Warning on fake sandisk flash drives

[dyn2nvu]

My frist ever counterfeit from ebay. I thought I'd post pictures to warn others (before sending it back) on what the fake ones look like, although they look very similar to the real sandisks. I couldn't find any other pictures or anything on what fake ones might be. There are differences. I'm fairly sure that the drive is a fake, it goes along with the article here that was posted a while back. The fake drive also has two partitions, one is partitioned to almost 4gigs exactly and the other is unpartitioned. Also, if you look at the properties of the counterfeit, it shows as "SanDisk USB 2.0 Flash." Real one shows as "SanDisk Cruzer Mini."

Before buying from ebay, try and ask the seller for more pictures of the drives. Wish it didn't happend to me but I'm getting a refund from the seller. He said that he gets the flash drives from a local seller. Should I report this to ebay??

Here's what he said exactly:
"Our apologies, we have no intent to provide fake products. We sell
these items on consignment for a local dealer and up to now have been
satisfied with the quality of the items.
Please return the item to us and we will issue and immediate full
refund of your payment.
Regards,
Eric
Customer service"

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[KLin]

Yes, you should report it to Ebay.

 

[tfinch2]

repost

 

[deepred98]

do they still work though?

 

[Zanix]

Dang! They have 4 gig pen drives already?! wtf have I been.

Did the fake not work?

 

[BlueWeasel]

From a performance standpoint, what's the difference between fake and real drives?

 

[dyn2nvu]

it works, but it's fake...tried to install the cruzer lock on it, but the program couldn't find the drive on the fake one.

repost where?

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: deepred98
do they still work though?

read the post, he said the fake drive has two partitions so therefore it still works.

 

[dyn2nvu]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
From a performance standpoint, what's the difference between fake and real drives?

Don't know, didn't test that.

 

[psychoticpickle]

Everyone knows that ebay is mostly about selling stolen or counterfeit goods.
Sure some people who "no longer want" item "x" also sell there, but that's a small percentage.

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: psychoticpickle
Everyone knows that ebay is mostly about selling stolen or counterfeit goods.
Sure some people who "no longer want" item "x" also sell there, but that's a small percentage.

Well I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip. :thumbsup:

 

[BCYL]

wow that's a pretty good fake, i certainly wouldn't be able to tell by just looking at it...

 

[deepred98]

Originally posted by: jewno

Originally posted by: deepred98
do they still work though?

read the post, he said the fake drive has two partitions so therefore it still works.

oh yeah didn't see that

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: psychoticpickle
Everyone knows that ebay is mostly about selling stolen or counterfeit goods.
Sure some people who "no longer want" item "x" also sell there, but that's a small percentage.

WWYBYWB?

 

[dman]

How much was it on ebay vs at the store?

 

[dyn2nvu]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
From a performance standpoint, what's the difference between fake and real drives?

performance is slower on the counterfeit drive
Took around 15 seconds to transfer a 115MB file on the real drive
Over 5 minutes with the fake drive.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Has SanDisk come out and say someone is selling fakes of it's product, or are they maybe built for a different market, but some got over here???

 

[dyn2nvu]

Originally posted by: dman
How much was it on ebay vs at the store?

300-400 I think at retail stores.
I got the counterfeit for 120 total on ebay

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: dyn2nvu

Originally posted by: dman
How much was it on ebay vs at the store?

300-400 I think at retail stores.
I got the counterfeit for 120 total on ebay

And you expected to get the real thing?

 

[dyn2nvu]

I found the article that was posted.
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/18/counterfeit_cruzer_mini_drives

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: dyn2nvu
it works, but it's fake...tried to install the cruzer lock on it, but the program couldn't find the drive on the fake one.

repost where?

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[dyn2nvu]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: dyn2nvu

Originally posted by: dman
How much was it on ebay vs at the store?

300-400 I think at retail stores.
I got the counterfeit for 120 total on ebay

And you expected to get the real thing?

Sure, I was hoping. hahaha =)

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: dyn2nvu

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
From a performance standpoint, what's the difference between fake and real drives?

performance is slower on the counterfeit drive
Took around 15 seconds to transfer a 115MB file on the real drive
Over 5 minutes with the fake drive.

There's the big difference right there. Based on those benchmarks, the fake drive appears to be USB1.1.

What a scam...

 

[dyn2nvu]

Originally posted by: C6FT7

Originally posted by: dyn2nvu
it works, but it's fake...tried to install the cruzer lock on it, but the program couldn't find the drive on the fake one.

repost where?

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Well I'm the poor sucker with the proof =P haha...*sigh*

 

[JujuFish]

I wonder if SanDisk would replace the fraudulent copy with a real one, since it would help them fight against the counterfeits.