turtlebay777 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:22 pm
figueroa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:10 pm
turtlebay777 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2019 4:13 pm
Again and again I see comments about cheap USB sticks, but WHERE do people buy them cheaply? The stores around here in Dorset and Hampshire, UK very rarely stock USB sticks and when they do they're priced at £20 (sterling) or more for a small 8GB stick.
That's hard to relate to. On Amazon.com in the US, the pricing sweet spot seems to be at 32G USB 2.0 drives at 10 for $30, more or less, Prime shipping included. That's $3-US/each. Try to find the UK equivalent.
So only by buying online and risking one of the mega sites having their database with my banking details on it, being broken into and details stolen?
No way, Hosea!!
You can buy a prepaid debit card, unless those also cost an arm and a leg where you live. Otherwise you'd need to take a trip to your nearest large computer/electronics/gadget retailer with lower prices, wherever that might be. (Search pcworld.co.uk for store locations near you.) And if you pay with a debit or credit card issued by your bank, that large retailer will also have your banking details in a database that could become compromised or hacked.
I just had a look and 16GB to 32GBGB flash drives typically retail for under £10 online in the UK, and usually closer to £5, so at 20-plus for 8GB your local shops are ripping you off unless they're gold-plated or special editions or something, or if you're going to small independent retailers who have high rents to pay and so high mark-ups. Curry's has Sandisk Cruzer 16GB USB2.0 sticks at 3 for £14.99 for example, which is more like what you should be expecting to pay. Heck, here in the Philippines everything to do with computers, electronics and tech gadgets costs more than in the west, and even I paid under £5 for an 8GB USB.
