I wouldn't be surprised if it's a product of SanDisk's outsourced
manufacturer. One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me...
Chuck Norcutt
Paul wrote:
> I was an unwitting victim of a fake Sandisk 2GB CF card. It's quite rife
> on e*ay at the moment. There's a useful link here that highlights the
> differences between the original and the fake:
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/fakesandisk/
>
> The crazy thing is - the card works absolutely fine - no difference at
> all on the E-1 and when reading via my card reader I can't tell the
> difference in performance (though I'm usually making a cup of tea while
> this is happening...;)). As it cost half the price of the same item in
> the high street I don't feel hard done by at all. Maybe when I want to
> cash in on the 'lifetime warranty' I'll feel different, but I've yet to
> have a flash card fail on me, and don't expect it to happen any day now.
>
> As for crappy card readers - don't get me started :).
>
>
> Paul
>
>
> Ali Shah wrote:
>
>>They have crazy scams. Have you ever received an email
>>from a yabe "member" that says "If you dont ship such
>>and such item, I will report you..."?
>>
>>I just read that they are producing FAKE Sandisk
>>memory cards. That is scary...how do you know if you
>>are getting a real one on Yabe? Doesnt make sense to
>>buy a memory card on Yabe anymore I guess.
>>
>>
>
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