Hacking UK - Kingston 1GB MicroSD card £7.79 delivered

[RobDS]

Even cheaper at Ebuyer today.

 

[cheekydollar]

cool
do we know if they are Japan versions

 

[poloman]

both of mine were, and betaboy said his were too, so i'd imagine you stood a good chance.

 

[MaxThrust]

xlshop share the same registration as http://www.pricestorm.com/ and w2w .. 38835

According to web.archive.org .. xlshop.com has existed since 2002

I gave up waiting for a response to my order status and when with ebuyer and 3 day delivery. xlshop in the end said that they were expecting the delivery 2-mar, but I#'d cancelled by then

 

[StuKeeler]

I may have found the cheapest place in Britain (at time of posting) to get a Japanese Kingston 1GB!

ValueShop.co.uk

£6.50 a piece (free shipping!), and arrived in 3 days!

* Disclaimer; Their website does not specify manufacturing origin, but mine are deffinately Japanese!

(/me is very happy

)

 

[RobDS]

If you are buying more than one like i was it works out cheaper at Ebuyer.

 

[betaboy]

Ebuyer £5.53 ea inc vat with free shipping if you buy 10 and pick 5 day supersaver shipping.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Holy moly just got 2... for 4.99 exVAT each =]

 

[arman68]

ValueShop.co.uk

£6.50 a piece (free shipping!), and arrived in 3 days!

* Disclaimer; Their website does not specify manufacturing origin, but mine are deffinately Japanese!

Thanks. Ordered 1 on saturday as well. I'll let you know what I get.

 

[Hunter_zaz]

w00t, received 3 micro SD all Japan. Good Lcuk all.

 

[cheekydollar]

w00t, received 3 micro SD all Japan. Good Lcuk all.

where did you order from? Ebuyer or valueshop?

 

[arman68]

Valueshop: 1GB kingston Japan
saturday: ordered
monday: email notification it was shipped
tuesday: received

 

[Rod_Hull]

There's a seller on eBay called ahakim_memory who is selling genuine Toshiba 1Gb cards for £7.94 shipped. Based in the UK, and shipped from here too.

I got mine this morning (ordered on Thursday, so not the fastest) but it was only 512Mb - they're sending a replacement 1Gb together with a pre-paid envelope to return the 512Mb one...

So, give them a go, but don't expect it to turn up the next day (or maybe even be the right size - I guess I was just unlucky!)

At least they're genuine Tosh cards, not like the majority of the HK-based sellers palming off dodgy fakes...

 

[cheekydollar]

Hmm - had a look - price is only £6.50 now... good price for a Tosh - but how can you verify these are genuine?? The pic looks like a generic card...

 

[HelloKitty]

I heard even the quality of the "imitation" cards are getting much better now and you can't even tell the difference

 

[MaxThrust]

Got 3 from ebuyer

Item: Kingston 1GB Micro Secure Digital Card
Qty: 3Cost: 4.35

Shipping method: 3 Working Days at:£2.74

Subtotal: 15.79
VAT total: 2.77
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Total: 18.56
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All Japan versions

 

[Rod_Hull]

Hmm - had a look - price is only £6.50 now... good price for a Tosh - but how can you verify these are genuine?? The pic looks like a generic card...

I was worried at first - I mailed and asked them to give the serial no. printed on the card but they posted the bar-code on the back of the packet instead

I thought at the price, I'd take the plunge, and it was worth it.

However, the cards ARE genuine Tosh cards - the packaging is Tosh, and the card has the all important "SDC-01G JAPAN" printed directly on it.

As I said in my previous post, I was sent a 512Mb in error, but this morning (the day after the 512 arrived) I got a replacement - so pretty good service in all - and dead cheap for the creme-de-la-creme manufacturer of MicroSDs...

 

[Rod_Hull]

Checked my card out last night, and it's DEFINITELY a genuine Tosh model.

Tested it with HDTach, and got 1.5ms random access times (among the best attainable from all MicroSDs).

As a comparison, the Japanese Kingston ones give a similar time, whereas the Taiwanese ones give roughly double this (hence why some games freeze or stutter with Slot-1 flashcarts).

So, go for it from this seller - very, very cheap for genuine Toshiba cards in the UK...

 

[RobDS]

I just got 10 in the post today from Ebuyer and they are all Japan cards just for clarification.

 

[iamwhoiam]

same, two SD-C01G cards arrived today =]