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Lately there has been a huge increase in the number of counterfeit flash drives on eBay. Sellers claim to be selling large drives (e.g 8GB) from name brand companies, like Sony, but they are actually 64MB drives that have been re-labeled. These drives usually break within a few weeks of being purchase. Please digg this to stop the scammers!
http://www.seoulcc.org/consumer-aler...umb_Drives.pdf
How can they sell them as 8gb if there rebranded tho ? How do they bump up the memory?
I bought a PSP Duo last week, looked legit as anyones business, but it wasnt, I think there the hardest to spot!
its not only ebay... a lot of places that buy/sell goods have this problem too... i came across seven verbetim (sp?) fake duds in a day :)
Seems high street shops are even selling PSP Duo fakes :|
Nice and interesting read, thanks for the warning..
;)
Just ordered 2x 2gb memory stick DUOs - but says can be returnded within 7 days so i will vigoursly tset them..
However this guy is a registered bussiness seller has 400 feedback (only one bad)
Hmmmmmmm - ill see how it goes - oh and his from newquay not hong kong lol
Seems we are talking about slightly different things though (ie usb)
I bought a 2gb Sony Memory Stick Duo Pro for £52 from eBay.
Packaging and everything else looked legit, and it performs like a legit stick, its 1.9gb.
Who did you get it from out of intrest?
He is registered as "ipodseurope"Quote:
Originally Posted by nvening
over 800 score with 99.6% positive, I can highly recommend him.
a 2gb ms pro duo is actually 1.984gb or 1.985gb it cant be 1.900...
Well i got my two and they are great, work well, the packaging looks legit and they have the sony hologram.
Yeah mate, I couldnt be bothered to type the exact number :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by zhenboy
More info on the memory sticks:
Distinguish Genuine & Fake Memory Stick Pro Duo
Looks like I got a real one then! Lucky me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tak
Lol, i think mine is fake, however it works fine! For the price it cost me i dont mind lol.