I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone have 
any recommendations please?
Thanks.

"Sally"  wrote in message 
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>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone 
>have any recommendations please?
> Thanks.
>


Just look for a USB 2 compatible..

I think lidl or aldi do a good 7 in 1 for less then 10

Phil wrote:

> "Sally"  wrote in message 
> news:l%TQe.3794$t4.3636@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
> 
>>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone 
>>have any recommendations please?
>>Thanks.
>>
> 
> 
> Just look for a USB 2 compatible..
> 
> I think lidl or aldi do a good 7 in 1 for less then 10 
> 
> 

ebuyer.co.uk were doing an 18in1 reader - 5.99 inc free p&p a while back.

Seems to work very well.

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"Sally"  wrote in message 
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>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone 
>have any recommendations please?
> Thanks.



theyre all much of a muchness. they do the job.   ebuyer usually the 
cheapest for these

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:35:45 GMT, "Sally"
 wrote:


>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone have 
>any recommendations please?
>Thanks. 


I use the ebuyer own brand one - they are 8 inc VAT and shipping.
Takes lots of card formats.

Quickfind code 54461

HTH

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In article <l%TQe.3794$t4.3636@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>, 
sally.nospamhemming@ntlworld.com says...

> I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
> to find they cost around £20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
> they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone have 
> any recommendations please?
> Thanks. 
> 
> 
> 

Is the eBay 99p the auction start price? If so, the winning bid might 
well be for far more.

"Sally"  wrote in message 
news:l%TQe.3794$t4.3636@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...

>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone 
>have any recommendations please?
> Thanks.


I wouldn't worry too much about brand with these...they will all work more 
or less the same. This is exactly the type of thing Ebay is good for. Just 
make sure, like a previous poster noted, that the reader is USB2.

Glen

Nozza wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:35:45 GMT, "Sally"
>  wrote:
>
> > I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld
> > yesterday to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and
> > looked on ebay where they start at around 99p!  Are there good and
> > bad makes and does anyone have any recommendations please?
> > Thanks.
>
> I use the ebuyer own brand one - they are 8 inc VAT and shipping.
> Takes lots of card formats.
>
> Quickfind code 54461
>


Yup, I have one of these they are fine, the two important things being it is 
a USB 2.0 device if your computer can support USB 2 and that it takes your 
card.

Might also be worth having a look at something like code 88018 if it fills 
other uses but this is double the price.

>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone 
>have any recommendations please?
> Thanks.


Tesco do a good one (single slot, fits one card - not all types of card) for 
around a tenner. I have one for my SD cards and one for my Compact Flash 
cards, and can't fault them.

D.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:20:06 +0100, Nozza
 wrote:


>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:35:45 GMT, "Sally"
> wrote:
>
>>I need a card reader for my Olympus camera and went into PCWorld yesterday 
>>to find they cost around 20.  I then came home and looked on ebay where 
>>they start at around 99p!  Are there good and bad makes and does anyone have 
>>any recommendations please?
>>Thanks. 
>
>I use the ebuyer own brand one - they are 8 inc VAT and shipping.
>Takes lots of card formats.
>
>


I got the 5 inc postage one that goes in a floppy bay and gives me a
USB 2 socket on the front of the PC too.