Lexar 8 gb CompactFlash card

Came across an article on PcWorld about Lexar’s 8 gb flash card . It’s official price is $5,499.99 (!!!) but currently (10/14/2004) sells on Lexar.com for $2,730.00. It seems to be targeted towards professional photographers.
The 4gb version currently costs $399.88 on Amazon. Now, THAT sounds pretty reasonable! πŸ™‚
And as the article said –
“what do you do if you misplace your $4K memory card?”
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More info:
Dpreview.com (02/12/2004)
Lexar.com