I got it two months ago. My friend got it a month ago. These e-bay 32G SD cards are actually reprogrammed chip with holely flash beyond 8G. Anybody else got it?
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OT: 32G SD scam
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with holely flash beyond 8G. Anybody else got it?
Not sure what you mean by holely, but it that means they don't work beyond 8G, then that is old news.
Never buy flash on Ebay. There are Chinese that have access to factory "shells" and stuff them with floor sweepings.
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there's plenty of counterfeit flash out there.
I was given a 128G usb thumb drive by someone who had discovered this.
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Common scam. IIRC, they've got controllers jigged to report more than the actual capacity.
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Even if the brand looks legit, you can't be sure.. it's easy to make fake labels. You have to buy from a trusted supplier. Even Newegg got caught with a whack of fake 'Intel' CPUs a while back.
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Yep. Several of my friends and customer have bought 32GB micro-SD cards that turned out to be reprogrammed 2GB devices. Fortunately, in all cases the vendor refunded the amount paid rather than risk being banned from eBay. I guess they make enough money on those that don't notice the problem to justify the refunds: etc...
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Amazon is usually dependable. Ebay is a lot dicier.
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Yes, we didn't, until we fill it up to more than 8G. It's just wasting eve rybody's time and money. Someone got to put them out of business. We don' t want refund. We want them banned. But then, they would probably show up with a new ID to scam someone else.