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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Blaise170 on Wed, 24 June 2015, 12:04:27
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Good for a lot of the keyboards that come with mini USB connectors.
http://amzn.to/1FBpcOh
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I have bought from these sellers with good results:
http://www.ebay.com/usr/cmplefree?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
http://www.ebay.com/sch/usefulgadget/m.html?item=181329063355&hash=item2a380dedbb&var=&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wholesale-USB-2-0-A-to-Mini-B-5-PIN-Male-Data-Cable-Cord-1ft-3ft-6ft-10ft-15ft-/400694366986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item5d4b3ed30a
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I don't like buying eBay cables because I don't know what brand they are. :))
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I have bought a lot of cheap crap cables like this on ebay, and I assume that 10%+ of them will not be good, but the prices are so cheap that I figure I still come out ahead.
The exception is flash drives, I have bought at least a dozen off ebay and the majority of them were no good.
For those, I buy Kingston, Toshiba, and MicroCenter house brand. My daughter has a 5-year-old Kingston that has been through the washer and dryer at least twice and still works perfectly!
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Yep - a few years ago I bought a 128GB flash drive off eBay for $30. I should have known better. It crapped out after a few months of light use. Meanwhile, my old SanDisk Cruzer from like 2008 is still going strong, even after years of being thrown around on my keychain.
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A USB cable isn't worth more than a few pennies.
The markup, shipping and handling on these is obscene.
I simply cannot justify more than about 10 shipped for a braided cable.
The vendors here regularly top $50 for a USB cable
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My daughter has a 5-year-old Kingston that has been through the washer and dryer at least twice and still works perfectly!
There are easier ways of erasing a flash drive ;) :p
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Those are handdone, though. That's a totally different thing.