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Integral Flexi 8Gb USB Flash Drive £9.99 (€11.50) delivered from MX2.

  • 09-09-2009 6:08am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭


    Integral Flexi USB 2.0 Flash Drive 8Gb £9.99 (about €11.50) Delivered from MX2.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,063 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Thats excellent, thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    any idea what speeds it transfers at? I've gotten some big flash drives before but some have been hideously slow at transferring data to and from and make it not worth it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭Fidelis


    If the company won't detail the transfer rates, I'd steer well clear. It's all well and good having an 8GB flash drive, but it becomes less useful as a mobile memory device if it takes an hour or two to transfer the data.

    For instance, SanDisk don't even officially release transfer rates for their cheaper models of flash drive because they are so, so bad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,961 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    great price
    now if only the had a 16gb one for twice the price
    best ive seen for the 16gb is £17.99 but theres a fiver
    postage on top of that dvd.co.uk kingston traveller


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭Dogre


    MyMemory priced at £19.99 including delivery.

    You could also get a cashback by connecting through Quidco


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Dogre wrote: »
    You could also get a cashback by connecting through Quidco
    I thought you had to be resident in the UK to use Quidco? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    peckerhead wrote: »
    I thought you had to be resident in the UK to use Quidco? :confused:

    No. I joined Quidco in October 2007. Since then I've earned a total of £289.56, cash.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭corkproducers


    benifa wrote: »
    No. I joined Quidco in October 2007. Since then I've earned a total of £289.56, cash.

    What sites have you used that are affliated with quidco?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    What sites have you used that are affliated with quidco?

    Since October 2007, I've been paid cashback for using these merchants (some of them numerous times):

    Expedia
    Next Directories
    Eurotunnel
    Travelodge
    Expedia
    MORE TH>N
    BetOnMarkets
    Hotelopia
    Holiday Autos
    Get Me A Ticket
    esure
    Pampers
    Kelkoo
    Vroomvroomvroom
    Phones4U
    feelunique.com
    Bargain Crazy
    Hertz UK
    Play.com
    dabs.com
    bmi
    HMV
    KLM UK
    Tesco.com
    Insight
    easyCar.com

    Total cash paid, £289.56.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭corkproducers


    benifa wrote: »
    Since October 2007, I've been paid cashback for using these merchants (some of them numerous times):

    Expedia
    Next Directories
    Eurotunnel
    Travelodge
    Expedia
    MORE TH>N
    BetOnMarkets
    Hotelopia
    Holiday Autos
    Get Me A Ticket
    esure
    Pampers
    Kelkoo
    Vroomvroomvroom
    Phones4U
    feelunique.com
    Bargain Crazy
    Hertz UK
    Play.com
    dabs.com
    bmi
    HMV
    KLM UK
    Tesco.com
    Insight
    easyCar.com

    Total cash paid, £289.56.

    LOL. Thanks for the list, really appreciate that you went to the effort.

    this quidco site deserves to be in a sticky.

    Some sort of Cash-Back sticky, or something similar.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    Nps. In fairness though, most Irish residents won't be able to earn that much with Quidco, since a good proportion of the merchants are relevant to the UK only.

    For example, £35 I was paid by esure was for my Dad's car insurance (he lives in England, I put it through for him). Same goes for the £65 that MORE TH>N paid me.

    Still, when paying for anything online, I always check to see if I can go through Quidco first.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Just ordered a 16GB Kingston for £11 inc. postage from this seller on eBay.

    http://shop.ebay.ie/i.babecare/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

    Coming from china but all his feedback was good for it. Was an auction by the way .01p + 10.99 postage. Didn't go above the 1p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭Dogre


    Just ordered a 16GB Kingston for £11 inc. postage from this seller on eBay.

    http://shop.ebay.ie/i.babecare/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

    Coming from china but all his feedback was good for it. Was an auction by the way .01p + 10.99 postage. Didn't go above the 1p

    Hopefully your memory stick is as advertised, but many people have issues with memory sticks from the east sold on Ebay.

