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[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
I also bought one.

you are correct it's shipped from china, but all sandisk cards are all from china, they are made their.:victory:

There is a big chance it's fake, and since it's only USD 17, i'm just giving paypal something to do with all my contribution.:fingers-crossed:

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there is no need to post the seller, everyone who has bought this card from this thread is from the same person:victory:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] coojoe1000:
Couldn't help myself. Ended up buying one. I have a SanDisk 64GB class 6 I bought at best buy for $50 way back when, but I though $17 is pretty disposable and it's worth a try. Could be they are fire selling the class 6 cards.

I will say that if Best Buy can sell them in the US for $50 6 months ago, then a dealer buying a ton in China directly from the manufacturer can probably sell them for $17.

PS lets not forget, the cost to produce a Micro Sd card varies from .80 cents to $6 depending on capacity.

But at the end of the day it's probably a fake :o Oh well...It's only $17 bucks.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] antispiral:
Its from china so even if its fake I doubt anyone would bother shipping it back to China to get $17 back..probably more expensive than the card itself.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Hound88:
Bought one also, hopefully it work for more then a few days lol
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
Guys, this is ridiculous. Just because it's $17 and you are covered by Paypal doesn't mean it's a inconvenience when it comes and and it's fake.

The gamble:

1. The card is $17

2. International Shipping is more than the card itself.

His aim:

1. He'll sell the card for you, make a good profit.

2. You'll discover it's fake, but hopefully you don't bother returning it because you'll just spend more on shipping it back.

3. Even if you ship it back through the cheapest method, it will take 4 weeks to get there. He probably hopes this inconvenience will stop you.

4. If you do successfully return the chip, he refunds you and just repackages the card and sells it. Rinse and repeat till he gets rid of them all.

Your inconvenience:

YOu guys are spending $17 + International shipping to just get let down. I know these are fakes because it doesn't make sense for anyone in the business world to sell things at a complete loss and be able to life off of that unless the cards are stolen or fakes. If they're coming from China, most likely fakes.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
when they were first released it was about USD 200, and they do go down in price with time, and I agree they are very cheap to produce in mass production.

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i'm from hong kong and it only cost me USD1-3 depends if i use registered post.

A few dollars to have fun:fingers-crossed:, i'm ok with that.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pinoiryder:
just bought one.. now the wait begins.. and like everyone says.. if is fake, i just toss my $17 away.. but again.. it could be real then I'm a happy camper....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
Well my post doesn't apply to you as shipping it back for a return is only a few dollars to you while for others it is either a few dollars and you have to 4 to 6 weeks and even longer for PayPal to process everything or do it faster and it cost more than the card is.

Point is, don't help a scammer live to scam another day.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] barlerer:
LOL! I asked im if it's genuine and he replied:

"Hello!It is true, when you receive the product, not satisfied, please tell me, I will unconditionally refund all your money, because I was a good seller, would you please Do not worry, Thank you very much!"

:laugh:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kLONkRIEGER90:
i think its fake

watch the comments :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] paullu:
****.........................I just order it.......

I just can't control myself. it is ****ing too cheap
[Galaxy S III Accessories] 1SiK1500:
Ive wasted more money on cases i do not use. If anyone cant "gamble" $17.00 for the top of the line Android device your too up tight. Money is meant to be spent. :D
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
you win some, you lose some.:victory:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Markor13:
64gb card to me kinda sucks on the Galaxy S3 since you can't move apps to it. But everyone needs to be careful with these cheap cards on ebay and overseas sellers. The last android I had I purchased a $15 64gb card when I received it I popped it into my phone and come to find out it was only a 16gb card. The label had been changed on it. After doing research I found out a lot of the 64gb cards from overseas are really 16gb with the label changed.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Markeee:
Where these fake
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bigb252:
Yes.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] JJEgan:
Any SD card should be tested after purchase with H2testw.

http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2...standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/

jje
[Galaxy S III Accessories] 1SiK1500:
I filed for a return and got my money back. It was a scam. While some received them most did not.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ranova:
I can't believe people still fall for the fake sd cards that are sold from China...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
Some people are just too trusting and some have no concept of the value of a Dollar when they spending their parent's money.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] beaver2233:
or more to the point that they know they are covered by PayPal, thus there is no real risk.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
Yeah and I still don't get why people do it when it's obvious it's a scam .

But I'm guessing some people actually enjoy going through the hassle of getting a refund just so they can complain they been scammed.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] fineazbro:
I agree with you, went straight to ebay when i say $17 for 64GB shoot i just spend $29 on a damn case..spend my money worst way than that, lost $60 in less than a minute at the casino ealier:( go figure
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
I'm not going to tell you guys how to spend your money. But those cases you bought worked as advertised or should have been. This guy is selling fake Chinese cards as another product and by donating money to him only allows him to con others in life.

