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> I've never had a fake product I've accidentally bought a fake board game. We didn't know until we reached out to the manufacturer because the cardboard cutou
by mikehollinger 5y ago
> I've never had a fake product
I've accidentally bought a fake board game. We didn't know until we reached out to the manufacturer because the cardboard cutouts for coins / tokens / markers were all offset randomly. On one sheet white, unprinted cardboard was visible when we punched them out.
When we contacted the manufacturer, they plainly knew it was a fake, said we should return it to Amazon, and we did so. When we bought another from elsewhere, we did a side-by-side comparison before sending the fake back:
1. The box was slightly different in size. Not enough that you'd notice, but the box top on the fake was just a little harder to remove.
2. the token/marker printing was of poor quality. It was like they'd taken the misprints from a real run and were selling those.
3. The instruction manual was printed on different paper. It felt real enough, but was obviously different from the "real" one.
4. Some extra flyers and adverts were missing from the box vs the real one
- salamandersauce 5y agoMicroSD cards are a gamble too. Even buying from Amazon because they pool all their stock together so if one seller provides fakes you can randomly get a fake. I got a fake SanDisk 32GB card that was actually an 8GB card. I was really surprised that someone bothered to fake a 32GB card at the time because there was maybe a $20 price difference between 8 and 32GB at the time.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoFlashback to 2010: On MicroSD-Problems - https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022 From the samy guy, 30c3 - The Exploration and Exploitation of an SD Memory Card - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuX_ElPhWHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuX_ElPhWHs Same video from source - https://media.ccc.de/v/30C3_-_5294_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201312291400_-_the_exploration_and_exploitation_of_an_sd_memory_card_-_bunnie_-_xobs https://media.ccc.de/v/30C3_-_5294_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201312291...