Hi, i just had a (bad?) idea, since there is a lot of fake micro sd card on ebay and people are being scammed, i were wondering how paypal are handling the fake claims? Do they actually refund you the cards? Or do they need you to send the fake card back? Were just wondering if it would be possible to actually buy a 32gb fake card (which should be around4/8gb?) and actually having a total refund for it since it is not as advertised? (free fake 32gb SD?) Yeah, i know it sounds crazy but scamming a scammer is it so bad?
So were just wondering to the ones who actually got scammed and filed a claim... Is it such a pain in the butt or could it actually be done?
Well just a though i had...
hey there,
do you think thats fake : h t t p : / / cgi.ebay.co.uk/32GB-MEMORETTE-MICRO-SD-SDHC-CARD-CLASS-10-FREE-Adapter-/230588940502?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item35b02c00d6#ht_4977wt_717
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i wish it is not fake.
The fake micro sd card scam works on ebay because in almost every case it'll cost more for the buyer to send the card back then what they paid for it. Paypal won't refund your money until you have proof the item was received by the seller. This usually means tracking and signature is required when you ship it back. Most of these fake sellers are from china or hong kong which with the tracking/signature requirements ends up costing $20+ which you don't get back when you get you're refund.
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I've had experience of fake SD cards bought on ebay.
I was cought myself about 4 years ago, it took ages and eventually I got a full refund and got to keep the card.
Recently a couple of friends had the same problem, this time both got full refunds almost immediately.
I was given the task of trying to reformat to a usable state...
However unlike fake usb memory, which can be reformatted quite easily, with freely available software, SD cards seem to be practically impossible to reformat correctly.
I have on "16 GB" card that I have managed to use as 512MB, but even that causes arror and data loss at random points.
I bought a card that turned out to fake, so I contacted the seller and threatened to report them to ebay and paypal and I got a refund. Kept the card too.
don't even bother with ebay to anyone looking at this thread. I just found out that my card is actually a 8gb card said to be 16gb (i believe they can resize it so the phone thinks its 16gb?) and once i passed 8gb nothing saves on my sd card, and I went back to get my refund but the user is no longer a member! lucky for me...
yup, here is another victim
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843335
just a few post down
Paypal Australia requires that the item be returned with an online tracking number. Minimum cost to China, $50.
The system seems to be set up specifically to penalise the victim.
After all, that way Paypal gets to keep their commission.
Goresh said:
Paypal Australia requires that the item be returned with an online tracking number. Minimum cost to China, $50.
The system seems to be set up specifically to penalise the victim.
After all, that way Paypal gets to keep their commission.
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As much as I dislike PayPal, it's really not set up to hurt the victim. Who would sell using PayPal when, in the event that someone simply "claims" that item is a fake or not as advertised, they get completely screwed over? I definitely would not be setting up an online business when each and every buyer I have can click a few buttons and receive a full refund and the product he purchased, coming straight out of my pocket.
It's not to rip off the buyers, but sometimes it's hard to please everyone.
Hmm I bought an 16 GB card on eBay but during the uploading of the data on it I noticed the card had already a name and some files on it...So it was not new at all!
A simple mail to the vendor was enough to receive another, new, card and a stamp to send the first card back...
The vendor had a spotless score...
I think you always take a risk while buying on eBay...
I found a great deal on a 64gb micro SDXD card on ebay for $13. The card works fine but is really only 32gb. Although disappointed, I didn't bother sending it back because $13 is still a lot cheaper than I can buy a 32gb micro SD card locally. However, after reading a number of posts it appears that the modify these to read like they are full capacity but begin overwriting data once they reach their real capacity. I see many for sale in the same white and blue packaging and won't buy one again. What amazes me is the high seller ratings these guys seem to have on Ebay.
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Hi,
does anyone know whether this is a real or fake offer:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2GB-SanDisk-mic...151690QQihZ011QQcategoryZ118260QQcmdZViewItem
They don't offer a noname product but mark it "Sandisk" (I can remember that the first *Mini*SD - not MicroSD - on the market was a no-name product, Sandisk only followed a while later).
USD 99 wouldn't be too much for this high-end flash memory, but for a fake it definitely would be too much.
