Since your in the USA I wouldn't even consider buying from a retail store. Newegg.com MicroSD List: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Subcategory=68&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc= Cheapest high quality MicroSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148056 MicroSD-HC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Subcategory=68&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=
Head to your nearest retail store (Bestbuy or CC. Maybe a Fry's if you have one local). I see only mainly Sandisk or PQi 2gb for $30 bucks. You might find one $25 perhaps but I doubt retail will go lower than that unless you get a 1gb or 512mb.
Yeah, I might end up ordering online because I could just get the better Kingston 2GB at Newegg for only 10 bucks. BTW, is PNY made in Japan?
Sorry I do not know. I have order 3x 2gb Kingston and 2x 1gb Kingston MicroSD the past year or so. Some of them are Made in Japan. Some are made in Taiwan. Although I am a JDM fan, so far no real difference between Taiwan vs Japan so far.