16gb USB flash drive, Tesco €13.61

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#182 31-05-2010 07:24PM

Kylo Ren

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KeelanM90 wrote: »

Was in both Poleberry and Lisduggan! Was in Ardkeen saturday and they had no USBs at all

Any idea about Tramore??

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#183 31-05-2010 07:52PM

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Keno 92 wrote: »

Any idea about Tramore??

Nope sorry wasn't out there but they seem to be going back up to 40:(

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#184 31-05-2010 09:55PM

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Was in the Sligo store this evening, it took me ages to find them but eventually I did, 9 of them on the shelf and the price tag said €40.81 so I brought it to the counter and asked the lady to scan it, she told me it was €40.81 so I left it behind me

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#185 31-05-2010 10:08PM

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bobcar61 wrote: »

Was in the Sligo store this evening, it took me ages to find them but eventually I did, 9 of them on the shelf and the price tag said €40.81 so I brought it to the counter and asked the lady to scan it, she told me it was €40.81 so I left it behind me

Guess they're doing that in a few places now.. they definitely were marked at €13.61 when I was in on Saturday, but they'd none left. So as soon as they got stock, they pushed price back up.

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#186 01-06-2010 07:24AM

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got the last two on Saturday in Castlebar for the €13 price - they were marked at the €40 price...

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#187 01-06-2010 07:51AM

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It was probably a special 2 day offer or stock clerance thingy, but i think Boards members cleaned the entire Tesco chain out! :-)

btw...i love my drive, tiny, lightweight, Readyboost, 16GB + 13 squid....all it needed was a free body massage :-)

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#188 01-06-2010 07:53AM

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ch750536 wrote: »

13 m/s write speed on mine, very impressive, faster that my expensive corsair.

HD Tune 4.50 Pro reports slower; 8-10MB/s write....but read speeds are very good, 26-28MB/s

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#189 01-06-2010 03:39PM

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had some in tesco killarney today but were scanning at €53.99

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#190 01-06-2010 03:52PM

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Assumed these are gone, or back up to full price everywhere.

So I've marked it as Expired.

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#191 01-06-2010 04:06PM

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must be gone up everywhere so cos saw the 8gb one in abbeyfeale for around €30

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#192 04-06-2010 09:27PM

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Got one of these for €13 odd last week - was in tesco Waterford this evening and I see they've gone up to €50+ Euro (think it was €59)

The €13 must have been a misprice - they cost at least double that on the net.

Well Done and Thanks to the OP!

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#193 02-11-2010 05:06PM

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sorry to did up an old thread and i know ill be lynched for it but im in trouble with 2 of these drives they dont work and i cant find my receipt anywhere as now PNY which is where i have had to send them are looking for proof of purchase. if anyone had a scan or could scan a receipt from there purchase i would be very grateful. If not it was worth a shot sure.
regards,
dave

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#194 02-11-2010 05:40PM

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can't see any members here wanting to get involved in FRAUD

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#195 02-11-2010 07:30PM

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can't see any members here wanting to get involved in FRAUD

Where's the Fraud?
As I see it, they don't work, he can't find his receipt and wants to borrow someone elses receipt or have I missed something.
If you don't find someone with a receipt, if you paid for it by CC, that might be of use to you.

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#196 02-11-2010 07:55PM

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Hi All,
My 16gb flashdrive failed on me as well, it was giving me a "write protected error". I only had used it for about a month. I too did not keep my receipt. I sent it back to HP who returned it to me saying they don't actually make the flashdrive at all. They told me to send it to PNY. To cut a long story short I just got back an email from PNY saying they won't do anything without a receipt.
I've asked how come the unit seems to be failing for so many people and surely its a defect on their end. We'll see what they come back with.

Chubbyhomer.

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#197 02-11-2010 08:38PM

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Try this Utility from HP for restoring flash drives worked for me when I had the same problem on these 16gb flash drives when you unzip the file right click and Run as Administrator use quick format

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#198 02-11-2010 09:01PM

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razor_ryan wrote: »

Try this Utility from HP for restoring flash drives worked for me when I had the same problem on these 16gb flash drives when you unzip the file right click and Run as Administrator use quick format

Tried that and various other things before opting to send it off. Sorry if it came across like fraudulent but it isn't I did purchase these but with cash and don't have the receipt unfortunately.

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#199 02-11-2010 09:24PM

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Mine failed aswell, really not happy about it. I had kinda given up on trying to send it in as I dont have a reciept but if anyone gets anywhere with this, that'd be great. I started a thread on it a while ago: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056065441

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