Thanks for the info. I had better get a few more, I paid 12.88 for the 4GB. Lois Yaw Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: SanDisk question >I think it is due more to changing costs. As cost to make larger > capacity drives goes down so does the retail price. This means that > pretty soon there will be no profit in anything smaller than an 8 or > 16GB thumb drive. Back to school is the perfect time to unload the > smaller capacity drives and SanDisk is taking advantage of it. > > Our local district requires students submit much of their work on > thumb drives instead of paper. Thumb drives are a great loss leader > to get you into the store. > > Unless your store has better pricing than mine the 2GB should be > $12.88 and the 4GB $19.88. The 1GB was 10.88 but they are all gone. > Other brands are not as desperate to unload stock as SanDisk is. At > least not yet. By the end of the year the smallest you will find will > probably be 4GB and maybe even 8GB. Prices will probably be in the > $15 and $30 range respectively. > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------