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The most interesting takeaway from this for me was the "32 GB" SD card.
by mjevans 10y ago
The most interesting takeaway from this for me was the "32 GB" SD card.
- mchannon 10y agoUnfortunately, eBay (in the US) is so inundated with these that you can have a very difficult time finding something that's actually 32GB (or whatever non-8GB capacity you want). It's so bad you have to search for name brands to get the real stuff.
- obrajesse 10y agoIn this case, all of the fake cards were "name brands" I think I got offered "Samsung", "Kingston" and "SanDisk" cards at roughly (but not exactly) the same pricing. Retail packaging was available at a small extra charge.
- seanp2k2 10y agoI personally buy highly-faked stuff like this from Amazon, and only consider "shipped from and sold by Amazon" stuff. If I ever have a problem, it's very easy to return, and I've never had a problem with their own stuff.
- toomanybeersies 10y agoHere's an interesting, relevant article with a teardown of some fake SD cards versus a real Kingston: https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022
- mjevans 10y agoQuite some insight in to the way competitive retail markets 'work'. "Hooray for capitalism"?
- angry_octet 10y agoI bought one of those as a tourist in Suzhou ten years ago. Tried it in my SLR, worked fine... We laughed about it then but it taught me a lesson about trust.