[ale] [OT] Passing along a good deal on SD/Micro SD cards

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 12:08 -0400, mike at trausch.us wrote:
> On 04/27/2012 11:59 AM, arxaaron wrote:
> > The +$X.XX shipping noted on the item pages is PER ITEM.
> > I figured to get a few of these but bailed when I saw a $20
> > shipping charge for about 1.5 oz. in products.

> Yeah, that's insanity.  What do they do, ship them each in their own box?

> I could understand computing shipping on weight, or a flat fee plus 5¢
> each item or something as a way of recouping costs of "picking", but
> that's insane.

Yeah, I just picked up some 32GB Class 10s up at Amazon.com that weren't
that much more expensive and free shipping.  Personally, I think the
whole shipping angle is a scam to make you think you're getting
something cheaper when you're really not.

> 	--- Mike


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