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1GB SD Cards Expensive in the UK SO much Cheaper in the US

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.

[Q] Dispatch SGN @ Germany

does anybody out of germany had a chance to pic a SGN up at MediaMarkt? or maybe you've reccived a mail from Amazon.de or any other Order site that your device is on his glorious way into your hands?

Amazon.de and other online retailers don't seem to have stock yet. No german online retailer has send out phones yet.
But you could get it for the last two days in many Media Markt and Saturn stores. They have limited stock at the moment so calling ahead and reserving one for pick up is advised, especially if you don't live near one of their stores.
The Galaxy Nexus is in Media Marks latest print ad (page 3). download pdf
edit: It's also on the front page of the Saturn homepage.

amazon
i've ordered it on amazon along with prime delivery (had a wording grin there) since they offered the SGN mid last month..
they still give me a delivery date range from tomorrow 3.12 till 6.12.
but so far it's not it's way yet...
can keep you posted if desired..

got it from saturn yesterday and canceled my order at amazon

Yeah, I bought the last out of 7 Galaxy Nexus that were in stock at a MediaMarkt in Heilbronn on November 30th
The guy selling it to me had never even heard about Nexus devices and didn't know ****. ("Is this a new windows phone?" ) But he was impressed that all 7 devices were sold for 549€ in no time.
I canceled my order at Home Of Hardware then.
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frittenpiekse said:
got it from saturn yesterday and canceled my order at amazon
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just checked the pick up availability on my 5 local saturn stores (munich) and they all say 6-10 days...

dystropian said:
just checked the pick up availability on my 5 local saturn stores (munich) and they all say 6-10 days...
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have you tried mediamarkt instead?

nope - and i won't, the service in both of those stores is as bad as it can be..
through I'm spamming F5 on amazon to check any changes (and yet I'm so eager to switch away from my almighty milestone)

I ordered mine from amazon a week ago. they say 13.12.-14.12.

Got mine today from Media Markt as well, 529€ which is compared to online prices very cheap. Canceled my preorder as well.
Just call the Markets near you and ask if they got it. I called 3 different ones in the area and only one had them. Good luck!

I heard there are the ones selling for 529 euros, and the ones for 629. Has anyone been able to confirm whether the more expensive ones are 32GB, or that's only retailer price difference?

As far as i know, only the LTE version does hold 32gb of data - all GSM devices are 16gb only

That's what has been said, but a 100 euro price difference seems pretty peculiar to me. It exactly matches the other devices' price differences for storage expansion. I guess we'll have to wait for someone to get a hold of one of the 629 euro ones.

could be... but you really just need more space for music n stuff.. depending on the data limitation within your contract... however you can use the cloud as extended storage.. basically thats why the 16gb is not that huge step back (for me, even if i think 16gb is far too less of offline storage)

Well, that's true, but i just can't bring myself to accept 16GB of storage . I have great 3G coverage here but still i would like to keep the most of my music and especially TV series episodes with me on my offline storage.

[Q] Any SIM free offers in the UK?

Hi all,
has anybody seen the GN on offer in the UK - sim free?
Broke my HTC and have seen their latest flagship phone has issues, so would rather switch to the Nexus
Thanks in advance

Got mine here a month ago, dont think theres anywhere cheaper.
Mine was a euro version so no uk usb charger but i wasnt bothered,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Galaxy-Nexu...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1339013801&sr=1-1
Well worth it.

kurtish said:
Hi all,
has anybody seen the GN on offer in the UK - sim free?
Broke my HTC and have seen their latest flagship phone has issues, so would rather switch to the Nexus
Thanks in advance
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I got mine off amazon back in Jan, was easiest/cheapest way to get a sim free phone that I could find here at the time. But it would appear that it's not offered directly through Amazon - just resellers now there. So depending if that's your cup of tea or not, still have that route.
Not sure which carriers offer it still in store - but I believe if you bought outright off Vodafone, they'll give you the unlock code immediately (up to a 7 day wait maybe though?).
O2 policy was a year, and I think 3 might've been three months.

Pretty sure its not stocked in most stores in the uk now,
I got mine from the reseller Top T through amazon and they were very good, dispatched and delivered within 3 days. Free delivery also.

Thanks folks.....
I'm gutted. I almost bought the white one on ebay the other day, but opted for the HTC One X (this was before I read the bad reviews) and the bugger ripped me off with my cash.
So waiting for Paypal to get my refund sorted.
The white one on ebay was new and only went for £227

Would you recommend it?
Only because I could upgrade early with Orange for about £300 and get the S3?
I'm just not keen at all on that touchwiz poo,lol

That sucks, i like the onex but i have heard some bad things about it.
Just a personal thing but i'd never buy a phone from ebay anyways.
Grab the Gnex from amazon for £316 and you'll be happy
Edit: SGS3 is a beast, i've played with one and the touchwiz isnt all that bad. Plus the custom roms will be coming soon.
Down to personal preference really, i cam from iphone so anythings better!

Yeah, I've heard it's good,lol....
That's why I'm a bit undecided
Argggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Decisions, decisions!

I would go for the nexus, buy it outright then you're not going into another long contract, if you dont get on with it down the line you still have an upgrade to use and you can sell your nexus.

