Bad Ebay Trader...

[waspo]

I ordered a CF Card through this trader last week.

http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZchunon123

He has in my opinion, very good feedback! But, look what I recieved in the post.





The outside packaging was in perfect order, but the packaging inside was completely trashed, which obviously didn't happen during shipping. All seals have been broken, even on the CF Card. This was not factory sealed and not 'Brand New' as described in the sale.
I emailed the trader straight away and sent him these pic's. He said customs must have opened it. Yeah, right so where's the customs sticker?
Also, he offered to swap it but I have to pay for shipping.
Which brings me to think that they do this sort of shonky business to make more money on shipping. Cost $15 to ship from HK but the stamps say $20.10HK. Who's making a cut here?
If I were to send it back, I'll be up for the return cost and the shipping cost!
Anyway, I'll be keeping the card because it still looks and functions fine but I'll be leaving bad feedback as it's totally unacceptable to send items in this sort of condition, and also to warn others ebayers.
So, lessoned learned. Don't deal with these guys!

Happy Ebaying!
Cheers, Jase.

[birddog114]

End up you paid AU$140.00 but an used stock
If you're buying locally, you may get it cheaper with another reliable brand as our members have and use for many months now.

80x does not mean much with the D70/ D70s

[PiroStitch]

Next time buy it from the Birdman Or I'll check when I get home, provided I have the time , the guy I bought my CF card from. Mind you shipping was delayed 'cos it was sent from NY :S

[waspo]

Truth is, It doesn't look used. Can't see any wear marks from inserting into camera or reader comparing it to my other Lexar card. Just looks like they put their own trademark sticker directly on the card for warranty purposes, but I'm waiting for them to tell me this.
I've been emailing them back and forth to ammuse myself. Bottom line, don't send items in this condition!
I thought it was reasonably priced and have heard good things about this card from other D70users and through reviews compared to other cards.
Oh, it's been awhile since I read up about CF Cards, so I'm sure there's some better cards on the market now.
Birddog, can you recommend any other cards especially with speed in mind? Don't say Sandisk.

[birddog114]

Truth is, It doesn't look used. Can't see and wear marks from inserting into camera or reader comparing it to my other Lexar card. Just looks like they put their own trademark sticker directly on the card for warranty purposes, but I'm waiting for them to tell me this.
I've been emailing them back and forth to ammuse myself. Bottom line, don't send items in this condition!
I thought it was reasonably priced and have heard good things about this card from other D70users and through reviews compared to other cards.
Oh, it's been awhile since I read up about CF Cards, so I'm sure there's some better cards on the market now.
Birddog, can you recommend any other cards especially with speed in mind? Don't say Scandisk.

Astone/ Transcend are most common name which we are using on this board part from Sandisk or Lexar.

[waspo]

Next time buy it from the Birdman Or I'll check when I get home, provided I have the time , the guy I bought my CF card from. Mind you shipping was delayed 'cos it was sent from NY :S

Piro, thats where I got my first Lexar from. NY. It was delayed abit also but atleast it was factory sealed. Only reason why I went through this guy was because I couldn't find the link. Plus he had great feedback.
I'll have to go through you Birddog next time.

[gstark]

Birddog, can you recommend any other cards especially with speed in mind? Don't say Sandisk.

Talk about trashy service!

As to other cards, why are you concerned about speed? 40x is the maximum your D70 can make use of; anything faster, within the camera, is wasted.

While you will pick up some benefit in transferring files via a USB card reader, the speed differential there with a faster card is also going to be insignificant; who cares if a card takes 30 seconds vs 60 seconds to dump its data to the pc? What will you do in that extra time? Write a book, perhaps?

[waspo]

Truth is, It doesn't look used. Can't see and wear marks from inserting into camera or reader comparing it to my other Lexar card. Just looks like they put their own trademark sticker directly on the card for warranty purposes, but I'm waiting for them to tell me this.
I've been emailing them back and forth to ammuse myself. Bottom line, don't send items in this condition!
I thought it was reasonably priced and have heard good things about this card from other D70users and through reviews compared to other cards.
Oh, it's been awhile since I read up about CF Cards, so I'm sure there's some better cards on the market now.
Birddog, can you recommend any other cards especially with speed in mind? Don't say Scandisk.

Astone/ Transcend are most common name which we are using on this board part from Sandisk or Lexar.

I'll look into these cards in future.
Thanks Birddog!

[waspo]

Birddog, can you recommend any other cards especially with speed in mind? Don't say Sandisk.

Talk about trashy service!

As to other cards, why are you concerned about speed? 40x is the maximum your D70 can make use of; anything faster, within the camera, is wasted.

While you will pick up some benefit in transferring files via a USB card reader, the speed differential there with a faster card is also going to be insignificant; who cares if a card takes 30 seconds vs 60 seconds to dump its data to the pc? What will you do in that extra time? Write a book, perhaps?

Thanks for clearing this up, Gary. At the time (last year) when speed was the rave, Lexar was on top. I just bought one for that reason not knowing about the D70's actual speed capabilities. Hence, I bought another of the same because until you told me now, I didn't know any better. Now I do.
40x? gee, that's slow aye?