HK stock, but cheapest on the market currently!
Enjoy!
I need 10 words so keep reading this it gets really good!
Not really…
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Previous deal post for same card & same seller
Update 24/3 - Now $24.39 Shipped - Still a bargain!
That's ok, I welcome the competition if someone can provide a cheaper price :)
After all, so far ~$29 is about the best price seen locally, even when Monty had a personal discount code for SS that was the best they could do.
If they can come down a further $5 then good on them! We all win out
ive ordered the exact same one from them and it came in around 10 business days
Ive had stuff take longer than that to get from Syd/Melb to perth
mine took around 15 business days.
Hi spackbace, I appreciate your posts, especially when it comes to car sales, but doesn't this statement
If they can come down a further $5 then good on them! We all win out
go against what you dislike about the new retail car industry, i.e people shopping 'your price' around?
I'm not being nasty, just curious how you make the distinction.
Yeah, but that's the distinction between me as a buyer and me as a seller ;)
stuff this seller
worst packaging. he cant be bother to wrap the card in bubblewrap.
it snapped and will only offer you $5 to post back the card which he never refund the return postage.
Open a PayPal dispute. You'll soon see that sorts the men from the boys.
And with PayPal refunded returns, you skills be reimbursed for postage costs too. Up to $45 ten times per year!
paypal asked me to deal with ebay.
fk sakes.. they sux!
Another pearl of wisdom from the Kap'n….always look forward to your comments, keep up the good work!
*skills = should
Have purchased from sincerity before and was happy with result.
Nice price OP - HK shipping is usually pretty fast too- much faster than mainland China - ive also found Australia Post is a few days longer than last year with the recent changes
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Well, nice of you to ask - just fine and dandy - and full of subway - thank you
Well that's a lot of microSDs for one day..
Can anyone comment on whether there'd be any practical benefit of getting this over the standard version of the Samsung EVO microSD for the recent cheap dashcam?
Depends on the price difference. If it's fairly negligible, then you may as well get the faster card for a mobile phone or digital camera down the track, at least you can swap between devices.
But I would imagine you're more likely to need a "better" card for the dashcam given that when it's on it's almost recording video 24/7, whereas with a phone you won't be recording videos nearly as much, otherwise you'd be snapping some pictures and loading music off it here and there?
Why u need it recording 24/7? Do you drive in your sleep?
given that when it's on it's almost recording video 24/7
I don't drive in my sleep, but even if I did and I had a dashcam in my dream car, this statement would still be true.
@pointless comment: Haha yea that is true (technicality)… maybe I should've said "it's recording video constantly".
For cheap dashcam like those G1W-C, their video bitrate is only 15Mb/s (1.875MB/s), the cheaper Samsung EVO has lots of headroom to handle that write speed.
Posted this link of various micro SD card comparison in the other deal: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-microsd-card/
these cards are mainland china stocks.
really rare that HK seller selling MAINLAND china stock as HK stock r usually cheaper when ur buying tech stuff.
With a name like Sincerity Trading I'd definitely keep away lol
they're usually very reliable and are one of the biggest stores on ebay for this sort of stuff
Yeh ive boght from them before a few times, all good
They used to be known as Seems Legit Trading.
Do not buy from them. I received the 32gb version of this card and the read and write speeds where terrible. I doubt its authentic. Now i have to send the card back to hk.
I did and thats how i knew it was no where near the recommended read and write speeds.
@Spackbace: Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 21.4 MByte/s
Reading speed: 39.6 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Now, let me preface this with "I don't have 1 of these cards yet", just researching the speeds here…
See an Amazon review here
Note the write speeds are about what you're getting (~16.5-21MB/sec), just that read speeds are different (~80MB/sec)
Given 1 speed is the same as yours, it might be worth looking at your hardware config for the write speed. Of course, this wouldn't apply if you tested another card straight after and it achieved the higher speeds.
So yeah, just what I managed to find is all :)
What kind of card reader did you use to test it with? USB 2.0 card reader or USB 3.0 card reader?
The write speed looks fine but the read speed might be hampered by the USB 2.0 card reader and also your laptop's card slot reader. Read speed should be closer to 80MB/s.
EDIT: Time to get yourself a USB 3.0 card reader if you want faster read speeds.
