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    From Keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Monday, May 18, 2026 20:30:17
    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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  • From Xeno@3:633/10 to All on Monday, May 18, 2026 23:40:18
    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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    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 09:17:10
    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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  • From Keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 09:27:12
    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.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, May 21, 2026 16:40:27
    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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    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)