(Of course also the additional costs for shipping and import tax would have to be taken into account, but maybe a dealer could be found to import it and retail it to us - provided this product really exists already.)
Any feedback on that ?
The MicroSD 2GB is the real deal, and so is the eBay seller flashman852. I have done business with him before and right now I am awaiting yet another flash card from him. He has positive feedback from 112.000+ unique users and negative from less than 1.000. I'd say that's a pretty good record, although now perfect.
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The MicroSD 2GB is the real deal, and so is the eBay seller flashman852. I have done business with him before and right now I am awaiting yet another flash card from him. He has positive feedback from 112.000+ unique users and negative from less than 1.000. I'd say that's a pretty good record, although now perfect.
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I agree. It's the real deal. MicroSD started life as TransFlash then got adopted as an SD format, since it's compatible via an SD adaptor.
I bought one from another eBay seller on July 2nd for my 8125. It's worked fine since then and I have a bit over 1.5Gb of data on it, with room to spare
http://stores.ebay.com/eDigital-Express
Seems the Seller I used only charges half the price too. And they were very pleasant to deal with.
Tref said:
I bought one from another eBay seller on July 2nd for my 8125. It's worked fine since then and I have a bit over 1.5Gb of data on it, with room to spare
http://stores.ebay.com/eDigital-Express
Seems the Seller I used only charges half the price too. And they were very pleasant to deal with.
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No you didn't.
MicoSD IS NOT MiniSD.
Oops, you're right. I didn't know there was such a thing.
Well mine didn't appear to be genuine
Bought a Qumox card from the same ebay seller flashman852.
Worked fine for initial tests but when the card started to fill it broke.
Now it wont even format and they are being difficult about a refund.
Will now only buy direct from Amazon, 7 Day shop or similar reputable seller.
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The MicroSD 2GB is the real deal, and so is the eBay seller flashman852. I have done business with him before and right now I am awaiting yet another flash card from him. He has positive feedback from 112.000+ unique users and negative from less than 1.000. I'd say that's a pretty good record, although now perfect.
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Please don't revive a thread that has been dead for 9 years.
Look at the last post date before you answer.
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What she said ^^
Saw this 32GB on eBay just now and it's an absolute steal for that price.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160525594986
Just wondering whether it'd work in my phone (i9000), and whether it'd work well. I know that it's not gonna be great quality, but I was thinking about just sticking music and bits like that on it so I don't need to carry around an iPod with me too.
Check the feedback.. There is a lot of bad feedback, and it seems to be mostly for computer products. Mostly all of their good feedback is from jewelery sales.
Assuming it is an original product though, yes.
Yupp, thanks for pointing that out to me. Comments seem to say the stuff is fake.
its fake don't buy it
Almost all of those "deals" on flash memory on ebay are fake. You'll end up getting a 1 or 2gig card that is made to look like a 32gig card. Don't buy it.
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The Chinese writing on the packaging screams "FAKE!"
I wish somebody or some organisation would take eBay to court for being an accessory to fraud. Perhaps they would stop allowing this then. Look at these guys feedback it is obvious there is a serious problem.
I wouldn't be afraid of buying it. if its fake, i'd sent it back, and get all your money back. ebay and paypal is really good at it. never lost any money on fake stuff yet.
i bought a 32gb "supposed" sandisk one from ebay before christmas, came from China, when it arrived the packaging was awful, but the card worked.............for around 30 seconds, tried putting anything on it and it died and was no longer showing up on anything
basically they are naff, you may get one that lasts for a while, i personally wouldnt bother, i paid £11 for mine, it took 6 weeks to get here, worked for less than a minute, and took 5 weeks for a refund due to the utterly awful postage service returning it to China
Yesterday my 32 gigger crapped out on me. Froze my phone, too. Didn't have another one. So I put in a 64 sandisk class 10 and holy cow the phone recognizes it. Got 4 of the 64 gig lying around. I knew these guys were good for something.
Can you address all 64 GB? It doesn't surprise me that the phone can read/write the card, but I am thinking it might behave like putting a "too big" drive into a x86 machine, be it when CHS became overwhelmed, or the whatever-it-was x-TB limit that was recently hit by older machines.
