Re: 'discount' stores not cheap for USB flash drives

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From: John Savage
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:08

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Borked Pseudo Mailed <nobody@pseudo.borked.net> writes:
>Well they sell all sorts of chink crap so cheap, but.......
>In Red Dot store, I saw a 128 MB USB thumb drive for $19.95!
>Almost as bad was Coles with a 256 MB model for $25.95
>have they got a clue?????????

It happens that I, too, scrutinized Coles prices (Syd) on Tuesday,
and the prices I saw were nothing like those in your suburb.

512 MB thumb drive was $9.99
1 GB was around $22 (i.e., more than double the half-gig)
2 GB was in the mid-$30s IIRC

IYO what would be a good price for 1 GB?
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John Savage                   (my news address is not valid for email)

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From: John Savage <rookswood@suburbian.com.au>
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Subject: Re: 'discount' stores not cheap for USB flash drives
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:08:10 +0000 (UTC)
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