system. They will beat the price by 25% if the difference where as Bestbuy/FS will only do 10. You could have gotten this card for $22. Not that 5 dollars is a big deal, but keep this store in mind. Especially being how you live in Vancouver, it may save you some bigger $$$ in the future. Nearly a year ago I purchased a RAT 7 mouse from them when BestBuy had a Special offer on it. I got the 109 dollar mouse for 72 after the price beat. They will do limited stock or online only prices also. Their website has a price beat calculator if you care to look. I do not work for them and am not trying to plug them, I just like to see other techies save money.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX35352
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Policies/PriceProtection.cm.aspx
BCSC said:
The Lexar card that you purchased at Futureshop is also available at Memory Express. Memory Express has an unbeatable price match system. They will beat the price by 25% if the difference where as Bestbuy/FS will only do 10. You could have gotten this card for $22. Not that 5 dollars is a big deal, but keep this store in mind. Especially being how you live in Vancouver, it may save you some bigger $$$ in the future. Nearly a year ago I purchased a RAT 7 mouse from them when BestBuy had a Special offer on it. I got the 109 dollar mouse for 72 after the price beat. They will do limited stock or online only prices also. Their website has a price beat calculator if you care to look. I do not work for them and am not trying to plug them, I just like to see other techies save money.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX35352
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Policies/PriceProtection.cm.aspx
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Thanks - the ME 25% matching is good to know! Certainly could payoff on larger ticket items. I actually got my card for $18 after using a $10 FutureShop gift card I had lying around for over a year, $28- $10 = $18. I live relatively close to a FS, and the drive to the nearest Memory Express (Richmond) would have easily burned $5 in petrol (hopefully not Tar Sands).
As a side note, that RAT 7 gaming mouse I mentioned a few posts back is available for a killer price right now. Memory Express has it for 109 right now while NCIX carries it for 69. Memory Express will price Beat it down to 59. You can do this all online if you are interested. You just need the link to the lower price on NCIX and enter it at checkout via green price check button. Just wanted to point out a good deal. This is a great mouse, and a must have for gamers.
Here are links:
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX36283
http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=65689&vpn=CCB437080001/04/1&manufacture=Saitek&promoid=1295