Price Info or Good Deals

[tina mallari]

Just wanted to share this. These are one of the things I take advantage of online - the too good to resist "sales" or special promos online.

Sandisk 2GB Extreme III CF Card - limited time offer with a $10 rebate

or

This one from Amazon.com <- this one changes every now and then depending on the supplier of the product

Just in case you are wondering how I get them to manila - PM me

[Ding Carpio]

Hey, Tina, I also buy my CF cards from Amazon, always the on-sale ones. Here's a good deal on a 4gb CF.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0008D76L0/ref=pd_cp_e_2/105-3665233-4390022?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_r=0YZBJD72ZNTSAECN01JM&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=250314601&pf_rd_i=B0007G6RZE

But I get them to Manila by abusing any friend who's about to come home from the US. So I'm curious how you get them here. Care to PM me?

[tina mallari]

WOW that's a really good deal !!!!!! 4 gb for $59.95 That's dirt cheap !

The thing with amazon is that the price changes like crazy, just when you thought you got a good deal, the next day the price could be lower or higher.

Will PM you how

[Nilo Arribas Jr.]

Hi Tina,

I bought 3 x 4GB CF 66x cards two weeks ago at P1,600.00 each for our use here in Cebu. Its relatively slow compared to the exterme but the buffer of the 40D is large enough to absord the 6.5 FPS burst. So far no problem with the card...

Nilo

csmallari said:

WOW that's a really good deal !!!!!! 4 gb for $59.95 That's dirt cheap !

The thing with amazon is that the price changes like crazy, just when you thought you got a good deal, the next day the price could be lower or higher.

Will PM you how

[tina mallari]

Thanks for the info Nilo

[Ding Carpio]

Thanks for the info, too, Nilo. I think it's a good idea for us to share info on good CF cards.

I'm always wary about using anything other than Sandisk because of a bad experience with a different CF brand years ago with my 350D. Somehow, the CF pins inside my 350D bent and shorted out the mainboard requiring a P13k fix from Canon. Canon could not offer any explanation how it happens (and they've had a number of occurences) except to suspect the CF card may have misaligned holes.

So it's always good to know about other brands/models that work without problem.

And, yes, Tina, Amazon prices swing a lot.

[Jun Osano]

How about these 233x 4gb Lightning series CF cards from Ridata? They're worth 1,580 at cdrking? Are they good ones?

[Ding Carpio]

Here's another from Amazon:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FKQ8LA/ref=s9_asin_title_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=04VKNYAJ8255XHVXA0A4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240701&pf_rd_i=507846

It's a Sandisk 8gb Extreme III CF card for only USD98.95, free shipping.

I can still remember when I bought a 1gb IBM microdrive and people were saying Woohooo!

[tina mallari]

I can almost see Ding itching to press that order button - HAhAHahhAHahaa

[tina mallari]

Just an update regarding ordering CF cards or light items using the courier service that I use.

I recently got the 4 Sandisk Extreme CF cards that I ordered from amazon.com that was on sale.

I was charged less than P700.00 (rounded off na) for that package. I got the package in less than a week from the time the package arrived at the office of my courier.

The reason why I'm sharing this is because I see the horrendous prices that people charge for these excellent brand of CF cards. You guys don't have to put up with it because you can order it yourselves at a much lesser price

[bend1k]

kamachikid said:

How about these 233x 4gb Lightning series CF cards from Ridata? They're worth 1,580 at cdrking? Are they good ones?

I've seen it P1380 at cdr king yesterday. but I've read from another list some are mislabeled and are just 2gb. better bring your camera to check if these are actually 4gb