I gave up on chasing replacement cards from Sandisk too, like Igor I found it not worth the effort in the end. The guarantee isn't worth cr...
On 27 June 2014 11:55, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > My experience at Costco is the same as John's. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:49 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> I've never seen that at Costco. >> >> Here, they just have a piece of printed cardboard on the display that >> you take to the checkout. >> >> After you've paid for your merchandise, you show your receipt at the >> cage where they keep all the other high value, easily concealable >> electronics and they give you the cards in the same vacuum formed >> packaging SD cards are enclosed in at all the other stores, which is >> usually 5"x8" (12.5cm x 20.5cm), with a punch-out at the top so it can >> be mounted on a peg. >> >> And every card I've ever bought at Costco had the SD card in the little >> plastic case & the case was inside the vacuum formed packaging. >> >> On 6/26/2014 11:32 AM, John Mullan wrote: >>> >>> The answer to your question is Costco. The package many products on >>> a large card, whether as a loss prevention practice or to keep >>> smaller products from falling from their cart. I have seen this >>> oversized packaging in Costco for many small products. >>> >>> jm >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Bipin Gupta Sent: Wednesday, June >>> 25, 2014 11:25 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Interesting emails on >>> SanDisk SDHC Card Storage Case >>> >>> Sharing info on the topic of providing a small storage case for >>> SanDisk SDHC Card through cost reduction of the giant packaging fot >>> the tiny card. The official reply from sanDisk - see last mail - >>> makes me think it was sent to a village moron with no education or >>> intelligence - why SanDisk uses a giant sized costly packaging >>> measuring 15 x 10 inches for a tiny card. Read on:- >>> >>> My 1st email:- Dear Sir, yesterday the 22nd of June 2014 my son >>> bought me a SanDisk 32 GB Ultra SDHC Card costing some CAD 31 for my >>> DSLR from COSTCO. My son’s name is xxxx xx xxxxx and his Costco >>> membership # is xxxxxx111813. The tiny card came in a HUGE 26 x 38 cm >>> packing which would have costed quite a large amount of money. But >>> alas there was no Card Storage Plastic Case or Pouch included?? How >>> do we safely store the bare card?? What a SHAME that a big and famous >>> company like SanDisk should package their Card in a huge and >>> expensive contraption, yet leave out a little box to hold the card >>> safely. That 26 x 38 cm packaging is a JOKE for a tiny SDHC Card. I >>> own some 5 #s high speed SanDisk Cards which all came in their >>> separate cases or pouches. The card cases also come in handy for >>> inserting small notes such as “photos to be downloaded”, “format and >>> use card”, or “ready for use”. I will now have to consider purchasing >>> other card brands for my DSLRs. Thank you for your insensitivity and >>> corporate greed. >>> >>> Reply from sanDisk:- Thanks for emailing SanDisk Technical Support. >>> It is our goal to make sure you have all the resources you need to >>> get the most from your product. My name is Brad and I am one of the >>> supervisor with SanDisk technical support. I thank you for your >>> valued feedback, this helps us to improve our customer service. I >>> understand that your issue has not been addressed as per your >>> satisfaction and I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. I >>> would like to inform you that we provide plastic cases only with the >>> Extreme line cards not with the Ultra cards. I would suggest you to >>> to buy the cases from any online or retail stores. You can do a >>> search for Jewel cases and you may find them on Amazon's website. I >>> will surely share your feedback with the marketing team. Please reply >>> if you need any further assistance from sandisk. >>> >>> My 2nd email as a reply:- Hello Brad, thank you for the fast >>> response. I am afraid you have missed the point totally:- a) What was >>> the need for a huge and expensive packaging? My God! a package size >>> of 26 x 38 cm for a tiny card, when a smaller 10 x 150 cm packaging >>> could have been sufficient, and the money saved used for a plastic >>> case. b) A giant packaging just eats up more storage space at your >>> warehouse and shelf space at the Retailer. Who pays for all this >>> wasted money? The Consumer Mr. Brad?? c) Please note other >>> manufacturers of high speed Class 10 Cards do provide cases. In fact >>> all my older SanDisk cards came with black pouches or plastic cases. >>> Now I don't remember whether they were Ultra or Extreme cards - all >>> semantics and a bad excuse wrt to Sl. a) & b) above. Thanks for >>> pointing me to Amazon and more money. >>> >>> Reply from SanDisk:- Thanks for emailing SanDisk Technical Support. >>> It is our goal to make sure you have all the resources you need to >>> get the most from your product. I appreciate your quick response. I >>> would like to inform you that the packaging size is 26 x 38 cm >>> because of the information that has to be there on the packaging. The >>> terms and conditions and the policy information for the customers has >>> to be there on the packaging. We no longer provides the plastic cases >>> now with the Ultra cards. If you need the cases then you can buy them >>> from any retail or online stores. Please reply if you need any >>> further assistance from sandisk on this issue. >>> >>> I give up. >>> >>> Thanks for reading. 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