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Censored Amazon Review of Sandisk Ultra 32GB Micro SDHC Card
- StudentStuff 8y agoAmazon doesn't care about counterfeit merchandise, for MicroSDs I only buy them used anymore, usually off eBay (which also doesn't care about fake MicroSD cards :c). They get the benefit of survivorship bias, are cheaper and I have yet to get a fake MicroSD this way.
- ss2003 8y agoSounds like a good way to get rid of all the conterfeit ones I got stuck with.
- NullPrefix 8y agoSounds like a good way to get some decents reviews for your seller account.
- snaky 8y agoFunny fact - Sandisk products sold on Chinese market have additional 18-digit code protected by scratchpad, and you can verify authenticity of the card on http://verify.sandisk.cn http://verify.sandisk.cn. You don't need to unpack the card to scratch the pad and get the code for verification.
- NullPrefix 8y agoHow does that work? The code is valid only once or counterfeiters can just copy it on the new packaging? Or is it based on "Trust in the scratchpad technology" ?
- mcbridematt 8y agoI'm not sure how the SanDisk one works, but other verification checkers in China have 'this code has been viewed X times' on the result page. So if the counterfeit product has copied a real code, you might see 'this code has been viewed 33000 times' instead of 0.
- snaky 8y agoSandisk one works this way exactly. When you check the same code second time, you get the message '您输入的防伪码正确，但是已被查询过，您可以拨打400-670-6711进行人工查询,我们可以提供首次查询时间以及查询方式' (translation - 'The security code you entered is correct, but it has been queried. You can call Sandisk customer care for manual query. We can provide the first query time and query method.') with 'attention!' sign.
- rstuart4133 8y agoIf you don't trust the source this is a good way to check: openssl enc -aes-128-cbc -k lasldj -nosalt </dev/zero >/dev/sdX openssl enc -aes-128-cbc -k lasldj -nosalt | cmp - /dev/sdX Edit: now that I think about it, Joey's thinking this is something "Amazon clearly wants to cover up" might be misdirected. I'm sure Amazon values their customer as much as any other company in a highly competitive marketplace. They sure don't want you giving up on them for the corner computer store. A better explanation is "there is nothing more stupid as a bureaucracy", and in this case providing a sellers complaints system inappropriate reviews sounds like the perfect lair for a bureaucracy whose KPI is "seller complains resolved".
- QuinnyPig 8y agoMy gut read on that is that the "Google Amazon counterfiet[sic]" is what triggered the rejection. Sending people to Google feels like an end-run around the "no linking' rule.