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by **terminator** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:27 am

Found the following on those cheap cards on Ebay...

http://martybugs.net/articles/fakesandisk.cgi

by **Alpha_7** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:39 am

Thanks for the link, it's a fairly convincing fake, if I hadn't seen the comparisons between the genuine and the fake, I would of assumed it was the real thing.

by **birddog114** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:41 am

All,
Why member bother in buying "cheap" CF card on eBay?

And my question is:
Is anything in big difference/ variation between Sandisk/ Lexar and Transcend card? in quality/ reliability/ speed?

Me? Not at all and I shoot with D2x, and all my CF cards are Transcend and Astone in the past 24 months.

My supply's source delivered straight from Transcend Taiwan via Transcend Australia.

Sold more than 1000 pcs in public and about 500 pcs to all members on board, none of them returned or reporting faults so far.

And they're far better price than Sandisk and Lexar.

by **birddog114** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:42 am

Alpha_7 wrote:Thanks for the link, it's a fairly convincing fake, if I hadn't seen the comparisons between the genuine and the fake, I would of assumed it was the real thing.

Even if you seen the faked, you are still not noticed till you use it.Then it's too late for changing your mind.

by **Alpha_7** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:45 am

Well I know a member ordered a 4gb off ebay last week, I hope it turns out to be the genuine article, my guess is while the sellers are happy to refund the money on the fakes that are picked up on, its probably 1 in 20 that get sent back.

by **terminator** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:49 am

The prices seen on e-bay lately for san disk have been so low that MANY people would have been sucked in to buying these fakes...I NEARLY did.....

by **birddog114** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:54 am

terminator wrote:The prices seen on e-bay lately for san disk have been so low that MANY people would have been sucked in to buying these fakes...I NEARLY did.....

How low is it?
50 bucks for 4Gb? :roll:

by **Greg B** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:56 am

Alpha_7 wrote:... fake, I would of assumed .....

"would of" Craig?

Yellow card.

".... I would have..."

by **Alpha_7** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:56 am

I just checked with the member, and good news he's two 4gb Sandisks were genuine and get got them for $150 each or there abouts, so there are atleast some genuine cards on the ebay market.

by **Alpha_7** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:58 am

Greg B wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:... fake, I would of assumed .....

"would of" Craig?

Yellow card.

".... I would have..."

I stand corrected, can I blame the world cup for my lack of sleep and editing/gramma skills, or will you see right through that one ?

by **terminator** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:58 am

The ones I saw worked out to be about $90 for 2gb Ultra 2 including postage from Hong Kong...

by **birddog114** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:59 am

terminator wrote:The ones I saw worked out to be about $90 for 2gb Ultra 2 including postage from Hong Kong...

And Transcend 2Gb 120x @$90.00 or $110.00 locally.

by **terminator** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:26 am

Hope you still have stock by the time I qualify for you`re bargains Birddog!!

by **Greg B** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:40 am

Alpha_7 wrote:
Greg B wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:... fake, I would of assumed .....

"would of" Craig?

Yellow card.

".... I would have..."

I stand corrected, can I blame the world cup for my lack of sleep and editing/gramma skills, or will you see right through that one ?

Hence only a yellow card

by **Nnnnsic** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:53 am

terminator wrote:Hope you still have stock by the time I qualify for you`re bargains Birddog!!

What if I told you that you qualify now? :lol:

by **terminator** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:00 pm

That would make me very happy.
Cheers!!

by **Glen** on Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:32 pm

I have never got a fake from Birddy, at his prices why would I buy anywhere else?

Plus I know where he lives unlike a nameless, faceless, ebay scammer.