@mediocrebot Am I at Woot!???? Meh

Woot has it for $34.99 +s/h http://computers.woot.com/offers/centon-usb-3-0-flash-drives-5

Chicago area sales for this are HIGH.
I don't back things up on the cloud OR on any other device... Maybe i should start storing my grad school work somewhere other than my laptop.... Maybe.

@shortman exactly! The worst part is it's just so damn boring. It just makes me say...me. What's next a speaker bar or a pentium refurb desktop. Come on Meh, get sexy- I want something interesting like chainsaws that shoot fireworks! Make it happen!!

@MsELizardBeth really?

@MsELizardBeth You're playing with fire if you're not backing your grad school stuff up somewhere.

@CrossIT yes. Why would i make up something that incredibly dull?
I do own a few flash drives but they're for putting Powerpoints on the smart board... And i used my external hard drive once when i quit a former job.

@Superjimtendo There will be fireworks if you shoot running chainsaws at power lines...

What happens when a bunch of smelly pricks get together to offer you something stupid as shit??? This.

@MsELizardBeth laptop crashing would be more dull.. If you lost grad work

Maybe

@Kidsandliz I am totally including a chainsaw-shooting gun in my Sharknado 3 fan-fic.

@MsELizardBeth Sony?

@jqubed meh. I do most of my assignments the day they are due anyway. I like living on the edge.

@eric780 ok, it's almost funny again.

@wyk3d why?

@BootlegCraig Shitty reputation. Look at the reviews for their other flash memory products.

@BootlegCraig Because they stop working - for 2.0 half the people who reviewed that complained about the same thing - quits being recognized

@PurplePawprints This.

@PurplePawprints Eh! Buy it anyway.

@PurplePawprints aww man, if we're not destroying marriages we're not doing our jobs.

@givemeyoursoul They're selling quickly, so we may be in the minority. But hey, our marriages are safe for another day!

@PurplePawprints I emphatically second that. My wife has repeatedly said "What did you buy from Meh this time?"

@marvelljones Your wife doesn't understand awesome. I mean meh.

@JonT I'm just lucky that he's understanding most of the time. I don't spend money anywhere else, so he usually doesn't say too much. I thought I was in for it when I bought three sets of the walkie-talkies after being told not to buy anything for two weeks. I got lucky and our tax refund hit the next day! Saved by the IRS!

@PurplePawprints I'm having a hard time processing that last statement: "Saved by the IRS."

@bakeyoural No kidding, right? It's not something I thought I'd ever say. I'm still a little bitter that homeownership didn't give us the higher refund we expected, but I guess we're still lucky to get a refund at all.

@PurplePawprints Well, all the better for us. we can boast of our willpower resisting such a popular item.

@TheCO2 i have the same problem as @purplepawprints ... Maybe you should buy one for each of us.

@PurplePawprints I'll be shocked if we don't owe this year. We owe every year. But we did have another kid in October so there's hope? Meh-level hope, but hope nonetheless.

@MsELizardBeth What makes you think I have money?

@PurplePawprints what's lucky about giving the government a 0% loan?

@okaytodd this. I got a PNY 128GB USB3 from newegg for $35 and its 3x as fast as this one. meh

@Nemesis158 Do you have a link to that PNY deal?

@cengland0 http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Turbo-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00FE2N1WS here is one the $35 usb3.0 is no where i can find at the moment. I an the other hand have had great speed and trust http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820326447

@CrossIT Thanks but both of those links are $40. I'd prefer a PNY too but for $10 more, that's an increase of 33% over the one Meh is offering.

@cengland0 well i tried .. Just keep an eye on kinja dealzmodo it comes up periodically

@Nemesis158 I was about to type in almost the same words.

@CrossIT I never heard of this place. thanks. I'll put it in my daily stops. oh that was to @cengland0

@wew yeah but sharing is caring http://gizmodo.com/tag/dealzmodo

@cengland0 it was this one -index--Item-_-20-178-689">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-178-689&nm_mc=EMC-GD020514&cm_mmc=EMC-GD020514--index--Item-_-20-178-689 but its currently at $50. just keep an eye out it might go back at some point

@JTrilogy It's not durability that you should be concerned about; rather, it's reliability. And that isn't a strong point with this brand.

@JTrilogy The previous Centon models had issues with being randomly write protected - as in you can't write anything to the drive anymore.

@okaytodd That was an amazing review, too.

@TheCO2

@TheCO2 1/3 of mine ...that sounds tempting but meh

@UncleMel All of the above. Cheap, slow, and unreliable.

