Look at all these poor saps getting ripped off on eBay

[olds]

I wouldn't ever buy something directly from China. Ever.

RossMAN had a coupon for 2 for 1 mail order brides.

 

[abaez]

Definitely a scam, look at the feedback score. It is mostly by people that have just created an eBay account which means he's creating fake accounts and posting fake feedback to his seller account to boost the rating. If he was selling USB keys that were legit but stolen, there would be no need for him to do that.

Plus, as of right now it shows he has sold 870 of these yet he only has 12 feedback ratings, clearly he is shipping them extremely slow so he can sell as many as possible before being taken off eBay.

Christ - 800+ sold... if even half of the people send the cash that's 10k. Seems like a good racket.

 

[wischeez]

Is it me, or is it just coincidence that all the guys who have (0) or (1) left feedback for him all made accounts on May 7th or May 8th of 2009 and all live in Taiwan?

 

[rockyct]

I submitted a report, but it will probably take a few more.

 

[0roo0roo]

there is buyer beware, but the level of fakery is getting absurd on ebay, chinese knockoff of things like headphones are just ridiculous. there should be consumer protections so you don't have to go around scrutinizing every last mold line on whatever you buy.

 

[Locut0s]

there is buyer beware, but the level of fakery is getting absurd on ebay, chinese knockoff of things like headphones are just ridiculous. there should be consumer protections so you don't have to go around scrutinizing every last mold line on whatever you buy.

That's why you go to a brick and mortar store when you want to be assured of quality. Anyone going to ebay should know by now that buyer beware is part and parcel of the whole site. Just about everyone shopping on ebay knows the risks but they shop anyway. It's part of the excitement of shopping at any auction, discount or thrift store.

 

[0roo0roo]

That's why you go to a brick and mortar store when you want to be assured of quality. Anyone going to ebay should know by now that buyer beware is part and parcel of the whole site. Just about everyone shopping on ebay knows the risks but they shop anyway. It's part of the excitement of shopping at any auction, discount or thrift store.

yea but you shouldn't have to.

 

[shortylickens]

eBay wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for crappy Paypal and their horrible buyer/seller protection.

You can use 6 other services besides Paypal.

 

[Q]

What the heck, I submitted a report last night and even got an email from eBay saying that yes it was fake, and it's still up??

 

[SparkyJJO]

No it's not still up. Reports as being removed when I click the links.

 

[gigahertz20]

I wonder if this USA seller is selling fake ones as well:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220568477461&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I sent an e-mail to the seller above asking them where they could buy so many Kingston 128GB USB keys and sell them under $100 and the person responded:

Hello,

Thank you for your question. Here is what I know about these Kingston DT-200, as the current owner of the one of them:

These don't have an engraved model number in the metal part of the USB interface. However,they have been tested using an advance software utility called H2testw 1.4 directly from heise.de server. This is a German software that test the true capacities of Flash Drives (you may google them). After running the test, it accurately indicates that the total storage capacity is 131055 MB or 127.9834 GB. There are needed system files that make up the rest of the space.

They are formatted with FAT32 and can be formatted to NTSF for larger single file capacity if so desire.

I have saving as many files as I can and have without any issues so far.

**PLEASE NOTE: Due to the electronic nature of these products I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS.

You DO have the option and are more than welcome and recommended to purchase directly from Kignston website, They retail at $547. However they are currently and indefinitely out of stock due to new product development.


Kind Regards.

- goldenchick107

 

[Mermaidman]

I wonder if this USA seller is selling fake ones as well:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220568477461&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I sent an e-mail to the seller above asking them where they could buy so many Kingston 128GB USB keys and sell them under $100 and the person responded:

The colors of that auction hurt my eyes! Anyway--could be a hijacked account? The seller went from selling little girls' dresses to computer stuff.

 

[Pardus]

most of the usb flash drives scammers are overseas, don't accept returns and even there feedback's look fictitious. i have contacted over a dozen over these sellers last month asking if the product was genuine and under warranty, the ones who did respond only said "the item is new and untested".

sucker is born every day someone once said, there are even suckers on slickdeals whom seem to buy anything that is cheap even though its garbage.

that's why i frequent this forum more than others, the user base is not brain dead.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is why I really avoid ebay. It's too easy to get scammed. Can't trust nobody these days, sadly.

 

[eplebnista]

I admit I fell for one of those 8gb mp3 players that actually held 2gb and lasted a little over two months before going TU. :$

 

[Tristicus]

I still think one of us should by one (I'll take donations)....

 

[Mermaidman]

So whatever happened? Were these real or fake?

edit-
LOL at this seller's feedback:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...sspagename=VIP:feedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

It seems that only Chinese bidders were satisfied.

 

[Born2bwire]

So whatever happened? Were these real or fake?

edit-
LOL at this seller's feedback:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...sspagename=VIP:feedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

It seems that only Chinese bidders were satisfied.

This is why I hate the percentage feedback rating. The guy still has a 74% feedback rating. It's gotten to the point where the only people you can't outright dismiss are the ones with 99.9999998% ratings.

 

[montypythizzle]

Q: hi friend It is real 128 GB??
A: Friend: Yes, please believe, it be true 128 GB You of friend

 

[bobsmith1492]

My coworker was in China and saw, on sale, 500GB flash drives for some $5. Plug 'em in and they show up as 500GB. However, try to copy anything onto one and you quickly find out it only holds 20MB...

Flippin' Chinese. At work we looked a Chinese-made wireless backup camera for vehicles since we were doing something similar and wondered how theirs worked. It was transmitting over 20dB above the legal radio power limit! We tried to contact the FCC but they blew us off.

Key points learned from the Chinese: if you can get away with it and make some money then do it. It's a very crappy way to live - very dishonest.