WOW!- got the FAKIEST memory card from Ebay today

Ebay's policies are pretty Buyer friendly, too much so. Buyers do more scamming than sellers. Buy an expensive item, get it, complain to Ebay, get your money back to your account, keep the item. I know people who have been screwed out of big items like Dirt Bikes and power equipment.

Mike

I've bought one card from Ebay, and have had nothing but problems with it. I have a few that I bought from Amazon (just make sure Amazon fills and ships the order), and they are fine. But for the most part I stick with B&H, as I know I wll be getting the real deal there. May pay a little more, but I have the peace of mind knowing they will work as advertised.

Gnhntn wrote in post #19066232
I have a few that I bought from Amazon (just make sure Amazon fills and ships the order), and they are fine.

Actually just because they are filled and shipped by Amazon doesn't give you a good guarantee they are genuine.

It is my understanding by a neighbor (BB Manager) that Amazon sells the same product from many vendors, and the ordering system handles the sale. So let's say I give Amazon 100 counterfeit copies of a brand XYZ 32 GB SD card to sell for me. Amazon also buys direct from the importer 100 copies of the genuine brand XYZ 32 GB SD card for sell under the conditions filled and shipped by Amazon. All the cards labeled as brand XYZ are placed in the same stock bin and the computer simply handles who made the purchase and a robot (most likely) draws the card from the bin. But in this example you have 50/50 chance of getting a counterfeit card.

Amazon regards the products as fungible, meaning that an SD card made by brand xyz is the same regardless of who is selling it. Further, if a warehouse in Brooklyn runs out of stock of the brand xyz 32 GB cards, the order may be filled from a warehouse in Harrisburg PA regardless of who has supplied the cards in any given bin.

So buyer beware on these small commodity type of items; you may not know what you get, until you get it!

Now my same neighbor tells me that Best Buy at the Corporate level purchases thousands of cards every year, and they purchase them direct from the importer. They are then disseminated downward to the individual stores based on the BB inventory system. There isn't any unknown middle person, the card is supplied from importer >> Best Buy Corporate >> local Best Buy store. The odds are much higher in this scenario to get the genuine article.

I would speculate that B&H, Adorama or any of the other biggies also buy in sufficiently large enough quantities direct from the importer to avoid any middle man being involved in the distribution chain.

Wow. Not even close there.

That reminds me that the last Sandisk SDXC 64G 170 MB/s card runs at the same speed as the 95MB/s cards. Not sure if it's the card reader SD speeds but it certainly doesn't seem any faster. Bought from a reputable vendor too.

Best Buy will price match Amazon

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19031430
I bought this card from Amazon two times without any problems, but it does not really "say" who is shipping this card.

I thought it was shipped by Amazon but now I am wondering.

I just found where it says "Shipped and sold by Amazon".....

If you compare B&H prices to Amazon, you will find they are close enough (or exactly the same) to justify dealing with B&H. I have dealt with them since

Jerry-R wrote in post #19158904
If you compare B&H prices to Amazon, you will find they are close enough (or exactly the same) to justify dealing with B&H. I have dealt with them since

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Kidding, but it has been (literally) decades. Never had any issues with them, their pricing, or shipping.

Where is the SD card slot on this camera you are showing? I have not yet found it....


It's got to be there somewhere, right? . . RIGHT??

Aronis wrote in post #19053331
Ebay's policies are pretty Buyer friendly, too much so. Buyers do more scamming than sellers. Buy an expensive item, get it, complain to Ebay, get your money back to your account, keep the item. I know people who have been screwed out of big items like Dirt Bikes and power equipment.

Mike

The seller is probably on some other board saying, "Guy bought a CF card and claimed I sent him a lens cap. Cripes. I gave him his money back just to make him go away."