@billymayfield even at 3.0 speeds you'd never reach SSD speeds if I'm not mistaken

@billymayfield what would the name for one if those be?

@billymayfield Not with these shit drives, the read/write speeds are worthless.

@thekenya USB hub. You could set up four drives in RAID 0 and have one drive, but it won't be as quick as an internal SSD.

@The_Baron Ah yes, RAID 0… the 0 stands for the likelihood that you won't lose everything in a spectacular and tragic failure!

@Nexar You could come close. SATA II is 6gbps and USB 3 is 5gbps. The bottleneck is on the drive itself for its read/write speed, though.

@Jamileigh17 Same here, though a different university.

@Jamileigh17 I have a flash drive I got at a university in Boston. Well, near Boston. Not Tufts.

@njd shut up, twofer

@njd MIT?, The College of Auto Musicology? (Located in Cambridge, Just off Harvard Square)

@Outofmehmind Apparently, the nachos probably lasted longer.

@G1 Ya after looking it up I think if I was to buy one I'd go for the $35 PNY 128gb. PNY isn't the fastest or best around but when it comes to memory sticks and such I've never had one fail, including the one I have plugged into my van radio for 2 years when it is sub zero in winter and over 100 in summer.

@OldCatLady Make it a 4TB (or larger!), and I'm all in.

@haydesigner That could be a couple years, but I'm betting we see one.

@OldCatLady Because we all want Meh to become Amazon's dumping ground...

@baqui63 you win

@baqui63 This is incredible

@baqui63 best extension.

@baqui63 Brilliant.

@Thumperchick Correction: mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@WilhelmScreamer It's one better than 2.0. Any other questions?

@brhfl backwords compatibility?

@WilhelmScreamer USB 3 is backward and forward compatible with USB 2, so you can still use it with everything you have but USB 3 is a lot faster (only when used with a USB 3 host, it's the same as USB 2 on a USB 2 host). USB 2 was something like 450mbps, USB 3 is 5gbps.

"@brhfl backwords compatibility?"... sadly, the USB 3.0 connection is still unidirectional - can only insert it one way. Have to wait for USB 4.0 for Apple Lightning connector-like reversibility.

@RedOak It's actually USB 3.1, and it could actually be here this year: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/usb-3-1-and-type-c-the-only-stuff-at-ces-that-everyone-is-going-to-use/

@dashcloud Truly amazing we had to wait this long to finally fix an erogonamic mess that frustrates everyone everytime they connect a USB device. 'Seems so obvious in hindsight.

@RedOak I never got this problem. The USB logo is nearly universally on the same side of just about everything. Look once, figure out the orientation, stop caring.

@editorkid so you don't see the benefit? And if you were designing the standard up front you would not make it direction-ambivalent? That feature was a nice step forward for the Lightning connector.

@RedOak Well sure, the benefit is that something stupid easy will be stupider easy. It doesn't hurt to add it, so I'm not bitching about it. I'm just amazed that anyone thinks it's a problem after what, 15 years?

@editorkid 'Happy to amaze you.

@patrickgill4 I'm pretty sure not.

@patrickgill4 If you carve a USB shaped hole into your iPhone with one of the knives I'm sure you've recently procured, then yes, you can "plug" it in.

@bakeyoural Great recommendation. I'm definitely buying one, now.

@patrickgill4 'Not sure why you'd want to, but yes, you can plug it into "guys".

@joelmw Who said it was your last day? :P

@narfcake I did. Right up there. I guess it's my fault you didn't notice. 😜

@joelmw Osprey--aka "fish eagle" or "sea hawk."

@w00tazn COOL!

@andrewpatrick The hour of power

@satih .. USB 3.0 port

@cengland0 Or 3.1, 2.0, or 1.1… hooray for backward compatibility!

@Chops Does Hypnotoad live in The Glow Cloud?

@Kyle772 I'm willing to sacrifice exquisite craftsmanship in my thumb drive to pay Meh's price.

@editorkid bad craftsmanship, as in not very reliable. Few of us would mind if the logo wasn't centered.

@hamjudo Dunno. I've got Centon thumb drives, SD cards, micro SD cards, they all work. I'm not saying there's no junk. Maybe things sucked early on and now all people ever see are bad reviews and think they're junk. Maybe I somehow got lucky. Dunno. I bought two.

@PocketBrain

@dave The first rule of touching-great-destruction is that no one talks about touching-great-destruction.

@gak0090

@Lister You've had free shipping for over a month and you're just now buying something? I can't seem to go a week without buying things here. @unixrab would be proud. Or surprised and confused that his vmp theory was wrong for you. Or something.

