[huskerlug] Re: 8GB memory stick - $40 !!!

  • From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:59:12 -0500

Do you think it was "bait & switch"?
Looks like it to me...
JLK

Patrick wrote:
> Office depot is screwed up!  They listed thesame part
> number and SKU# for both the 4Gb and the 8GB sticks,
> and folks who ordered are getting the smaller ones,
> and calling the Customer Service and sending them
> back..
>
> The price on that page is now $44.99!
>
> So, they have been out of stock for three days,
> anyway!
>
>
> --- GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm thinking about it, if OfficeDepot hasn't run out
>> of them.
>>
>> Two weeks ago I purchased a 4GB stick at Walmart's
>> for $70.
>>
>> Pretty soon these things are going to be dimming the
>> display when you
>> plug them in!
>> JLK
>>
>> Martin Wolff wrote:
>>     
>>> Has anyone gotten one of these huge USB keys?  Do
>>>       
>> they work as well as
>>     
>>> the smaller ones?  FAT32 has a size limit of
>>>       
>> something like 8 TiB so
>>     
>>> it shouldn't be a problem to go from OS to OS with
>>>       
>> them, but I'm
>>     
>>> wondering if anyone encountered problems when they
>>>       
>> actually used it?
>>     
>>> On 4/9/07, GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>         
> http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=338812
>   
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