    Fake Ebay Memory stick guide

    A relevant section reads:

    COMMON counterfeit brands found flooding on eBay are:-

    *
    SanDisk - Cruzer Mini (SDCZ2) or Cruzer Micro (SDCZ4).
    - Most fake SanDisk display the capacity as 'G' instead of 'GB' on the item and packaging.
    o
    FAKE SanDisk Cruzer USB Flash Drives Exposed
    o
    FAKE SanDisk Extreme Compact Flash Cards Exposed
    o
    FAKE SanDisk Ultra Compact Flash Cards Exposed
    o
    FAKE SanDisk Ultra Secure Digital Cards Exposed
    *
    Sony - Micro Vault.
    - Counterfeit Sony Micro Vault does not bundle with software such as 'Virtual Expander'.
    - Most fake Sony display the capacity as 'G' instead of 'GB' on the item and packaging.
    - All Sony Vaio USB Flash available on eBay are counterfeit as 'Vaio' refers to Sony proprietary branding reserve for Sony notebook series only.
    - All Sony 16GB USB Flash drives on eBay are counterfeit.
    o
    FAKE Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo MagicGate Cards Exposed
    o
    FAKE Sony Micro Vault USB Flash Drives (Exposing soon!!!)
    * Kingston - Data Traveller I & II.
    - Counterfeit Kingston does not bundle with software such as 'Migo'.
    - A well-known counterfeit Kingston Data Traveller with an identical serial number appearing across all 4GB (white body with black handle) and 8GB (white body with orange handle) versions at the back of its retail packaging, SN: TCO7773-00156959, LK: A510M1D-5380562U. On the side of the item it may have some small printing showing 'DTI', 'KF08 1 9 0 5 5V' and '5262-014.AOOLF CHINA'.
    - All Kingston 16GB USB Flash drives on eBay are counterfeit.
    * Imation - Swivel & Mini.
    - Counterfeit Imation does not bundle with software such as 'Imation Flash Manager'.
    * BenQ, Dane-Elec, Hyundai, Laser, LG, Toshiba, Transcend, TwinMOS.
    * No Name or Unpopular Brand.

    A very high percentage of the counterfeit flash memories are using Hyperstone and iCreate memory controllers, instead of the original manufacturer's own memory controller!

    How to tell if your USB drive is counterfeit and has fake oversize capacity?

    * The fake will deceive you by displaying the 'false/oversize' capacity when you connect it to your PC, however they will NOT be able to store the data to the stated capacity.
    * So you MUST perform data test by writing a BIG (1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB) file to the usb drive, then READ back the same file from the usb drive to another location on your PC to compare. The READ back process is the only proven way to uncover its 'REAL' capacity.
    * A genuine USB flash drive will complete data transfer of a single 1GB file anywhere from 50 to 180 seconds writing to. Usually the writing time is twice as long as the reading time.
    * The fake will take an excessively long time (1 to 7 hours) only 'pretending' writing but the data was not actually being written. Hence when you try to read it back, it will claim data as being CORRUPT. Many have reported that many strange files/folders eg. 00000.000 will appear and you cannot delete them.
    * The fake flash drives are usually shipped out from ASIA especially from China, Hong Kong, Korea or Singapore, and they are also listed on Australian, UK, USA and European's eBay.
    * The counterfeit model cannot be located or matched with any genuine models on the manufacturer's web site.
    * Counterfeit 'USB Flash Drive / Compact Flash / Secure Digital / Memory Stick' are flooding the eBay market at very low Buy-It-Now (too good to be true) price to make you think is an absolute BARGAIN.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Cheers Dogre. Will post again when I receive and test it........[FONT=&quot][/FONT]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    The article is by someone who sells memory on eBay and was wrote originally in 2006 though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    The article is by someone who sells memory on eBay and was wrote originally in 2006 though
    Guide created: 25/06/06 (updated 12/09/09)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭Dogre


    The article is by someone who sells memory on eBay and was wrote originally in 2006 though

    Indeed, although that does not invalidate the warning. There are similar events in the MP3 player market on Ebay.

    As always, caveat emptor.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,063 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    At that price from China there isnt a hope thats a genuine Sandisk, might still work perfectly though.

    Still no sign of my order from the OP.

    EDIT: Just got a dispatch notice in my email there 2 minutes ago.


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