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Iomega 100MB Zip Drive

Screenshot: eBay
Screenshot: eBay

There was a time when cheap external storage capped out at 1.4MB, and we would all juggle stacks of floppies until the Zip drive came along. Iomega’s innovative external storage solution is the perfect gift for modern day digital hoarders, but not just because each disk can hold 100MB of data. Thanks to the company cheaping out on components, there’s also the very good chance all the precious data you copy to a Zip disk will be permanently wiped out the next time you try to reload it. No one tell this person such innovative functionality could easily fetch, $3, maybe even $4, not just a buck.