SD/SDHC Memory card prices

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For a digital camera, I scoured retail and online for the best priced 16GB and 8GB SD/SDHC memory cards. The price differences were staggering. In Boots I think it was €28 for an 8GB, but I got one, an 8GB one from pixmania.com delivered for €14 total. Where do people get decent memory cards at reasonable prices?
 
I tend to try ebay and failing that I do a general google search.

I wouldn't touch pixmania ... too many horror stories .. so not worth the hassle.
 
I needed an 8GB microSD card before Saturday and ended up spending 17.90 fo 2 4GB cards (Transcend) in Power City.

Lesson - buy online

I've bought memory sticks and cards online from [broken link removed] before and have been happy with what I got for what I spent.
 
Have you tried Argos? When buying these cards, make sure you get a good read /write speed. Depending on your camera type, as you take photos, you want them written to card as quickly as possible.

I would expect places like Boots to be more expensive for these type of things. Other places to try would be Currys / PC World / Sound Store / H Normans, think Tesco's do these also. Also specials within Lidl / Aldi do them from time to time (usually snapped up quickly). but main thing - quicker write speed the better....
 
yeah I tried Argos, Currys, PC world, tesco. cheapest was pixmania and I bought from them. i wont need any more for a long while, but I probably will try ebay next time.
 
I've found www.mymemory.co.uk to be good and, if you want to "Buy Irish", www.memoryc.com (who also offer free shipping). 8GB from €12.40; 16GB from €21.11. The UK site does some great specials, though — see [broken link removed] and [broken link removed].

You can find cheaper on eBay, but there are lots of fake cards out there from China, especially the higher capacity ones.
 


I got my 8gb from pixmania, and it actually was delivered from memoryc in celbridge. funny that, as I live near celbridge! Just checked it out on memorycs website, €12.40 inc free delivery as opposed to €14 inc delivery charge from pixmania.
 
Jazz01 said:
....Depending on your camera type, as you take photos, you want them written to card as quickly as possible.....
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Is this really needed for regular photography, or does it only apply say in the case of sports photography where you might be firing off 20 pics in rapid succession?
 
Bought a 32GB card in Camera centre a few months ago which was pretty close to the prices you could get on line.
 
I got an 8GB SDHC card (class 6) from an Irish seller on ebay for €13 a few months ago. Fairly good price. Expect to pay a lot more in the shops.
 
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