June 8, 2007 6:30 AM PDT

The $3,500 USB drive

by Mike Yamamoto
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(Credit: Shiny Shiny)

It's not uncommon to see USB drives that look like they belong in a jewelry case, which makes their prices somewhat less outrageous because they can at least do double duty as a pendant or necklace. But then there are other storage keys whose main function seems to be wasting money.

This gold USB drive falls into the latter category, to the tune of $2,800 or $3,500. The price depends on whether you order it with diamonds, as pictured here, and in 14k or 18k gold. Decisions, decisions.

As Shiny Shiny notes, the manufacturer didn't even bother to mention the storage capacity. But something tells us that's not going to be much of an issue.

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