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QueBert

QueBert

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Costco sent out a coupon book last week, this is a great drive, it's plenty fast and the liquid metal casing owns. It's $45 in store which is a pretty good B&M price, but the $15 off coupon makes it smoking. You can argue that you can get a 2 gig for less then this if you shop around, but I think the casing alone is worth paying more for. Also, it doesn't have a cap to loose, love the retractable USB on it.

It does have U3 on it, which some people hate, but it can be uninstalled or you can just hold down CTRL when you insert the drive to keep the auto-run from starting up.


 
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docinthebox

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Nice deal if you like the Titanium casing as OP mentioned.

But from a speed perspective, the Titanium has read and write speed of 15MB/s. If you want something faster, here are some other alternatives at > 25MB/s read speed, and about the same price (all at $24.95 + $6.95 shipping = $31.90 shipped):

A-Data PD7 200x (= 30MB/s)

PQI U330 170x (= 26MB/s)

PQI U339 170x (= 26MB/s)

PQI Intelligent Stick Pro 220x (33 MB/s)

I have the PQI U339 170x and the A-Data PD7 and can attest that they both are very fast (>25MB/s read)
 
videopho

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Nice deal for a super nice jump drive.
I like the security protection feature to the drive when usage.
I paid $45 (after $20 GCO) @ buy.com during that frenzy xmas06 shopping season.
 
QueBert

QueBert

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Originally posted by: docinthebox
Nice deal if you like the Titanium casing as OP mentioned.

But from a speed perspective, the Titanium has read and write speed of 15MB/s. If you want something faster, here are some other alternatives at > 25MB/s read speed, and about the same price (all at $24.95 + $6.95 shipping = $31.90 shipped):

A-Data PD7 200x (= 30MB/s)

PQI U330 170x (= 26MB/s)

PQI U339 170x (= 26MB/s)

PQI Intelligent Stick Pro 220x (33 MB/s)

I have the PQI U339 170x and the A-Data PD7 and can attest that they both are very fast (>25MB/s read)
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Yeah they are definitely charging $$ for the housing, as far as price per megabyte Circuit City has the 4 gig non Titanium Cruzer for 60 bucks this week (another good deal...)

I didn't know the Titanium was only 15mb/s though, I might look into that last one you posted looks sweet :)
 
QueBert

QueBert

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Originally posted by: videopho
I just saw $34.99 after $15 coupon, on-line.
deal
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good deal 5 bucks more but shipping is included. Still makes ir $5 cheaper then anywhere I've seen on-line. Sandisk is coming out with a new model next month so I think that's why the price drop on the Titanium's. About to drive to Costco and pick up a couple.

 
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docinthebox

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Originally posted by: Frintin
PQI U339 170x (= 26MB/s)
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Isn't that PQI (u339 type) the fastest flash drive on the planet?
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For a time, yes. But several faster flash drives have come out lately:

1. A-Data PD7 (30MB/s)
2. Buffalo RUF2-R series (32MB/s) - not sold in USA, interestingly. (Apparently, Buffalo thinks the USA market only deserves the slower RUF2-S series.)
3. PQI Intelligent Stick Pro220 series (33MB/s)

 
jjmIII

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Originally posted by: docinthebox
Nice deal if you like the Titanium casing as OP mentioned.
But from a speed perspective, the Titanium has read and write speed of 15MB/s. If you want something faster, here are some other alternatives at > 25MB/s read speed, and about the same price (all at $24.95 + $6.95 shipping = $31.90 shipped):
A-Data PD7 200x (= 30MB/s)
PQI U330 170x (= 26MB/s)
PQI U339 170x (= 26MB/s)
PQI Intelligent Stick Pro 220x (33 MB/s)
I have the PQI U339 170x and the A-Data PD7 and can attest that they both are very fast (>25MB/s read)
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Have you shopped here? Great price on 4gb drives too. No ResellerRatings though...
 
RossMAN

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How does this compare with the 2GB that was on sale at Staples for $30 AR last week?
 
