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Title: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: Bogie on July 06, 2007, 06:32:29 PM
Thinking of buying a few for some handouts... (I tend to deal in BIG files...)
 
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: Silver Bullet on July 06, 2007, 11:18:09 PM
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCZ4-256-A10-Cruzer-Retail-Package/dp/B0001F21IS/ref=sr_1_12/102-1266266-8902520?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1183795980&sr=1-12
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: Manedwolf on July 06, 2007, 11:56:39 PM
They're very cheap direct from Hong Kong, ($4 for a 512mb, $7 for a 1gb) and can be silkscreen printed, but you have to order lots of at least 500 to get a deal. It's best to choose a company that regularly attends tradeshows like ceBIT and such, so they're not a fly-by-night.
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: RocketMan on July 07, 2007, 10:07:28 AM
How about printing some see-through labels with your logo?  Size them to fit on a thumb drive of your choice.  Choose a drive with a pleasing color scheme that has a blank side to attach your label.
Doing it this way opens your options a bit, gives you a wider range of drives to select from.
Maybe you can get a bulk purchase deal from someone.
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: Bogie on July 07, 2007, 12:25:53 PM
DOH... Yeah, I can do the printing... A little permanent cast vinyl, and I'm there...
 
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: RevDisk on July 08, 2007, 09:46:25 AM
Quote from: Bogie on July 06, 2007, 05:32:29 PM
Thinking of buying a few for some handouts... (I tend to deal in BIG files...)

Just don't do what one company did.  They were handing out 32 meg (yes, with an M) thumb drives.  Their marketting people should have been slapped upside the head.  Instead of handing out something decent for maybe 25 cents more, everyone just binned the damn things instead.
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: Manedwolf on July 08, 2007, 02:40:19 PM
Small capacity ones are good if they contain a presentation you're trying to get people to watch. People will keep it as-is. If you give them a 5mb video on a 1gb drive, they're just going to wipe the presenation and use it for their own use.

As a premium, yes, you'd want to give a decent one.
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: RevDisk on July 08, 2007, 05:42:54 PM
Quote from: Manedwolf on July 08, 2007, 01:40:19 PM
Small capacity ones are good if they contain a presentation you're trying to get people to watch. People will keep it as-is. If you give them a 5mb video on a 1gb drive, they're just going to wipe the presenation and use it for their own use.

As a premium, yes, you'd want to give a decent one.

Assure you, people are just going to chuck it in the bin.
Title: Re: Really, really cheap source for printed USB thumb/flash drives?
Post by: Bogie on July 08, 2007, 09:50:19 PM
Yeah, but a quarter's still worth dealing with, and doesn't run all that much more than the micromegs...