Where can I get a very! cheap 1-2gb USB flash drive?

saenbateman

I don't mind if it's 4gb but I don't really need more than 1 or 2

the the cheapest I could find was on play .com 4gb for around 5 pound

basmic

No offence, but do you really begrudge paying £5 for a 4gb USB flash drive?

To put things into perspective, I bought my first 256mb flash drive for about £35 - this was about 5 years ago. In about January, I bought a 16gb USB flash drive for £14.99 from Amazon.

I don't think £5 is at all bad, to be honest with you. Obviously you'll find you make more savings, the larger the drive you buy - usually up until about 16gb drives, which I found was the sweet spot when buying.

daily_2

They do a 1GB for £3.99.

samhale

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-1-GB-USB-2-0-Flash-Memory-Stick-Jump-Drive-Fold-Pen_W0QQitemZ360155772963QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_FlashDrives_SM?hash=item53daf4f823&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A15|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50
£3.38

samhale

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2GB-2-GB-USB-2-0-Flash-Memory-Stick-Jump-Drive-Fold-Pen_W0QQitemZ360155773095QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_FlashDrives_SM?hash=item53daf4f8a7&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A15|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

£3.68

hotkee

Word of caution - when buying from ebay - some (not all I am not saying everything) but some of the stuff from hong kong etc is very very very .....you know what....

I bought a so called 8 gig memory stick once - turns out it was an minature internal stick covered with some low grade metallic and plastic (leather look).
And it was rubbish - didnt work properly.

Threw it away in the end.

So its worth buying a genuine branded make if you want to keep your data secure - and oh if you want to really keep your data rather than lose it....

Marty_J

hotkee wrote: »

Word of caution - when buying from ebay - some (not all I am not saying everything) but some of the stuff from hong kong etc is very very very .....you know what....

The same goes for buying from the Amazon Marketplace or Play's PlayTrade.

samhale

Although I've never had a problem, it's true certain HK USB sticks in the past often come up as 2/4/8GB on the computer, but will only store 1/2/4 GB.

nomoneytoday

My local snappysnaps had a 1gb usb card for £5, but included 10 free pictures for 6 months.
Those 60 pics were worth £6 to me, so in essence a free card

lindsaygalaxy

If you wanna go pick one up today, Staples are doing 2GB £5, 4GB £7.

mrscruffy

lindsaygalaxy wrote: »

If you wanna go pick one up today, Staples are doing 2GB £5, 4GB £7.

If you can wait you will probably find a website offering a free promotional drive. I recently got a 2GB drive from Sun Microsystems.