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docinthebox

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Originally posted by: jjmIII
Originally posted by: docinthebox
Nice deal if you like the Titanium casing as OP mentioned.
But from a speed perspective, the Titanium has read and write speed of 15MB/s. If you want something faster, here are some other alternatives at > 25MB/s read speed, and about the same price (all at $24.95 + $6.95 shipping = $31.90 shipped):
A-Data PD7 200x (= 30MB/s)
PQI U330 170x (= 26MB/s)
PQI U339 170x (= 26MB/s)
PQI Intelligent Stick Pro 220x (33 MB/s)
I have the PQI U339 170x and the A-Data PD7 and can attest that they both are very fast (>25MB/s read)
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Have you shopped here? Great price on 4gb drives too. No ResellerRatings though...
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Yes I bought my A-Data PD7 8GB for $99 + shipping, about two weeks ago. Shipping was fast and it came with original brand-new packaging. Overall, I was very satisfied. That's why I decided to do some promoting for them on AT. Although they don't have resellerratings yet, their ebay rating is pretty good:

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=dz-tech

(I'm assuming they're the same folks.)

The return address shown on the package was a PO Box in San Jose, CA I believe. Could be a one person operation. I don't know. But my experience was good.
 
esquared

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Originally posted by: Old Hippie
Although they don't have resellerratings yet, their ebay rating is pretty good:
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I dunno. I don't call 102 negatives in the past 12 months "pretty good".
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It all relative to the total number of positives. 8972 / (8972 +102) = 98.9 % for the last 12 months is good enough for me to do business with them. If sellers do thousands or even tens of thousands of transactions and maintain 99% Positives, I look at them as being good sellers. Again IMO.
 
khurios2000

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Originally posted by: esquared
Originally posted by: Old Hippie
Although they don't have resellerratings yet, their ebay rating is pretty good:
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I dunno. I don't call 102 negatives in the past 12 months "pretty good".
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It all relative to the total number of positives. 8972 / (8972 +102) = 98.9 % for the last 12 months is good enough for me to do business with them. If sellers do thousands or even tens of thousands of transactions and maintain 99% Positives, I look at them as being good sellers. Again IMO.
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link to ebay refs?
 
esquared

esquared

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I assume you mean the ebay link that docinthebox referenced a few posts up.
here it is
 
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docinthebox

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Originally posted by: esquared
Originally posted by: Old Hippie
Although they don't have resellerratings yet, their ebay rating is pretty good:
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I dunno. I don't call 102 negatives in the past 12 months "pretty good".
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It all relative to the total number of positives. 8972 / (8972 +102) = 98.9 % for the last 12 months is good enough for me to do business with them. If sellers do thousands or even tens of thousands of transactions and maintain 99% Positives, I look at them as being good sellers. Again IMO.
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From my personal experience, I've sold stuff on ebay, and once you've made a good number of sales, you simply cannot avoid running into dishonest buyers. For example, if they pull the buy-and-switch trick (buy an item, then return another defective item), the seller is at a complete disadvantage. Unless you're willing to lose money to maintain a 100% rating, I would agree that a 1% negative rating is not unusual even for an honest seller. Of course, this is IMO. I'm not saying those -ve ratings of dz-tech do not mean anything, but just my thoughts.
 
QueBert

QueBert

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No Ebay seller has 8000+ sells and a 100% positive rating. You cannot make everyone happy, and throw in dishonest people, and idiots who give you a negative feedback because you took an extra week to ship the item to them. Even though it took them an extra week to pay you.

If they have enough sales, I don't even mind a 97% positive. 102 out of 8972 is outstanding for ebay standards.
 
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docinthebox

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LOL. Saw this item on Fry's ad "4GB USB 2.0 HIGH SPEED FLASH DRIVE" which is really a pathetically slow drive. The "HIGH SPEED" refers to the USB 2.0 interface but that's irrelevant given the slow speed of the flash itself.

It seems this is becoming a very common way for sellers to rip off people who didn't know that the "high speed" mentioned is about the USB interface not the memory itself.

Following the same logic, I think every USB flash drive on the market these days would be "high speed" since it's rare to find a USB 1.1 drive these days. FTC should do something about this kind of misleading advertising.
 
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I've been a Costco member for years...I never get ANY mail from them let alone coupons. How do I get them to send me the coupons?
 
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