Captain Wrong
01-27-2007, 11:20 AM
Sorry if this is old news, I looked and didn't see it.
Anyway, I was wanting to buy a 4GB MS Duo for my PSP and there were some great deals on eBay so I picked up a copule of SanDisks from a US seller. That seemed to be safe as I'd heard Sony was being extensively bootlegged and far east sellers were almost certainly suspect.
The cards came really fast and didn't ship from China (sometimes a seller lists as US but the stuff actually ships from China) but the cards seemed off somehow. Could it be the smudgy serial numbers on the back that appear to be the exact same number on each card? Maybe it's the adapter with the cheap printing that doesn't fit as smoothly as my real SanDisk one? Or it could be the generic instruction sheet that looks like it was printed in the same factory that prints chopstick wrappers? How about the lack of MagicGate when I checked the card's info on my PSP?
Yeah, I got faked. I should have known better, but I got caught in a heat of the moment snipe and let my guard down. I'm in the process of getting my money back, but I'm irritated to say the least.
This is a pretty good guide for the Sony sitcks:
http://reviews.ebay.ca/FAKE-Sony-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-MagicGate-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001236041
I didn't see anything on line specifically about my sticks, but let's just say I read enough stuff about all flavors of memory cards on eBay to gather than a vast majority of what's up there is bootleg.
What's so bad about it? Well, these cards are siginificanlty slower than my real SanDisk cards. Also, it's pretty much a given that these cards are going to crap out sooner than later. Many people report losing photos and data as soon as a month after purchase! Plus, they aren't covered by any warranty. When it dies, you're SOL.
So, that's my public service announcement for today. Unless you're willing to take your chances with a much cheaper counterfit product, I'd add flash memory cards to the list of items you shouldn't buy on eBay.
Anyway, I was wanting to buy a 4GB MS Duo for my PSP and there were some great deals on eBay so I picked up a copule of SanDisks from a US seller. That seemed to be safe as I'd heard Sony was being extensively bootlegged and far east sellers were almost certainly suspect.
The cards came really fast and didn't ship from China (sometimes a seller lists as US but the stuff actually ships from China) but the cards seemed off somehow. Could it be the smudgy serial numbers on the back that appear to be the exact same number on each card? Maybe it's the adapter with the cheap printing that doesn't fit as smoothly as my real SanDisk one? Or it could be the generic instruction sheet that looks like it was printed in the same factory that prints chopstick wrappers? How about the lack of MagicGate when I checked the card's info on my PSP?
Yeah, I got faked. I should have known better, but I got caught in a heat of the moment snipe and let my guard down. I'm in the process of getting my money back, but I'm irritated to say the least.
This is a pretty good guide for the Sony sitcks:
http://reviews.ebay.ca/FAKE-Sony-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-MagicGate-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001236041
I didn't see anything on line specifically about my sticks, but let's just say I read enough stuff about all flavors of memory cards on eBay to gather than a vast majority of what's up there is bootleg.
What's so bad about it? Well, these cards are siginificanlty slower than my real SanDisk cards. Also, it's pretty much a given that these cards are going to crap out sooner than later. Many people report losing photos and data as soon as a month after purchase! Plus, they aren't covered by any warranty. When it dies, you're SOL.
So, that's my public service announcement for today. Unless you're willing to take your chances with a much cheaper counterfit product, I'd add flash memory cards to the list of items you shouldn't buy on eBay.