Beware of Fake Flash Drives!

Or ongoing series to reveal the real from the fake in flash drive memory takes us to the Australian Ebay review.....read on.

BEWARE of FAKE 16GB/32GB/64GB USB Flash Drives on eBay
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CAVEAT EMPTOR, BEWARE of Counterfeit USB Flash Drives
A significant high number of eBayers have been deceived by fake, low quality, unpopular cheap drives!




Below is a stringent list of Certified Genuine & Authentic sellers for peace of mind purchase of flash and computer memories on eBay. One can safely purchase from these sellers as they have been through our restrictive process of verification & checks:-

1800memory
memory-r-us
The list is open to all genuine sellers to join. Due to overwhelming requests to be on the list, sellers MUST maintain 99.8% and above eBay feedback and/or a minimum of 1000 positive feedbacks before you will receive a reply. These requirements even surpass the standard eBay PowerSeller program at any level.

Since October-2006, eBay has decided all sellers could no longer hide their BAD feedbacks. Simply enter seller's eBay ID and watch for Negative/Neutral feedbacks wordings such as 'fake' and 'counterfeit' before buying at http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs

A very high percentage of all 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and now 16GB, 32GB, 64GB USB Flash Drives listed on eBay are counterfeit items and have fake & overstated capacities. No Name 16GB to 128GB USB Flash Drives are mostly FAKE!
They were reprogrammed from much smaller cousins 512MB, 1GB, 2GB capacity drives for quick profit!
Don't be foolish thinking you got a "CHEAP 4GB / 8GB / 16GB / 32GB / 64GB / 128GB" deal, in fact you were paying for a "VERY EXPENSIVE 1GB / 2GB" hacked sticks. The sellers are laughing their way to the bank!

Most of the well-known branded counterfeits even have brand new packaging, serial numbers like a real mccoy.