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    From David@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 11 13:27:10 2023
    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.
    I was "amazed" at the price range for supposedly identical products.

    I think the very cheap ones were not via Amazon Prime.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around £2-3 and
    go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    Reviewing today, you can buy from the Kingston store so that should be
    safe.

    I went with Amazon Basics because in theory that should be genuine.

    So, apart from buying directly from Amazon or the manufacturer, how do you ensure you get a genuine card?

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 11 21:11:05 2023
    Am 11.04.2023 um 13:27:10 Uhr schrieb David:

    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.
    I was "amazed" at the price range for supposedly identical products.

    That is Amazon. :-)

    I think the very cheap ones were not via Amazon Prime.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around £2-3
    and go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    I cannot believe that this card are genuine.

    Reviewing today, you can buy from the Kingston store so that should
    be safe.

    True, or from sellers that have a longer history and are trusted. Many
    China shops sell fake products.

    I went with Amazon Basics because in theory that should be genuine.

    Is that from Amazon directly or from a seller?

    So, apart from buying directly from Amazon or the manufacturer, how
    do you ensure you get a genuine card?

    Write the entire space and check it after the write process. There must
    not be any read or write errors.

    Use badblocks to do this.
    Maybe also write something from /dev/random to your disk with the exact
    size of the SDXC card (you can do that with dd), then write that with
    dd to that card. Then compare them with md5sum. Disconnect the card and
    insert it again to avoid any cache.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue Apr 11 21:46:06 2023
    Marco Moock wrote:

    schrieb David:

    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around £2-3
    and go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    I cannot believe that this card are genuine.

    Sold by and fulfilled by Amazon?

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 09:04:44 2023
    Am 11.04.2023 um 21:46:06 Uhr schrieb Andy Burns:

    Marco Moock wrote:

    schrieb David:

    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around
    £2-3 and go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    I cannot believe that this card are genuine.

    Sold by and fulfilled by Amazon?

    I also can't believe that, £2-3 is too low in my opinion. Not even used
    HDDs with that size are available for that price.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Wed Apr 12 08:27:20 2023
    Marco Moock wrote:

    Am 11.04.2023 um 21:46:06 Uhr schrieb Andy Burns:

    Marco Moock wrote:

    schrieb David:

    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around
    £2-3 and go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    I cannot believe that this card are genuine.

    Sold by and fulfilled by Amazon?

    I also can't believe that, £2-3 is too low in my opinion. Not even used
    HDDs with that size are available for that price.

    Agreed, if I limit the search to "Kingston micro sdxc" and filter for
    128GB or higher, and amazon as the actual seller, this is the cheapest
    one at £8.04

    <https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZG8W8B4>

    It's also the slowest

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to David on Wed Apr 12 10:15:04 2023
    On 11 Apr 2023 at 14:27:10 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.
    I was "amazed" at the price range for supposedly identical products.

    I think the very cheap ones were not via Amazon Prime.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around £2-3 and
    go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    Reviewing today, you can buy from the Kingston store so that should be
    safe.

    I went with Amazon Basics because in theory that should be genuine.

    So, apart from buying directly from Amazon or the manufacturer, how do you ensure you get a genuine card?

    Reportedly, even direct from the mfr's shop on Amazon risks fakes from
    bad batching at the warehouse and returns that re-enter the system with
    the wrong categorisation.

    But it's the best you can do. Prime doesn't matter, it's the listings
    that have all three of:

    "Visit the xxxx Store" sandisk, samsung, kingston etc at the title, and
    then in the sidebar "Dispatches from - Amazon" "Sold by - Amazon" and
    not somerandomstorename.

    Even then, test the thing when it arrives. I use f3 on Mac, Windows
    you'd want h2testw or something similar.

    And don't even bother ordering the ones that are 25% of the appopriate
    price, unless you're very bored and want to report them and get the
    listing knocked off Amazon for thirty seconds.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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    "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
    -- Charles Darwin

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  • From The safest gaven@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 2 21:48:22 2023
    "David" wrote in message news:k9l5heF3n2eU3@mid.individual.net...

    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.
    I was "amazed" at the price range for supposedly identical products.

    I think the very cheap ones were not via Amazon Prime.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around £2-3 and
    go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    Reviewing today, you can buy from the Kingston store so that should be
    safe.

    I went with Amazon Basics because in theory that should be genuine.

    So, apart from buying directly from Amazon or the manufacturer, how do you ensure you get a genuine card?

    Cheers



    Dave R


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    Amazon warehouse sold me fake aspire coils and I suspected they might be so
    I filmed myself opening the package and verifying the serials and they all failed.

    Aspire dealt with them but it all became messy and in the end I had to give
    up.

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  • From Frank@21:1/5 to David on Sun May 28 19:25:47 2023
    On 11/04/2023 14:27, David wrote:
    I wanted to order a 128 GB micro SDXC card from Amazon.
    I was "amazed" at the price range for supposedly identical products.

    I think the very cheap ones were not via Amazon Prime.

    Kingston Canvas cards in particular seemed to start from around £2-3 and
    go up to more than £13 for an identical card.

    Reviewing today, you can buy from the Kingston store so that should be
    safe.

    I went with Amazon Basics because in theory that should be genuine.

    So, apart from buying directly from Amazon or the manufacturer, how do you ensure you get a genuine card?

    Cheers



    Dave R


    I've always bought from MyMemory. Decent prices and I've never had a dud.

    --
    Frank

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  • From Adrian Caspersz@21:1/5 to The safest gaven on Sun May 28 19:39:58 2023
    On 02/05/2023 21:48, The safest gaven wrote:
    Amazon warehouse sold me fake aspire coils and I suspected they might be
    so I filmed myself opening the package and verifying the serials and
    they all failed.

    Aspire dealt with them but it all became messy and in the end I had to
    give up.

    Amazon warehouse is used and returned products ...

    I bought an Intel NUC on that sometime ago, foolishly thinking I was
    getting a well checked over product. Found later, the network port was
    faulty. I was out of warranty at both Intel and Amazon.

    If I had purchased it the proper way I would probably have been covered
    for a replacement from Intel.

    Avoid.

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    Adrian C

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to Adrian Caspersz on Sun May 28 22:43:02 2023
    Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> wrote:
    On 02/05/2023 21:48, The safest gaven wrote:
    Amazon warehouse sold me fake aspire coils and I suspected they might be
    so I filmed myself opening the package and verifying the serials and
    they all failed.

    Aspire dealt with them but it all became messy and in the end I had to
    give up.

    Amazon warehouse is used and returned products ...

    I bought an Intel NUC on that sometime ago, foolishly thinking I was
    getting a well checked over product. Found later, the network port was faulty. I was out of warranty at both Intel and Amazon.

    I bought an mSATA drive from there and it was completely DOA. Somebody must have returned it and Amazon threw it back on Warehouse. So I only use it
    for things I can thoroughly test out within the returns period. A lot of
    the time the reason is damaged packaging, which I'm going to throw away anyway...

    (eg a doorbell transformer worked but was missing a screw. Luckily...)

    Theo

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