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I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig,
that's almost double what they were a few months ago.
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On 18/5/2026 8:30 pm, Keithr0 wrote:

I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig, that's almost double what they were a few months ago.

I was reading recently that the main reason the price of SD cards going
up right now is the huge demand for NAND flash memory by AI data
centers. Tech giants and AI companies are buying up huge quantities of
storage components and this is forcing manufacturers to prioritise the
much higher higher profit margins of enterprise equipment and this is
limiting the supply of consumer memory cards. I can't see it changing
for the better any time soon.
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Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> wrote:

I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig, that's almost double what they were a few months ago.

Yikes! I bought a pack of 15 used 16GB Micro SD cards from Ebay a
few years back. About $60 I think, so $4 each. One was a dud, the
others have been fine. There are quite a few sellers offering them,
presumably out of "recycled" mobile phones (the skeptic in me
wonders if it's the only part that really gets recycled).

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/frazel55
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On 19/05/2026 9:17 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> wrote:

I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig,
that's almost double what they were a few months ago.

Yikes! I bought a pack of 15 used 16GB Micro SD cards from Ebay a
few years back. About $60 I think, so $4 each. One was a dud, the
others have been fine. There are quite a few sellers offering them, presumably out of "recycled" mobile phones (the skeptic in me
wonders if it's the only part that really gets recycled).

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/frazel55

I'll pay the extra (reluctantly), I want to be sure that my photos won't
just disappear. Which is why I don't buy cheapies from Aliexpress or
similar either.
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On Wed, 20 May 2026 09:27:12 +1000, Keithr0
<nothing.to.see@here.com.au> wrote:

On 19/05/2026 9:17 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> wrote:

I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig,
that's almost double what they were a few months ago.

Yikes! I bought a pack of 15 used 16GB Micro SD cards from Ebay a
few years back. About $60 I think, so $4 each. One was a dud, the
others have been fine. There are quite a few sellers offering them,
presumably out of "recycled" mobile phones (the skeptic in me
wonders if it's the only part that really gets recycled).

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/frazel55

I'll pay the extra (reluctantly), I want to be sure that my photos won't >just disappear. Which is why I don't buy cheapies from Aliexpress or
similar either.

With Temu don't know about Aliexpress?
But with TEMU when you search in store the results come as
Sort by
"Relevance" deselect that and reselect
"Top Sales" always then check the stars and count them
one/two stars are probably the seller?
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but to really foul things up requires a computer."
English poet Alexander Pope 1711.
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Keithr0 wrote:

On 19/05/2026 9:17 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> wrote:

I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig,
that's almost double what they were a few months ago.

Yikes! I bought a pack of 15 used 16GB Micro SD cards from Ebay a
few years back. About $60 I think, so $4 each. One was a dud, the
others have been fine. There are quite a few sellers offering them,
presumably out of "recycled" mobile phones (the skeptic in me
wonders if it's the only part that really gets recycled).

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/frazel55

I'll pay the extra (reluctantly), I want to be sure that my photos
won't just disappear. Which is why I don't buy cheapies from
Aliexpress or similar either.

makes no sense to buy cheap SD cards
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