Fake Sandisk's, How can you tell.

[james_sawle]

OK, I have just brought a few Sandisk Compact Flash cards from good old eBay,

but I have seen since that there are a load of Fake cards out there, I was

wondering if there is a way to tell that they are Fake? Someone told me that the

real ones have 'Made in China', but I checked with Sandisk and they told me that

up until late 2004 they use to be made in Taiwan, and this have 'Made in Taiwan'

on them, so that does not work, I gave the serial numbers to Sandisk to get back

to me, but that was a week agao and I have still not heard from them, does

anyone have any way of knowing, or is it just hang on and wait.?

[kance]

<a href=http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-

Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456539>See this link</a>

[kance]

Sorry, the link above is slightly incorrect.

 

<a href="http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-

Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456539">Try this link.</a>

[frank_skomial]

Original Sandisk comes with Rescue Pro software, warrany and a registration card, and some advertizing.

[nino]

If you bought it of ebay, it's a fake.

If you bought it from a reputable shop, it's not.

[mendonphoto]

Retail markup (especially online retailers) of commodity electronics like flash cards is very low. If you're getting a great deal, you're putting yourself at risk, because legit retailers simply can't give big discounts and make any money.

 

The easiest ways for them to rip you off are to use smaller and slower memory chips than reported. Test the cards for both speed and capacity. If they are okay, consider yourself lucky.