@Manh: I just bought another card a Sandisk-32GB-Micro-SD-Memory-Card-Class-10-80MB-s-Ultra-SDHC from Futu and the results are as follow using the same laptop and micro sd adapter
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 18.7 MByte/s
Reading speed: 39.1 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
So pretty much the same results.
I don't think your neg is warranted in this situation, it looks like your card is fine and dandy :) upgrade to a USB3 card adapter as suggested if you want the higher read speeds :)
There is a difference between faulty and fake ..l not sure if this post deserves a neg for that?
Alarm bells should ring when you see a name like 'Sincerity Trading'
For a few dollars, I would personally go for local stock.
Fair call with PayPal protection and so on… but if things go pear shape, it's too much hassle.
Once disputed a transaction via PayPal, it took them almost a month to allow complaint escalation, and then requires me to post the item back with proof of postage. end to end, took about 1.5 months. Not post office is only open during business hours, when I need to be at work.
When I seen the name on this store a couple of months ago I had a chuckle and moved on. After seeing a few positive reviews on OB I thought I would give them a go. I now have three(2x32, 1x64gb) evo+ cards from here and they were all tested and work as if legit. 14 day shipping,so they post quick. If they are competitive when I need my next card I will buy from again.
In the debate of local stock vs OS stock…be aware that local stock does not mean AUS compliant stock. It could mean as simple as stock is present in AUS. It is a different thing if the stock is for AU region. You might find it hard to get warranty on such an item say after 2 years as an example. There are numerous resellers selling stuff that does not meet AU requirements or is stock for a different region. Try to ring a company to seek support and you will realise the region issue. Most will send you away saying item was not purchased from an Authorised retailer. So if the seller has good reputation, you have time and patience for 'PP' coverage process in case something goes bad then the fact of local or OS stock is quiet irrelevant.
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Hi, well…I've got this nasty rash, wanna see it? ;)
Yeah, sorry about that :P
$23.79 now ;)
I received my 32GB EVO+ from Sincerity Trading on Monday. This was 16 calendar days after payment — pretty good.
Being skeptical, I searched for authentication tips. Found this YT video: Fake vs. original Samsung EVO 32Gb Micro SD Card
And there's many more, but so far I've only watched this one.
At 01:02, the guy says the fake has a part number ending in "CN", while the genuine ends in "KR".
Mine ends in "CN" but I don't think that's the "smoking gun", rather it probably denotes the region code for the Chinese market.
The front features a holographic sticker with scratch panel. I scratched it, exposing the authentication code…but now what? I've searched for a Samsung authentication page — you'd expect it wouldn't be so hard to find if it exists!
The plastic holder insert is landscape oriented, the same size, with the same lock cutouts, embossed symbols and surface texture as the genuine holder in the linked video.
The printing on the back of the card closely matches his genuine (portrait orientation, font/size/spacing) but mine is made in Philippines. Plausible enough. No photo of this, my old phone doesn't have macro.
Now, onto usage.
I have this little Android bot adapter that has worked for me in the past ("Kingston" 16GB from DX, probably fake but capacity is true). I believe the adapter is USB2, but speed isn't my concern at this stage. Win7 sees the card fine, and shows 29.8GB free.
But it won't let me format it. I'm getting the write-protected error.
So I ran H2TESTW anyway, hoping I could format it after the test. The test could not be completed, giving this error message after writing just 3.55GB. Here's confirmation of 3.55GB looking at the contents in Windows.
Sorry for the long-ish post, but I need to know: Does this mean Sincerity Trading sent me a 4GB card, or have I just embarrassed myself with n00bishness?
I think the best thing you can do is try a different card adapter of some sort. Ask around friends/family maybe someone with a laptop?
AaaaaaahhhhhhhH! Bless you son.
I have two pink and two green droids. One of the green ones did the trick! Quick format worked, and now doing a slow one. If the capacity is legit, it's probably genuine and therefore the speed should be fine.
Curious about the holo-authentication panel though. I'm sure most of us will have the same packaging.
Anyone found the authentication page?
Good to hear :) No one wants to find out they posted a dud deal, or the people got fakes!
Hong Kong Stock. Expect your card to arrive between 20 - 60 days or if your unlucky, just before Christmas
Most likely by then, a few cheaper local prices would have been posted on ozbargain