But anyways, I believe in karma as well. It's almost scientifically proven in my eyes as every positive action has an equal opposite reaction.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] nucgaek:
There's been a shortage of 64gb microsd from what I've heard, so it's probably not a fire sale. But to each their own
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Laterz.iphone:
:good:Just bought one too, but whats weird is the seller actually has other 64GB sandisk memory cards for 89.00 USD. Im thinking he's selling 64 mb not gb for 17.00. Ordered anyways. Lets hope its the real deal.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] coojoe1000:
Bottom line... The guy has 99.6% positive feedback (He's doing something right). If he screws a US buyer who paid $17, paypal only requires you to ship the item to them in the US and they fully refund shipping costs. Also the credit card I used has purchase protection and doesn't even require I ship the item back if it's under $50. I've returned 5-6 items I bought from overseas and I've never paid a dime in shipping fees. Paypal bends over for buyers and screws sellers all the time. That's why I (and many others) don't sell on ebay anymore. If it's a good deal and the card works as advertised AWESOME. If not, I'll punch a small hole in it and make it into a case charm for my wifes cell phone :D Either way it won't effect my love affair with the SGIII :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gjvah:
Loosing only $60 at the Casino is a huge win in my book :silly:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
those were the class 10 version, the one's from the seller is class 6.

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the seller does not have other micro sd on his listing.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rizel23:
he re-listed again, so went for one, he most probably needs some cash quick hence low price, then we will all receive refunds when items not delivered or lost in post
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
Yeah? And I just did a scan through all his feedback. He never sold a Flashcard ever. Not once. He stuck to selling used video games. This is the first time he has started selling MicroSD cards.

Well good luck, honestly I hope the deal falls through and you guys all have the right cards.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
What I find strange is, the seller keeps on relisting the item, and at every relisting there is a 30 day timeline and he's relisted it 3 time today.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] M@31:
Who knows, maybe he came across a box that had fallen off of a truck and it was full of micro sd cards.

Still trying to decide if I want to try or not.....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sak500:
LOL, there is one post somewhere on the S3 forum about S3 being offered for around 200 or 300 USD. When i clicked the link it showed the same info and seller had 100 positive feedback. When i checked the feedback it was all about furniture and other household items not one mob phone. I mentioned that in the thread and said that it looks like a hijacked account and few agreed.

Goodluck to you guys taking this deal. For me if something is too good to be true, it's usually something fishy :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bookmonke:
I went of it, figured it would be like a scratch off lottery ticket, may win something good or be out a little money.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] paullu:
relist five times right now.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] nucgaek:
I thought it was both, but I may be wrong.

As you can see, both sellers have not sold microsd cards (at least no recent feedback on it), which indicates the account is fake. Caveat Emptor, you might get lucky but don't say no one warned you if paypal doesn't give you a refund for any reason.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Michael_P:
I've got a feeling this seller's getting ready to do a runner after he takes all the money from these unbelievable bargains, and this sort of thing happens all the time even with sellers with huge positive feedback.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sleepingkraken:
Didn't y'alls mothers ever tell you if something seems too good to be true it probably is?

Of course it's fake, look at the sellers other items, fake ipods etc.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] coojoe1000:
just to play devil's advocate I'm pretty sure if you are chancing legal action you might wanna shoot for $30-$40 a piece instead of $17. Also the reason for re-listing is he obviously can only make 25 or so available at a time. It's a limitation of accounts with under 1000 feedback. if you want to sell 1000 you have to do 30 or so listings of 30 at a time. Re-listing after the quantity is reached is perfectly normal unless you want to retype the listing up 30+ times :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SlimJ87D:
Yeah this guys account got hacked. He never sold flash cards ever, just video games and video games only. Suddenly today he's been selling flashcards like crazy.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Frowben:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SanDisk-Mobi...ltDomain_0&hash=item25739e5478#ht_1513wt_1270

Does this seem any more legit, because its also not a bad deal.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chillysalsa:
As they say, if it looks to good to be true it probably is.

Back in the day, I bought a 32 gig card when they first came out. Turned out to be a hacked 2gb Card. It would format and appear as a 32gig, but when you tried to write more than 2gb it would just contain errors.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] B1GPUN:
Nice! Thanks for the heads up. Just got a USB OTG cable from china with estimated shipping sometime in late August and it arrived in about a week so who knows...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] badboy47:
i think you guys should read this before purchasing.

FAKE SanDisk Ultra Secure Digital Cards Exposed : eBay Guides

How to identify counterfeit SanDisk Ultra II Secure Digital Cards

A significant high number of eBayers have been deceived by inferior quality, unpopular cheap, slow SD rebadged as SanDisk Ultra II for quick profit as a very high percentage of all 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB SD listed on eBay are counterfeit items. Genuine buyers got scammed by fraudulent eBay sellers everyday and this process keep on repeating.

Continue reading...

http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Ultra-Secure-Digital-Cards-Exposed?ugid=10000000001254879

be safe out there! ;)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
I'm sorry to say, I highly doubt these are real. I seem to remember a big scam about USB thumb drives from China too... like 256gb for $25 and stuff like that.... and they were altered fakes to read as high capacity, but were really like 1gb drives....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] esist:
It is fake, or non-legit to some extent. Guarantee it. I've bought genuine Sandisk in China (not imported - intended for Chinese distribution). It is slightly cheaper than Europe/North America, but come on like! Do people really think that retailers or distributors make that much markup? Or that the transport of such a tiny item in bulk is the cause (as opposed to the more expensive process on eBay where they are posted one-by-one). I bought a genuine 64GB card for 350 yuan (convert it yourself) last month, for reference.

A genuine Chinese card comes with a scratch-off verification code on the back of the package which can be checked here. If it is genuine, it tells you so. If it isn't, it tells you it's not.

If it is genuine it will also tell you if the code has been previously checked (you have to scratch off to reveal the code so the seller can't claim they just checked it themselves first) so if it has you know the code has been copied from a genuine one.

The verification site is not on Sandisk's own website, but a third-party authorised provider, linked to directly from the main page of their own Chinese site.

The card is fake, or it's stolen, or something equally shady. It's not on the up-and-up, in any case.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kingvillain:
This kind of reminds me of a situtation I had a couple of years ago on ebay.

I purchased an mp3 player advertised to be 16gb for £18, I had a feeling it was to good to be true but went with it because the seller had 100% feedback and was rated a "Power seller" or something like that by Ebay. When it arrived I thought it looked good, however I was stunned to find that despite it was advertised to have been sent out from London UK in the listing, it infact was shipped from China, it even had all the stamps and papers from Customs with notes stating it was a gift.

Anyway after turning it on it seemed ok and connecting it to my computer it stated 16gb as stated in the listing, so I went ahead and filled it with tons of music, it even appeared to be taking it.

When it came to playing it on the player I was stumped to find that only a small portion of what I loaded onto it was showing and playing, even then some of that would come up but show an error when trying to play. So I decided to format the device to see if that would fix it, and guess what............it then shown it as a 1gb storage!

I even double checked using a disk they provided with it, and even that displayed 1gb!

Anyway, I had a huge argument with the seller in Paypal about it, all he did was cry about how he would get sacked, and that he has children etc etc, in that time I did some online research about the player and after digging around I found hundreds of people in a forum discussing these things (including my exact player) and how they are a scam.

I argued the case with the guy in Paypal and threatened to report him, eventually I got a refund of half my money, I knew sending it back would be pointless and costly for me, after that I still reported him anyway.

One week later the player just stopped working full stop.

Sorry for the long story, but I do feel this is going to be pretty similar to what I went through, it`s not a new thing for scams to be run on ebay, and when the seller is figured out they just then change their names and continue trading their scams under a new account, then repeat every time.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sak500:
All this guy seems to have been selling the 3d glasses and now he's offering 32gb cards. Strange.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
Well it is more likely a fake or a illegal back door sales, even if it's a fake I like to see how fake it is, I've never had a fake card before, so lets just call it my first time.:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] paul.p:
Marked as "shipped"...I guess we'll find out soon...

Well soon as in 2 to 3 weeks....haha
[Galaxy S III Accessories] colliderz:
Marked as shipped here as well. Now will scan the mail box like crazy everyday despite of the fact that It won't be coming before at least 3 weeks lol.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
Mine is also shipped, should receive it in a few days.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] paullu:
yes i got the mail too said mark as shipped

but as I know right now is night time Sunday in china and post office not open on Sunday!!? also did you guys got tracking number? i didn't
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kms108:
it's night time 2120 staurday.

He probably shipped it this morning, and like most ebay seller, they like to hold the package and release it in about a weeks time, I dont see how a package can take 2-3 weeks, last time I had a package from ebay, it should only take 2-4 day from china to hong kong, but it took 4 weeks as stated from the seller, I had paypal to refund me and I didn't collect the item from the post office, after a week or two the item will be returned back to the seller.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Ozark_8125:
He's waiting for the ink to dry on the labels because his cousin printed 'sandydisk' by accident. I've got a couple of 'goochis' and 'royalex' if you like too... straight from the middle kingdom. But hey... maybe you get a misc. 64gb card that might work. I'm sure it's not UHS1 speeds, but if it even works, you're in good shape, and for $17 it's a fun gamble. :good:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] RiPpeR_dUdE:
From China? Pretty much guaranteed they're fake... and remember, if its too good to be true more than likely it is.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] TKokab:
Beware Could be Fake

Please beware shipment is from China and it could be fake.

