Howdy,
I just got burned by this, though not through Ebay but through a vender with a PriceGrabber storefront.
http://www.pricegrabber.com …id=5541576&lot_id=3044297
Note that when I bought the card it was about $20 under B&H's price ($149.99)... I.e. it wasn't stupidly cheap enough to raise flags to me.
SanDisk confirms that the serial number on the card isn't one of their products:
The serial number on the back of the 4gb card says:
"JG-CF4GB-SMSL4-0622"
I also have an Ultra II 2GB card, which _does_ have a serial number on the back that starts with a "B".
So I take it this confirms that I have a counterfeit CF card? SanDisk Log me into my eBox: (07/23/2006 03:26) Hello Mark,
Thank you for contacting SanDisk Technical support. It is our goal to make sure that you have all the resources that you need to make the most out of your product.
Regarding your concern, We regret to inform you that the serial number you have provided us does not match any SanDisk product.
For authentication, please e-mail pictures of all sides of your card and send them to productsupport@sandisk.com. Please include the case id number assigned in the subject and the body of your message, aswell as a brief explanation of the issue and the place of purchase.
Upon receive of e-mail, please allow us 24 to 48 hours to review your request.
Your case id number is: 696090.
Should you have any other concern with our products, please reply to this email.
Best Regards,
Andrew G.
SanDisk Technical Support My advice is to _only_ buy from an established store you've dealt with before. B&H, Adorama, etc.
Adding further insult to injury, PayPal won't even let me file a dispute against the transaction unless I open an account with them. Of course, I already _have_ an account with them, with all the same information. But, because I wasn't logged into the account when I paid this scamming f*cker, the payment doesn't show up. Their resolution is for me to close the current account and open a new one with the exact same information. It was unclear to me how in the heck that would pick up the payment.
_My_ resolution is going to be to dispute the charge with my credit card company and possibly with PriceGrabber. I did send the lying pigf*cker a request for a refund through PriceGrabber, but doubt I'll hear much of anything.
Mark
(btw, the card does 'work'... I was using it the past few weeks before I saw this thread. But I wanted a SanDisk Ultra II card and paid for one... Not some random POS card.)