That's what I was thinking....
They're all going to start competing with quad cores now and in a few months the SG3 will be bottom of the list....
Nexus it is....
Thanks for your help!

Lenovo P2, where to buy in UK?

In particular, anywhere in London? Three stores do not have that in stock in any store (I've called most of them). Is it possible there isn't an actual shop where you can purchase it from?
And what would be the right price to pay? On Amazon UK you can buy it at /Lenovo-P2-Smartphone-Battery-Dual-SIM/dp/B01MFBOXXT (can't post full url unfortunately) for £320, and that is the 32gb version apparently (by looking at the 1 star reviews).
Any advice please?
Thanks

Can't you just order it online from Three? I got mine for £200 from them.

Three sell the 32GB storage 4GB RAM version for £199 unlocked with a £10 pay as you go SIM.

Spazturtle said:
Three sell the 32GB storage 4GB RAM version for £199 unlocked with a £10 pay as you go SIM.
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Out of stock in the three online store, for the past week... Am I looking in the wrong direction?

It's also showing as out of stock online too:
http://www.three.co.uk/lenovo/p2?featuretab=Six Months Half Price&memory=32&colour=Grey

Try CeX

Its been out of stock at all 3 stores for over a couple of months ive tried at lots of places to buy a second one for a friend. the 3gb variant they are selling on amazon and ebay are a different model version and they are ripping people off selling it for £300 or even more.. And today at a 3 shop locally the manager told me they have now discontinued the p2.

Hard to find now. The price was too good at £200. It's been out of stock for ages. I ended buying up buying it on ebay. Got the 64 GB (p2c72) variant for £270.

Lodd said:
Hard to find now. The price was too good at £200. It's been out of stock for ages. I ended buying up buying it on ebay. Got the 64 GB (p2c72) variant for £270.
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Ok, so I need a Phone before the 15th since I'm going to holiday. Looks like this phone is literally a ghost. My main requisite is a non-ridiculous battery life. I can see that the Moto Z Play could be a candidate then? And if that the case, again, where can I find it in London? Any suggestions please?

https://uk.m.webuy.com/product-deta...dual-sim-32gb-grey-unlocked-a/slenp2a42ggunla
Sent from my Lenovo P2a42 using Tapatalk

Three have stopped selling the Lenovo P2 and have no plans to restock now that the Honor 9 has been released.

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Confirmed that Three have discontinued it: https://twitter.com/ThreeUKSupport/status/884442227703001088

Mine died recently and looking to replace, you can buy it from Amazon Germany, France and Italy - but it's around £270 for a p2a42. At £200 it was a no brainer, but thinking now I may wait for snapdragon 630/660 phones.

Three back in stock today.

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Three back in stock today.
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Great, I waited 3 weeks for it to be back in stock and then Three support told me it was discontinued, so I ordered one with a broken screen (the guy dropped it straight after opening it, everything is still in the box) off ebay with a case for £109 and ordered a new screen from china for £88 with the tools to install it. And now they get it back in stock. ****ing grade-A support from Three.

Spazturtle said:
Great, I waited 3 weeks for it to be back in stock and then Three support told me it was discontinued, so I ordered one with a broken screen (the guy dropped it straight after opening it, everything is still in the box) off ebay with a case for £109 and ordered a new screen from china for £88 with the tools to install it. And now they get it back in stock. ****ing grade-A support from Three.
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Damn, that sucks. Maybe you can take it as a learning opportunity on how to fix/replace the screen. If it goes well, you could even sell it for a slightly lower price as used. Then buy a new one (to get the warranty).

when you choose tariff plan it says out of stock ...

The weird thing is that I have been checking the three site for stock over the last week and on Friday night it accepted an order for the P2 on PYG.
Just got to see if it turns up now...

I have spoken to three on the phone (~ 1 week ago) and they said they aren't expecting any more stock. They told my insurance company the same. Don't know if that is just the operator telling me that though.
You can get a p2a42 from amazon Germany for £270 though, which is what I did.

Buying a used Fold. UK Unlocked. Considerations?

Hi,
Ways wanted one, never willing to spend the money. Would be interested in a used model possibly but I have a few questions:
- Does a used model still have the UK Samsung protection? Is it one screen replacement for a few hundred quid?
- Does the UK Unlocked model work OK with Voda 5G? I was upgraded to a 5G plan but don't have a 5G phone.
- Scanning through this forum it seems like the update situation isnt great... I guess this device will always be the last to get updates?
Does it make any sense to get this device in early 2020?
Thanks!

Bought a used one in Denmark from a shop. The previous orner used the Samsung Care so im **** out of luck.

delinde said:
Bought a used one in Denmark from a shop. The previous orner used the Samsung Care so im **** out of luck.
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Anyway to know in advance if this is the case? Serial number check etc?

You only have 30 days to sign up for the premium care. I'm sol on the one I bought used lol.

Also in uk ee are exclusive with it or buy from samsung but like you said get 2nd hand

I got mine on Ebay UK just a couple of days ago, good price (I think) 1100,- with shipping.
Device is like new, also the screen, so it's possible to find a good one.
Only ask them for pictures of the display, I contacted a lot of them and some of them send me good pictures where the screen was really bad but the listed it as "Like new". So be aware of that.