Are they all fake?

WatchTower · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:07

I'm looking to buy an Official 16gb Memory Stick Pro Duo for my PSP and it feels like absolutely no shop in Staffordshire sells them. I kid you not. So I look on the bay and almost every single person selling them as had one or two people complaining that they were sold counterfeit ones. So now I don't feel like I trust anyone on there. Will OcUK ever stock them?

Cheapest I've seen official ones new are around £50.

mame · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:23

Don't know if you know but the memory stick micro M2 will work in a PSP with the adapter. I saw the 16gb ones going for £59.99 in a high street phone shop a few months ago so they should be cheaper now. I ended up ordering an 8GB DUO from on online shop

mjones1 · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:28

two 8gb micro sd cards in a adaptor would work out a lot cheaper.

WatchTower · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:29

I see them a lot but they seem to not come with the adapter.

Robert1986 · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:30

NEVER and I mean NEVER buy memory sticks from ebay. I've had a few that were bought from a respected seller and they were both fake. Your best bet is just buy them from a store that sells them directly.

McManicMan · 19 Jul 2009 at 10:15

been using a fake 8gig pro for nearly 2yrs now on my psp

aaron333 · 19 Jul 2009 at 10:17

I don't mind them really, they just have really slow write speeds.

thecremeegg · 19 Jul 2009 at 11:23

****** No Competitor hinting

rp2000 · 19 Jul 2009 at 12:41

WatchTower said:
I'm looking to buy an Official 16gb Memory Stick Pro Duo for my PSP and it feels like absolutely no shop in Staffordshire sells them. I kid you not. So I look on the bay and almost every single person selling them as had one or two people complaining that they were sold counterfeit ones. So now I don't feel like I trust anyone on there. Will OcUK ever stock them?

Cheapest I've seen official ones new are around £50.

I am confused what you are asking for? If you are asking for competitor hints, that is not allowed. If you are suggesting new products for OcUK you are much better off using the appropriate forum or calling them direct.

rp2000

Ascendancy · 19 Jul 2009 at 13:52

I use a Sandisk one in mine and it works excellently.

orderoftheflame · 19 Jul 2009 at 15:39

I've had plenty of Sony fakes, but never a Sandisk one so far. That doesn't mean they're all like that though.

I'd also never buy from an auction site. You're just asking to get screwed that way.

WatchTower · 19 Jul 2009 at 16:14

I was just having a rant about all the fakes. Sorry if it came across as asking for competitors. I managed to get a 16gb M2 card for 38 pounds today. Now I'm searching high and low for an adapter. I was told they work with an adapter.

rp2000 · 19 Jul 2009 at 16:17

WatchTower said:
I was just having a rant about all the fakes. Sorry if it came across as asking for competitors. I managed to get a 16gb M2 card for 38 pounds today. Now I'm searching high and low for an adapter. I was told they work with an adapter.

Like this:

http://i1.lelong.com.my/UserImages/Items/0902/20/[email protected] ?

I have one of these, got it free with the Sandisk 4gb card that accompanied it.

rp2000

WatchTower · 19 Jul 2009 at 16:22

I feel guilty thatthecremeegg got suspended. He was likely trying to be helpful.

WatchTower · 19 Jul 2009 at 16:23

rp2000 said:
Like this:

http://i1.lelong.com.my/UserImages/Items/0902/20/[email protected] ?

I have one of these, got it free with the Sandisk 4gb card that accompanied it.

rp2000

That's the one. It seems they don't come with them anymore.

rp2000 · 19 Jul 2009 at 16:54

WatchTower said:
That's the one. It seems they don't come with them anymore.

If you fail to find any online/shops, create a thread in Wanted and see if anyone has one spare? I cannot think they are worth much more than the price of postage tbh. I don't use mine anymore as apart from the PS3 I have no Sony format readers and I can just plug my phone in Via USB and achieve the same thing.

rp2000