Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

[Who's_E]

Folks,

I have just had to ask an eBay seller (Pan.cake7) for a refund on a Sandisk Extreme III 4GB that was counterfeit. (No reply yet, I will keep you posted).

Okay, possibly my mistake for buying the product from a flat foodstuff but there is some useful information relating to Sandisk counterfeits on eBay under this link:

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456526

Nick

[DTD]

[ianc]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

There are a lot of fake cards about on eBay. It's the type of thing I'd only buy from a reputable dealer, either high street or on line.

Ian C.

[Ellie]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

Hope you get your money back

[theMusicMan]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

Sorry about this experience Nick, I hope you manage to get a refund. eBay is notorious for counterfeit Extreme CF cards, not much help to you now I appreciate, but I'd like everyone to heed that information.

Good luck getting your refund Nick.

[Melaka]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

It was an interesting experience. The packaging looked OK. The card showed card error on the camera but worked when formatted. Write speeds were desperately slow. A comparison with a genuine Sandisk showed no writing on the edge and on closer inspection showed the other differences that are clear on the web site. When inserted in a PCMCIA CF reader it showed as SMI not Sandisk. The PCMCIA reader is deperately slow so not much use for anything other than checking for dodgy disks!

[Gin Monster]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

Looking at the photos in that guide I managed to buy a counterfeit card...

[daitan]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

Can I recommend www.picstop.co.uk

[Jim]

Re: Sandisk Extreme III counterfeits

Looking at the photos in that guide I managed to buy a counterfeit card...

Was that from eBay too?

At the prices from know supliers, I really can't see why anyone would use eBay for CF cards.

A good source of prices is available here.