If you bought a flash memory item from any of these eBay sellers: cai558abc – tolkabridge – blissfullife22 – kelvinblue16 – kevincb1953 you are advised to test item(s) immediately for advertised capacity. Read: H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives . You may have purchased a fake flash memory product.
If your memory item fails testing report immediately to SOSFakeFlash . If your eBay seller is deregistered from eBay, it is urgent you report in to SOSFakeFlash. If you do not, they will not be able to investigate and to record in the their database to publish an official alert listing all items sold. eBay is suspending fake flash memory sellers to avoid buyers leaving feedback or recording the truth.
Never use any flash memory item without testing for capacity. If you purchased a fake you could lose your files and data. Read: Why Is Fake Flash Memory So Dangerous?
Please see Validation Memory links for brand names and flash nand memory chip decoding. Reminder, Gb is Gigabits, not Gigabytes. 8 bits is 1 byte. You must divide by 8, if manufacturer lists size as Gb. Exercise care in disassembly of your item to decode.
If you need help and information on eBay read:
Check your eBay Sellers feedback, type in the id: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs
cai558abc – Malaysia
32GB Micro Mini SD SDHC Memory Card 32 GB $15.55
tolkabridge – China
32GB TF Card SDHC Flash Memory + SD Adapter NEW $18.00
blissfullife22 – Australia
NEW 32GB TF Card SDHC Flash Memory + SD Adapter $15.60
kelvinblue16 – Costa Rica
Lot 9 New 256 GB USB Flash Drive DataTraveler 200 $120.00
kevincb1953 – Ireland
DT300 256GB usb 2.0 usb memory EUR 29.95
SanDisk: Contact Technical Support for assistence. To report confirmed fakes (counterfeits), you can send an email to brandprotection@sandisk.com with the seller id and ebay items numbers attention SanDisk B.P. Director.
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