Amazon offers its Amazon Prime members the Transcend JetFlash 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive in Black (pictured), model no. TS8GJF500, for $8.99. (Non-members can bag free shipping on orders over $25; otherwise, shipping adds $5.58.) With free shipping, that's $1.12/GB and the lowest total price we could find by $6.

Amazon also offers the Transcend JetFlash 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive in Black, model no. TS8GJF500, or White, model no. TS16GJF530, for $16.99. With free shipping, that's $1.06/GB and another price low in either color by $7. (Note that the black drive offers free shipping for all shoppers, not just Prime members.)

Amazon Prime membership is $79 per year; however, Prime is free for college students for six months, and free for parents and caregivers for three months.