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Can you address all 64 GB? It doesn't surprise me that the phone can read/write the card, but I am thinking it might behave like putting a "too big" drive into a x86 machine, be it when CHS became overwhelmed, or the whatever-it-was x-TB limit that was recently hit by older machines.
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Just ordered a 64gb SansDisk Ultra for another phone. Should be here in a few days. I'll slap it into the 4g to see if it recognizes all of it.
EDIT: Formatted fat32 primary and phone is able to use all the the 59gb.
that's still pretty amazing.
I was just about to buy one of these 64 GB cards when I found that Amazon had pulled them from sale
Amazon said:
While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it's described here. (Thanks for the tip!)
We're working to fix the problem as quickly as possible.
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A review on Amazon talks of the cards getting very hot and failing.
I don't have much more information that this, nor can I confirm that the issue described is why Amazon is no longer selling the 64 GB card.
SDSDQUA-032G-U46A -- has the warning on Amazon (would be the SDSDQUA-064G-U46A I assume)
SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A -- does not have the warning on Amazon
http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Mobile...ce-between-Mobile-Ultra-and-Ultra/td-p/281716 -- No information on how the cards differ
jeffsf said:
I was just about to buy one of these 64 GB cards when I found that Amazon had pulled them from sale
A review on Amazon talks of the cards getting very hot and failing.
I don't have much more information that this, nor can I confirm that the issue described is why Amazon is no longer selling the 64 GB card.
SDSDQUA-032G-U46A -- has the warning on Amazon (would be the SDSDQUA-064G-U46A I assume)
SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A -- does not have the warning on Amazon
http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Mobile...ce-between-Mobile-Ultra-and-Ultra/td-p/281716 -- No information on how the cards differ
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I ordered the AFFP-A a while ago and have had zero issues with it. It's 60 bucks right now but I bet it goes on sale for Black Friday. I'll vouch for that card. I have 47g of music on it and still have 12g left over for other things. Get it and you won't regret it.
SDSDQUA-064G-U46A
SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A
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These 2 items are the same product, same card. The only difference is one comes in retail packaging, and one tries to save Earth just a bit by packaging in Amazon's Frustration Free Packaging (AFFP).
Comes with SD adapter (so you can plug it into a regular SD card slot) + Lifetime warranty (10 years in Germany and Canada (because their governments do not allow companies to carry "Lifetime" warranties due to misleading the customer as Lifetime is *product* lifetime, not your lifetime, that is, when the company stops selling it, they no longer have to honor the warranty))
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These 2 items are the same product, same card. The only difference is one comes in retail packaging, and one tries to save Earth just a bit by packaging in Amazon's Frustration Free Packaging (AFFP).
Comes with SD adapter (so you can plug it into a regular SD card slot) + Lifetime warranty (10 years in Germany and Canada (because their governments do not allow companies to carry "Lifetime" warranties due to misleading the customer as Lifetime is *product* lifetime, not your lifetime, that is, when the company stops selling it, they no longer have to owner the warranty))
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Thank you for the clarification. I just was trying to get a good deal on the card. It makes me feel a lot better to know I was also helping the planet at the same time. Lol
Using a SanDisk 64gb in mine right been formatted in the s4 and all works great at
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Note that this is not the S4 forum, it's the SGS4G forum, which is a different (significantly older) phone. Your phone is probably found somewhere through this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295883
I'm wondering what I should do with my 128gb card.
I got one off ebay that says it will work in phones (just MicroSD 128gb, no brand on anything, the package even just had a foldover piece of plastic on the front. I'm guessing, since the seller is in the US, he just bought a generic lot and gambled he could sell them fast. That makes me want to push it around the block as hard as I can, as rapidly as I can so I can return it if need be. I bet he won't be on ebay in a few weeks, but since he is now, ebay can wield a pretty fierce club on sellers who sell non-working junk. The seller says it is Fat32 formatted.
Anyway I put it in my wifi 12.2 and it shows up as 125gb free, but I can't put anything on it through the device (PC over USB 3.0 can see the card but won't transfer files or make a folder; I can't create a folder via Zarchiver or ES File Explorer), but some programs have written to it (firefox, google, flipboard... but can't save to it firefox and quickpic can't save there). I'm NOT rooted (so no fix).
