So basically scamming a scammer. It ships from Texas. So I'm guessing it's just some small time guy trying to make some extra money by buying a crap ton of cheap cards off alibaba and reselling on ebay. Then it's a numbers game. Even if he fully refunds for the few people who complain, it's still a big money maker. He prob paid about $0.50 each for these. It's not worth it to me, to risk data loss on what is obviously an already unstable device. -Josh On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Art wrote: > Hi All, > > Lately, I've been been picking up free 8GB microSD cards, thanks to the > good folks at ebay. They come with an SD card adapter and a USB adapter, > so they can be used in any computer. > > To get yours, stop into ebay and search for "microSD". Don't worry about > the price, just buy the unit as you will be getting a refund later. All > the low priced unbranded units on ebay are not the capacity that the > seller claims. And, they are also not class ten speed rated, I get > transfer rates to and from a solid state drive between 1 and 2 MB per > second. The units that I've been testing are XC brand, any of these > units are fake. I'm sure there are other fakes on ebay, but those marked > 'XC' are 100 percent bogus. Seethe picture of of of these units on ebay, > search for auction #272112104374. > > After you receive the item, tell the seller it is a fake, and they will > bend over backwards to refund you, hoping that you do not leave negative > feedback for them!!! So, the memory ends up being free. > > The 64GB units are all between 8 and 10 GB of actual memory, despite > what the seller claims. I have been using them in my smartphone because > I don't need larger capacity units. I've freed up two 32GB legitimately > rated cards so far. My daughter uses them in her portable mp3 player also= .. > > I've also used them to backup my data that I want archived. I have my > primary backup on a conventional usb hard drive, but I use the fake > microSD cards as a backup for my primary backup archives. Works for me!! > > Be aware that a directory of a full card shows the fake capacity, so > most think the card is legitimate if they just examine the directory > structure!!! To really test them, load the card with a few GB of data > files and then spot check the files to make sure they open and function > properly. I use mp3 music files for testing. If the spot check passes, > load up another 2GB of files and test them. At some point, one or more > of the files will be corrupted, you can't open an mp3 or text file etc. > When this happens, you know the actual capacity of the microSD card > under test. > > If you want to confirm that the files are corrupted, use any binary file > editor and look at the suspect files. The corrupted files will show no > file type indicator, at the beginning of the corrupted files. There will > be no ascii characters anywhere in a corrupted file. The corrupted file > will show all 00 or FF data from beginning to the end. > > It is extremely important to realize a fake 64GB microSD card will show > 64GB of files that look legitimate if you just examine the directory of > the card. The only way to really know if a data file is legitimate is to > play or open the file, or look at suspect files with a binary file editor= .. > > If you can live with 8GB of memory, the fake microSD cards are a bargain:= > > > Enjoy. > > Art > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .