Hey I took advantage of the rare Shopping Square $1 postage and ordered some SD cards…
They arrived today from Hong Kong! Had no idea I was buying them from there as SS is an alleged Aussie site. They came in those typical "Hong Kong" Ebay/Aliexpress type of envelopes with the cotton and two buttons.
Thing is, they are just loose in little bubble protectors. No blister pack with serial number/production info etc. Just a pissy plastic bubble protector and the card inside. Really gave me the dodgy brothers feeling.
Anyone know how I can authenticate that they are real, actual SanDisk products? Those Hong Kong sellers are notorious for their excellent fakes. Half the SD cards from Hong Kong/China are outright fakes.
The capacity is probably correct - I'll check soon with H2testw but real SanDisk?
Have my doubts…
Shopping Square SD Cards... Fake?
King Tightarse on 25/08/2010 - 17:37
Last edited 25/08/2010 - 17:39
Last edited 25/08/2010 - 17:39
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Thanks Davo111, had a read of those threads, seems like a few people have had this question.
It remains unresolved though. Other than testing true capacity with h2testw, it seems whether these are genuine Sandisk products is yet to be resolved.They really should explain that their products are going to be sent from Honkers. No way I would have bought them had I known that.
isnt there a serial number on the back? perhaps call up sandisk
I bought a few legit extra kingston 4gb SDHCs i can sell cheaper than shoppingsquare's Sandisk ones if anyone needs them, I bought seven but kinda figured one is enough for me haha.
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/28833
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/11769