Beware: FA K E Sandisk on Ebay

I was a victim of this and want to warn others who use ebay.
I paid $25 (no big deal) for an Sandisk Extreme lll 2GB

Counterfeit Front (The top metal corners of the silver are square)



Counterfeit back



Real front (all four metal corners are round like label)



Real Back



Real edge(Real Sandisk will have white color production batch/serial number 'BH07xxxxx MADE IN CHINA'
Real



Real



Counterfeit, in most cases will have no printing on the edge.

This link is my source and will give you more information on how to go about identifying and what to do if I have acquired a counterfeit card.

http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456539

Sorry if this has been posted, but the more people that see it the better. I'm here everyday and I have not seen it until today.
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Mark

http://www.markmicallef.com

I got one a whle back. Purported Exteme III for just a tad more than Extreme II price. Complained to the seller and told him i was going to report him to ebay for false advert. We dickered around, and he knocked the price down 50% ($40 for a 4GB a year ago - good deal). card speed is just average, and seems to work fine with no errors. Use it mostly as a spare when I need extra space.

I will ask for a full refund and possibly try and and the real thing from them, if I get any response from them at all. They are a pretty big ebayer lots of positive feedback.
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Mark

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After contacting the company I purchased mine from, I got this reply:

Please return your item to us at:

[company name withdrawn]
PO BOX xxxxxx
xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Upon receipt of return, we will issue you a full refund. We are contacting our supplier to verify the authenticity of these Memory Cards. Customer Satisfaction is our number one priority. We take these complaints seriously. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused you.

Sincerely,

[company name withdrawn]

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Mark

http://www.markmicallef.com

I never buy memory cards on eBay. Its just not worth the risk, especially when Amazon and B&H have such great deals.

I was burned on one of those off Amazon (private seller) about a year ago. Now I only buy cards from the big name stores. It may/ or may not cost more, but if you watch the sales you can get the real thing cheap.

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I read a topic in the storage and media forum section a while ago and there was a link to a page that ebay warns that something like 95% of the cards sold over ebay are fakes.

Yet another reason (for me) not to buy stuff from feeBay.

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BA baracus said:

I read a topic in the storage and media forum section a while ago and
there was a link to a page that ebay warns that something like 95% of
the cards sold over ebay are fakes.

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must be the same link I included in the initial link, "I was a bit shocked" [95% fake]
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Mark

http://www.markmicallef.com

Thanks for the warning......
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breivogel said:

I got one a whle back. Purported Exteme III for just a tad more than
Extreme II price. Complained to the seller and told him i was going
to report him to ebay for false advert. We dickered around, and he
knocked the price down 50% ($40 for a 4GB a year ago - good deal).

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So, he not only saved that sale (do you really think he had even $20 in the fake card?), he also got off scot free... ready, willing, and ABLE to knowingly rip off the next guy.

Way to sell out your own integrity -- and for pennies, at that.

digital-freak said:

After contacting the company I purchased mine from, I got this reply:

Please return your item to us at:

[company name withdrawn]
PO BOX xxxxxx
xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Upon receipt of return, we will issue you a full refund. We are
contacting our supplier to verify the authenticity of these Memory
Cards. Customer Satisfaction is our number one priority. We take
these complaints seriously. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may
have caused you.

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What else would you expect them to say, after getting caught red-handed?

This is spin control, and nothing more. They are responsible for the products they sell; no one else. The "we didn't know if was counterfeit" excuse is a transparent fiction. If they were getting them from legit sources, they would be genuine, period .