| steveplymouth |
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| 29/12/2007 15:49 |
how cheap?!!
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i paid £30 for one on these last year!!
CLICK: 1 gig mem card
| fivepsaver |
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| 29/12/2007 16:24 |
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check the postage!
| fabs |
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| 29/12/2007 19:02 |
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check the postage!
Only £4.50, so still a 1gig card for under a fiver!
| spinno |
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| 29/12/2007 19:05 |
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yes but 4.50 for each card...
yes still still below a fiver but not exactly "fair" trading is it..
| fabs |
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| 29/12/2007 19:12 |
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yes but 4.50 for each card...
yes still still below a fiver but not exactly "fair" trading is it..
Agreed, but still under fiver for each card, so what does it matter what percentage of cost is for card v delivery? If it was £4.50 for the card and 48p for delivery, would we be discussing it? They probably have it that way for VAT reasons.
| Cheshire_Tony |
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| 29/12/2007 22:31 |
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They probably have it that way for VAT reasons.
Though VAT is payable on P&P so, as far as I can see, it would make no difference, except of course to the perceived selling price. Is collection an option to the block who lives next door?
| steveplymouth |
| (journeyman) |
| 29/12/2007 23:46 |
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when we were all buying them for £30 odd quid we still had the same £4.50 postage!
maybe they could bundle a dozen of them in to an envelope for the same £4.50 postage, then your on to a winner!
| fivepsaver |
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| 30/12/2007 00:23 |
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To be fair,as fabs says,a fiver for a 1gb card is ok.
I have just paid a fiver for a Memorex 1gb SD from Morrissons
[Morissons?,Morrisons?,Morisons?] and thought I had a good deal.
Nig. [Gin?] [Ign?]
| Scphoto |
| (Little Fruitbat) |
| 30/12/2007 02:55 |
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Amazon marketplace sellers do like to load the postage costs. They have a cheapo price which gets attention, then you notice the postage cost at the checkout.
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when we were all buying them for £30 odd quid we still had the same £4.50 postage!
Not if you order from Amazon (not marketplace) and it's over £15. Plus other sites like play.com have free shipping too.
| fabs |
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| 30/12/2007 10:34 |
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But a 1gig own brand SD card from Play.com is £5.49, so the free delivery doesn't really benefit there.
At the end of the day it's a 1gig card for £5 (Notice the card has now gone up to 50p!).
| m1ks |
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| 01/01/2008 00:27 |
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Like that well known online auction site it's a convenient method of not losing much if theres any problems, sellers in most respects are not obliged to offer a refund of the P&P should the card need to go back so if faulty for your £4.99 (arguments sake this is) you'd recive a refund of 0.49 less your postage return costs, (likely to be recorded for guaranteed receipt as well)
So lets say outlay of £4.99
return for £2.25? recorded
receipt of .49
so £7.24 - 0.49 = 6.75
Still a bargain i'd say but not so much as a huge one now
Caveat emptor as the saying says so, frankly I find unless Amazon TP sellers have something rare or hard to get they're not worth bothering with, stick to Play and other such reputable dealers or Amazon directly and specifically
A big one to watch on auction sites
| fabs |
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| 01/01/2008 14:04 |
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I've dealt with Amazon TP sellers on many occasions and never had a problem. Because you are going via Amazon you have that additional security. I don't see the point in spending extra money just to avoid dealing with them.