Posted by >500
as title, just wondering if any one knows if there are fake 4gb M2's floating around online, ebay etc?
these seem genuine
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/4GB-SA[....]eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/4GB-Me[....]eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
i know one has an actual stock image, looks indentical to the stock shown by first2save on ebay uk, a very reputable seller. who, if i do, do i buy from?
price will be $4 difference, but which seller.
are there fake 4gb's out there?
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Posted by amanno1
Me personal,i wouldnt buy it.I've bought 2 memory stick pro duos of ebay,only to find they were fake.And i read that 98% of cards sold there are fake.
Posted by Dogmann
@>500
I have bought many items from First2Save and he only sells real goods unless it states not OEM. His service is excellent and i have had no problems and would not hesitate buying from him again. He is very rarely the cheapest but i believe you get what you pay for and personally consider him a good and safe trader. I even bought my BH-500 from him and that was about £60. I believe you also have up £500 Pay Pal protection in case it goes wrong but would be very surprised if he is selling fakes. I have used FastMemeoryMan but his delivery was very slow the first card was faulty so i had to return and it took ages for the replacement to arrive, him i would avoid. I think it is worth paying extra to make sure you get the real thing and not worth the risk of getting a fake to save a few bucks and all the hassle that then comes with it. I am currently looking at 4gb Micro SDHC cards but may well not use E-Bay in the end but buy from Moby Memory or a similiar company. For some things like memory cards E-Bay is a bit of a minefield and very risky IMO.
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Posted by >500
yeah, didnt wanna spend too much thats all.
im selling my 2gb to a mate for $35aud, and he is giving me his 1gb m2. so i have to 1gb m2's to sell. so that can be put towards 4gb
Posted by nix42
Play.com have some cheap memory cards at the moment. I've just bought a 4gb M2 card for £35.
Nix
Posted by >500
im not in the uk
Posted by juniji
DONT DO IT!
The first picture is from the SanDisk website - I would request a picture of the actual product.
The second picture is a Gray Market card - the product looks real (from what I can see) but the packaging is not SanDisk retail packaging - so this card has a shady past.
Go to a known retailer and buy there!
Juniji
Posted by >500
no shops have it here, biggest m2 ive seen in store is 1gb. might have to buy from ebay uk, sellers which post internationally!
Posted by randomtask77
Actually, the packaging on the 2nd ebay link could be genuine as the card I got from an online retailer sent me a 4GB M2 stick that looks similar.
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Posted by psp476
In my opinion buying things like that online arnt safe!
There has been a lot of cases when people bought M2's which were fake. why not buy it from a shop instead of buying it online, or buy it from an online store, not where people sell they're items.
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