I bought a similar 32 GB Samsung Class 10 card and it turned out only class 4 though the product markings and design were of Samsung but it was fake and cheap.

It may destroy or corrupt your data.

But anyway if you want to risk $17.00 worth a try if it turns out class 4.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] drock212:
I bought a 16GB card ages ago from ebay. Turned out to be super fake. Was actually only 1gig but when I put it in my computer it ready 16 just like the print on the card. I reformatted it and it read 1GB. Since then I haven't bought any form of memory from ebay.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
I've ordered two "SanDisk" 32GB cards from eBay before, and it's sad how fake they are.... the silver printing was very raised on the black cards and whenever I inserted them into the included full size SD adapter and plugged it into my real SanDisk USB card reader, the connection was flaky at best, repeatedly disconnecting when transferring large files over 1GB!

Good luck everyone, but if I'm buying something I need to rely on for backups and photos I cannot afford to lose (yes yes, TiBU backs up to my Box account and my photos auto backup on the cloud, you know what I mean), I'm not going with some junk from China being sold on fleaBay.....
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DroidGnome:
Good luck.. don't waste time and money

Ok a while back I bought a 32gig USB Drive from ebay.. chinese seller, at what was at the time a 'too-good-to-be-true' price. (I don't recall the actual amount).

Received the drive, it had everything visually that it should. I tried to put about 30gigs of MP3s on it and it failed about 1/3 of the way through..

So I reformatted, and started testing with several of those software testers... each one came back as "failure"... this drive was not 32 gig.

No Problem I thought, contacted the seller, and he told me to send it back "at my expense" and he'd reimburse me for the cost of the drive (not the shipping back).

I decided I wanted to make a point with Ebay and the seller and refused to send it back. I did end up getting my money back from Ebay's guarantee.

Here's what I did...

I contacted the manufacturer, Kingston at the time, and told them what happened and if there was anything they could do. They told me that if it was a REAL kingston, there'd be a serial number etched into the drive... I checked.. no serial. They also told me where to look on the packaging to prove it was a fake. They gave me this all in email, so I had proof for Ebay.

I took a few pictures, the email from Kingston and sent it to Ebay asking for a refund under their protection policy since this was in fact fraud, and covered at the time. The initially refused asking me to send it back to the seller as he indicated.

I told ebay that they were asking me to violate a federal law by mailing an obviously counterfeit trandemarked product not just through the mail but to the original selling party. I told them I would be willing to send it to them, Ebay, so they could investigate, but would not send it back to the originally seller so he could sell it again.

Ebay contacted me back and told me to destroy the drive and gave me a full refund. The seller was also removed a few days later I noticed.

So the moral to all this... is should you get a fake/fraud card, which you most certainly will, contact Sandisk and see what they might be able to help with to clear their company name.. after all most people are just going to buy it, see it not work and blame Sandisk.. they do not want that kind of publicity.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] psynapse:
hey guys i don't think ANYONE has mentioned this but it's too cheap to be true, it might be fake!!!!! :crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Skander1998:
Probably fake, i bought a samsung class 10 sd card from ebay and before it was even marked as shipped, i wanted to cancel the order, i contacted the chinese seller and asked for a refund and cancelling the order before it ships, he replied with a simple "no, item ship tomroe" (copy pasted from the messages), i was like.. ok.. let's just wait and see.

The item was marked as "shipped" and he gave a tracking number, 10 days passed and i didn't get it, so i opened a case in paypal and told them my concerns about the item (For the price it is probably fake), and that i didn't receive it.

I also called the ebay support number and told them everything, they told me to destroy the item once it arrives (and not send it back or use it) and they refunded my money fully, 2 hours later the seller was "No longer registered on ebay" ;)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] hin83:
Iam 100% sure that this card is fake (Most likely a 2GB card hacked to be a 64GB). No one can sell a brand new geniune Sandisk 64gb or other branded microsd card for that price.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pwned101:
I guess its how the human mind is wired ;). You see a too good to be true deal and we all go like, ah..its justa few bucks. I've had horrible experience with these cheap SD cards..you wont have any peace of mind with them. Why risk losing all you data over a few bucks.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] SarahKirschbaum:
I missed out on the $49 deal at Best Buy as well...

It does make me think....... If Best Buy can turn

a profit selling the 64GB microSDXC card at $49,

there's no reason a Chinese merchant can't sell

it for $16 and still make a little profit?

Perhaps Sandisk wanted to clear out of these

outdated Class 6 64GB microSDXC cards and

sold them to vendors in China for $10 each?