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Fake SD cards
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:01:12 +0200, Dimitris Tzortzakakis
wrote: On the BBC last night Fake Britain (at the end) they were talking about a large number of fake SD cards This is not nothing new. Quite a few years ago, I bought ten 2gb flash drives on ebay. When I got them, they said 2GB on their body. But once inserted, I found that they are all 1gb. I complained, the seller issued a refund and told me to keep them. They did work ok, but they were only 1gb, yet labeled as 2gb. Was that intentional, or just a factory screwup in labeling? And I do wonder why the seller had not noticed this before selling them. But with a refund and 10 usable 1gb drives for no cost, I did not complain any further. Just recently I bought a 160gb IDE internal hard drive on ebay. One of those "white label" drives which it said were made by major manufacturers, just not given the Manufacturer labels. I was just looking for a cheap drive for an old computer, so I bought it. When I got it, it was labeled 160gb, but it was actually only a 40gb drive. I confirmed that using special software that looks at the platters and so on. Again, I complained. The seller refunded my money and told me to keep the drive. A 40gb drive is pretty useless these days, but maybe one of them old clunker computers in my garage can be made to run Windows 98 or something like that, and some kid can play games on it. I wont even consider buying another "white label" drive after that experience. I ended up buying a BRAND NEW Seagate 250gb drive for nearly triple what I paid for that white label one, but at least I know what I'm getting, and its a little larger in size too. I am not blaming ebay for this. I buy lots of stuff from ebay and am usually pleased, but there are some bad sellers, and computer drives seem to be the problem area. |
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