I'm trying to figure out if it is the generic nature of the card, or if it is just that I don't have root yet and have not applied the fix. If it were a 64gb card I would not be too worried (I would think it is the kitkat issue), but it is the 128gb card so I don't know. An OP has said that they had problems with generic 64gb cards being fake (I admit I have not done the research on fake micro sd cards), so this makes me worry a bit.
I just want to make sure that the card works so I don't have to return it. I'll try out a new 32gb card I have tonight and I'll try it in the adapter just with my PC to see if I can read from it on the 12.2 tonight, then I guess I'll root (Yea LMT!!!).
I'm open to any suggestions you might have for me.
Sounds like a fake card to me.
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I'm running H2testw on the card right now and should know in about three hours if it is fake or not. Registering as 125gb free when the real deal registers 119gb free is not seeming like its going to work out as real, but you never know.
Fake card, the 32gb card I have works just fine. Looks like the real sandisk cards are all sold out on amazon.
128gb San Disk microSD...
Go to Amazon and get your S**T!
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Go to Amazon and get your S**T!
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Thanks!!! I checked April 1 and it was priced $239 or something, checked back and amazon now has it for $119 again (out of stock preorder).
I contacted the seller and said that it was tested defective and appeared to be counterfeit and I wanted a refund and not to pay shipping. He refunded my purchase within 24 hours and said I didn't need to ship it back. Said something about being new and had to check his stock, I have not posted anything yet as far as feedback. The package said "starage" instead of storage, big tipoff in retrospect.
AFIK sandisk is the only 128gb micro card maker right now so I don't think there are any knock offs yet.
I used the test program and it took like 8 hours to finish, but it was bad.
Hope that was helpful to others, just 128gb are not on ebay yet IMHO, happy to be wrong, but I don't think so at the time of posting.
Paid 80 bucks for this from amazon about a month ago. 40 bucks after i used my rewards. What do u guys think? REAL OR FAKE? Looks official to me. Came from China.
fake. real one comes with an SD adapter which is grey. at least the ones ive seen anyway.
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fake. real one comes with an SD adapter which is grey. at least the ones ive seen anyway.
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They said they are sending me the adaptor seporatly. Not sure why. Here is the email i got through them from amazon.
Hello There My Friend, I Wish that everything is great and You Are Okay, Be Noted that You will get 2 Shipments or 2 Package the first will have the SAMSUNG Micro SD 128gb And the Second will have the Adapter for the SD, If You face any problem with our items Just let us know here and we will solve any problem according to your wish and as you like, Thank you And best wishes!
good to know youre getting a fake adapter with your fake card lol.
It could be that a version of this is sold overseas, which does not include the sd card adapter.
However, what does worry me is the text for '128' looks slightly off imo. You can notice it more with the '2', but it seems a little stretched or elongated vertically.
I would try some sd card benchmarks
Find out easily... http://www.heise.de/download/h2testw.html
Looks fake. I purchased the same card from Amazon (ships & sold by Amazon) and it came with the adapter. If it was shipped from a third party it more then likely is fake.
Plus, why would your model number be 16D when it's a 128GB card?
Here's the one I got:
YEAHP, it's fake lolol. Time to call amazon and my credit card.
Money credited back to my account including my points. Knew amazon would back me up as well as my credit card, so i took a shot at it.
I never, ever buy flash memory from amazon or ebay... 99% of them are fake. You are pretty much stuck buying from authorized resellers as there are so many fakes you are more likely to get a fake one than not (most people just don't know it yet because they didn't hit the upper limit of the actual storage capacity which has been faked).
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Money credited back to my account including my points. Knew amazon would back me up as well as my credit card, so i took a shot at it.
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Just make sure if you purchase anything from Amazon that it says "Ships & Sold by Amazon" and you should be fine.
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Just make sure if you purchase anything from Amazon that it says "Ships & Sold by Amazon" and you should be fine.
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I always buy like that...but i did take a shot knowing amazon had me just incase. When i was ordering it i knew it was gunna be fake but again...i took a shot