[lufia]

ever seen a memory card that was too good of a deal? most likely it is a fake.
99% of memory sticks sold on ebay is a fake, they even sell fakes at shops(buy from a trusted shop). They would never sell a geniuine 2gb sony mem pro duo stick for less that 300au.
i got my at ebay for 100au, retail price is 500au. Its very hard to tell the differences. I threatened the ebay seller and he then gave me a life time warranty from his supplies(he had 100% positive feedback,800+ so it was easy to damage his business and he lived locally next to me) and then admited to his crime for selling unauthorized fake memory sticks.

Note: Fake ones are claimed to be unstable, they may seem real but its actually a fake.

FOR SONY pro duo memory stick
things to look out for REAL memory sticks.
*casing has rectangular seals which have been heated in not holes.
* exact replica, its very hard to tell. The fake ones are abit fatter and has to be squeezed in the adpator. They DON'T come with warranty from the sony manufacturer(when brought to sony they would find out that it has no serial implimented in it), sellers would even lie to you.

LEXAR and SANDISK also have fakes

more info here
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=53801

be careful shopping, so far my fake memory stick is quite good.

[boblovesbacon]

Thanks for the heads up.

I just bought my 1gb Sandisk from Amazon.com --> $40 post rebates,

also, Dell.com also has it for about $36, not sure about rebates, free shipping.

Sorry you were conned on Ebay, but glad you got it worked out!

[genki]

Thanks for the info - I didn't know they even make fake memory sticks now! O__O I was wondering why all the ones from ebay are going for so cheap - wouldn't want to buy a fake, and risk losing all the data stored on there

[Adionik]

So, do they not work as well or what?

Because if I were to pay 20 bucks for a 2 gig fake SD Card...I wouldn't really biitch.

[BishieAddict]

that is why i dont trust ebay.

[krn]

Just because retail price is BS doesn't mean cheap memorysticks are fakes. You can get a 1gb memorstick for under $50, easily.

[moonies]

wow thanks for the info..didn't know there are fake memory stick floating around...does this also apply to MMC and SD card?

[CKJ-C]

I can get mem sticks for dirt cheap and real, 1GB $40CAD 512 for $10 lmao. Of couse not from stores, you just gotta know some people and friends and you got deals

Lol no wonder, some guy tried to sell me a 1GB stick and he claims its over 1054MB of space so now I know he had a fake lol

[krn]

You can get a 2GB from Amazon for $65....

[kpop012]

Well whenever I buy stuff on ebay like memory sticks, I make sure they come in retail packaging.

[sookanakaboo]

thanks fer the heads up.
i was thinking of buying one from ebay ><" maybe not now

[Juli~<3]

^ yea i was thinking of getting one from ebay too.. gosh..

[ichiban]

oh god i hate buying stuff from ebay. Too many fake stuff there. I'm glad i bought my memory stick at bestbuy

[KTHubbybunch]

LOL I buy fakes most of the time just to save money but some fakes are good quality so its ok with me. like i bought a fake 4GB ms pro duo before for my T100 hehe

[erure]

So, do they not work as well or what?

Because if I were to pay 20 bucks for a 2 gig fake SD Card...I wouldn't really biitch.

You would if you took 200 photos of your brother's graduation and then found out that the card got corrupted and all the files were erased... The fake memory cards just don't last and they break extremely easily.

[awdark]

I was looking at the year and going O_o but this is a good subject.

Fake ones are also usually much slower. I will say the majority on dealExtreme and ebay are fake http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15682 (notice the reviews all say they are very slow) I can't find any atm but usually at least dealExtreme blurs out the brands when they aren't sure of the authenticity.

[Mizuki168]

ermm...maybe this topics is a bit outdated; atleast the prices are. I have a 1GB usb and it's for 8 bucks :| doubt it's fake

[underneathHERskin]

I saw a Lexar micro SD card at Walmart for 7 bucks. Do you guys think it's a fake?

[awdark]

No probably won't be. Its an old topic and the prices are off now, but if it comes from a normal store it will be real. Right now you can get 8gb for like $20 (4gb memory stick for 20 because sony is evil) so the smaller capacity cards are dropping to trivial prices.

[xturntofade]

honestly, memory cards are so cheap right now.
don't buy them from ebay or anything like that. It's not worth the risk of getting a fake.
not to advertise for them or anything but seriously, check out Bh photo. It's where I buy all of my stuff. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
great prices.