Sandisk memory cards - a LOT of fakes out there

Humpty said:
So Rich. Should I bin the one YOU sold me??? :mad: :mad:

Wondered why a keen photographer such as youself would be selling on such a useful piece of kit. Let me know your thoughts as I am considering updating your trust accordingly. :mad:
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... Please do tell more. Making a post like this deserves the full story at least.. :rolleyes:
 
I suggest you take a matter like this to email rather than airing your dirty washing on a public internet forum mate.. :rolleyes:

Your post will lead to a slanging match I am sure. :(
 
You're right. Over reaction too early on a Saturday morning.

I've edited my posts. Would appreciate it if you could edit your quote of me! :eek:
 
Right.. Paypal dispute has started. Bit concerned about this in his feedback:

"transacion cancelled as seller canot receive Paypal anymore and agreed to cancel"

"Cancelled, by mutual agreement. Seller unable to use Paypal"

Hmmm :mad:
 
^^Gord^^ said:
Same guy I've bought off. The 5 years warranty makes it sound like it
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Gregeff said:
Hmm it then mentions a 5 year warrenty rather than the lifetime warenty you get with Sandisks, doh!
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Might be worth noting that in all of Europe the warrenty on sandisk cards is 5 years and not lifetime as can be seen on the official sandisk site:-

Sandisk said:
Advanced Features:

* Minimum of 10MB/second** sequential read speedfor ultra-fast image viewing and data transfer
* Minimum 9MB/second** sequential write speed lets you capture large image files faster
* Backed by a lifetime limited warranty***
* Low power consumption for longer battery life

**Based on HD Bench software testing
***Except Europe
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Linky

If this is classed as a competitor link i'm sorry and will remove it! Dont think they would be though.
 
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Yes I noticed this about Sandisk Europe cards. I may have even let mine go had it not been for the lack of serial number. Sending mine off this morning though for a refund.
 
In order to judge whether the card is fake or not, the only certain method is to do a few speed tests. As I (and others) have found, the fake cards are noticeably slower in writing and reading.

My Paypal dispute deely is now open, and apparently if I just return the card via Recorded delivery I should get a refund. The return address, surprise suprise, is a Mail Box Ltd. address :rolleyes:

All the tell-tale signs of the scammer!
 
Raider said:
In order to judge whether the card is fake or not, the only certain method is to do a few speed tests. As I (and others) have found, the fake cards are noticeably slower in writing and reading.
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What we need is a program that shows the actual read/write speed of a card. That way we should all be able to find out for certain. Would be great for everyones piece of mind I think. Anyone know of one?
 
Hmm there must be something out there can do speed tests to any kind of removeable media, be it USB / HDD / Compact Flash.. :confused:
 
The problem with having a program test a card is that the performance you get through a CF reader on a PC compared to your camera will differ massively.

Even using a CF reader you are unlikely to see the full speed of the card. Take the a look at this....

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6133

and also compare the in camera performance....

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7303

The best way to test the performance is a like for like comparison. To check the perfomance of my dodgy Ultra II I used the following test:

Manual mode
Exposure set to 1/4000 seconds
Manual focus
RAW mode only
Lens cap on
Burst mode
I then took 6 photos in burst mode, and timed how long the red light (writing) flashed for.

The results were:

1GB Extreme III - 6 seconds
512MB Ultra II - 7 seconds
2GB Ultra II (fake) - 11 seconds
 
Yeah that was the simple test I did.

I held the button down for 15 seconds and recorded 1) How many photos were taken and 2) How long it took to clear the buffer.

Clear difference in both!
 
Just a quick note :) - NTL now have 4gb kingston elite pros for £88 ;p

Gonna order one soon!
 
Going from their customer service for TV I wouldn't trust NTL to sell me a memory card :p

Unless NTL does mean something else...
 
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