I thought I would create this thread to provide a warning to those who would be tempted to buy a memory card from Ebay.
I have just bought a Sandisk Extreme III Compact Flash 2GB from a seller on Ebay (100% Feedback), I got a prompt despatch e-mail and positive feedback left for me straight away. However I've recently received an e-mail from another ebay user asking me to check my card against a website as he wants to know if this seller is selling fake cards.
To cut a long story short, I had no idea that there was a problem with fake memory cards on Ebay, and upon further investigation via Google, it appears that the problem is more widespread than I thought.
Be very wary when buying a memory card from Ebay. Hopefully my memory card is legit (I will be phoning Sandisk for confirmation of the serial number etc), however I will be buying all my future memory cards from official resellers.
A couple of links detailing the problem:
Photo Comparison of Fake vs Legit cards/packaging
Forum Thread with plenty of user feedback
I have just bought a Sandisk Extreme III Compact Flash 2GB from a seller on Ebay (100% Feedback), I got a prompt despatch e-mail and positive feedback left for me straight away. However I've recently received an e-mail from another ebay user asking me to check my card against a website as he wants to know if this seller is selling fake cards.
To cut a long story short, I had no idea that there was a problem with fake memory cards on Ebay, and upon further investigation via Google, it appears that the problem is more widespread than I thought.
Be very wary when buying a memory card from Ebay. Hopefully my memory card is legit (I will be phoning Sandisk for confirmation of the serial number etc), however I will be buying all my future memory cards from official resellers.
A couple of links detailing the problem:
Photo Comparison of Fake vs Legit cards/packaging
Forum Thread with plenty of user feedback