[Theodoric]

Back in November 2005 I bought a 512MB Sony MemoryStick Pro on the Internet for £38 (incl P&P). Last August I bought a 1GB MemoryStick Pro for £33 (incl P&P), again on the Internet.

As I've decided I needed even more memory (don't we all!), I popped into our local Curry's today and asked their price. I expected the usual expensive quote but I was rather staggered to be told that a 512MB MemoryStick Pro was only £4.99. Although I was after a 1GB card I decided to strike while the iron was hot and bought a couple. I've just been checking on Amazon, and the cheapest there seems to be about £10 without P&P.

So, what is happening with Sony memory prices? When I bought a Sony camera in 2005 I was a bit hesitant because Sony was rather notorious for the price of its memory being significantly higher than SD. When I asked the chap in Curry's he muttered something about them becoming out of date. Mind, after he'd suggested a Lexmark card that would have only fitted into my camera with the aid of a hammer, I took this with a pinch of salt!