@PurplePawprints On the contrary - It proves the point that VMP is a gateway drug to buying things you normally wouldn't buy. I hope @lister sees this and does not continue PAYING for VMP. It's mere presence is dangerous.

@unixrab I disagree. If this were true, lister would have bought something much sooner. Instead, s/he waited until something was put up that s/he really wanted. For me, vmp is definitely the gateway you speak of, but I'm okay with that. This person has proved that there are exceptions to your rule, that's all.

@unixrab Gateway drug ... "well, it all started with the first sample from meh. Then it continued. And next thing we know, he's into annual warehouse memberships. And next we find out, some high dollar cut now with the promise of free 2-day shipping and videos on demand. WHERE DID IT ALL GO SO WRONG?!?!"

@PurplePawprints To be honest, there aren't many things on Meh that interest me. Junk is junk, even if shipping is free. But there have been other instances where I would have bought something here but it was sold out before I woke up. Not the knife, though. I still don't know how that thing sold out so fast. And @unixrab, I probably won't keep the VMP upgrade when it expires. Not to say I won't ever consider it again, but who knows when I will really want something offered here again. It could be months, or days. I will probably just bite the bullet and pay the shipping at the rate I buy stuff on here. The products are secondary to the entertainment and that is what makes this site work, anyway.

@Lister @narfcake @PurplePawPrints

@SydBeckman Some folks (most notably @unixrab) choose not to buy VMP, so they pay shipping, and there's folks who are charged tax if the state they live in requires it.

@SydBeckman It does when you add in tax and shipping for some orders.

@dashbutt beat me by a few seconds

@dashcloud speaks truth

I love purple.

@Skylord123 Access denied on the pic. We don't have access to see your dropbox photos.

@avidone Yes. The product information states that the lifetime warranty is provided by Centon.

@avidone Well, I haven't received any further reply from Centon in more than 10 days so I'm going to contest the charge. Sent notice to meh but they as well haven't replied to 3 emails past the first 'it's dead Jim' email. I'm not batman and this drive is not my ward.

@avidone You may have already done this, but send a note (or a follow-up) here: https://meh.com/support They'll get back to you and work it out for you.

@avidone As @dashcloud mentioned up there, contact support at https://meh.com/support and we'll work through it with you. We do take responsibility for our broken crap.

@avidone Most electronics I buy come in the manufacturer's package. I don't expect retailers to open every package and test the product. Honestly, in this country, I think most people would object to receiving opened boxes when they buy new electronics.

@nadroj my point is not that all things should be checked. My point is that an item that is DOA should be replaced by the vendor, without having to jump hoops with the manufacturer. This is what meh.com customer "support" said to me when I wrote about a refund or replacement:

I’d reach out to Centon and if they can troubleshoot first. Since your drive comes with a lifetime warranty from Centon, they can get a replacement sent out to you if is necessary. You can call them at 800-9-CENTON (800-923-6866) or contact through their website. When you talk to them let them know you purchased from A Mediocre Corporation. If you need a proof of purchase you can use a screenshot of the My Orders page. Let us know how it goes.

what Centon said was this: In reply to your inquiry " Centon Electronics, Inc.: 128gb USB DOA": If possible, please exchange through the merchant from which the product was purchased. Exchange through the merchant should be faster and more convenient that exchange under warranty. Centon cannot refund your purchase. Only the merchant that collected payment from you can refund your purchase, in accordance with their return policies. If you cannot exchange the product through the merchant, follow the instruction below to begin a warranty claim.

I filled out Centon's online form and am waiting to see what happens next. I just think this is a lot of hassle to go through for replacement or refund of a DOA, something which was pretty straightforward with any other vendor, eg. Amazon or Woot, when I had similar issues in the past

@avidone I guess I'm missing how a retailer could know a product is DOA without individually testing each one, or how/why anybody other than the manufacturer is responsible for a NIB defective product.

Different retailers offer different levels of customer service. For example, there are stories of Nordstrom accepting returns on products they didn't sell to make customers happy. They also often charge higher prices on the products they do sell. Maybe there's a connection there.

@avidone Been > 10 days since I filled out their form with no further response. I've notified meh and centon that I will dispute the charge with my CC company if I don't hear anything further (and I haven't)

@notmsn I have got a couple other responses from meh, but still no return authorization from them or from centon. Do you know what the limits are on disputing a charge. I don't want to have to do this, but I am really getting ticked off now.

@mrken30 just checked for you, it's in transit right now. You can find your tracking number at your orders page: https://meh.com/orders.