Spotting Fake memory Cards

Handy link :thumbs: - although more useful once you have recieved the card.

The best way to avoid fakes is only buy memory from reputable dealers. Many of the fakes enter the market via ebay, play trade or amazon marketplace sellers amongst others.
 
your worried me now about the card i ordered from amazon!
 
Danny133 said:
your worried me now about the card i ordered from amazon!
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If it was supplied by Amazon or "fulfilled" by Amazon then you'll be ok - its the marketplace sellers you need to watch, they are essentially ebay traders, and as far as I know Amazon hold no responsibility for what they sell.
 
Danny133 said:
it was by amazon eu sarl
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Then it's supplied direct by Amazon - you'll be fine.

FYI, I wont use any marketplace sellers on Amazon, unless the order is fulfilled by Amazon (which IIRC means you get the same T&C's as being supplied by Amazon).

When using their website, you can select the sellers on the left of the screen. You might pay a little more, but I think it's worth it for the peace of mind.
 
OutLore said:
Then it's supplied direct by Amazon - you'll be fine.

FYI, I wont use any marketplace sellers on Amazon, unless the order is fulfilled by Amazon (which IIRC means you get the same T&C's as being supplied by Amazon).

When using their website, you can select the sellers on the left of the screen. You might pay a little more, but I think it's worth it for the peace of mind.
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Depending on the seller - agreed

Some companies use amazon as an outlet so I will use those - and also companies that you can find have a proper shop you can walk into.

But high value goods and electronics in general - I want it to be Amazon only
 
The best way to tell is to ask yourself one simple question - Is the card stupidly cheap? If the answer is 'Yes' then it's almost certainly a fake.
 
hollis_f said:
The best way to tell is to ask yourself one simple question - Is the card stupidly cheap? If the answer is 'Yes' then it's almost certainly a fake.
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The problem with this, is that it depends what you compare the price to. If you compare it to a "reputable" store, they normally ramp up the price of their cards/bags etc - so what seems "stupidly cheap" is actually normal price, and the stores are "stupidly expensive"

Using Amazon/Play etc for things like this will result in cheaper prices, but as has been said, you need to watch the 3rd party marketplace sellers.
 
You have to keep your wits around you on fake cards. Research what fakes look like and make sure you can get a refund should you be caught out on the net.

Up to now all the cards I got of the bay have been fake. Even the ones with feedback in the 1000's and at 99.1-8% eBay don't kick them of even though they recieve multiple complaints as they sell 100-1000 items per day and are woth £1000 to eBay. But they have always helped in getting me a refund on the 3 times I bought them and got stung. But in my opinion thats not the point they should do more to stop the sellers. They also have not been the cheap cards.
 
salacalvet said:
You have to keep your wits around you on fake cards. Research what fakes look like and make sure you can get a refund should you be caught out on the net.

Up to now all the cards I got of the bay have been fake. Even the ones with feedback in the 1000's and at 99.1-8% eBay don't kick them of even though they recieve multiple complaints as they sell 100-1000 items per day and are woth £1000 to eBay. But they have always helped in getting me a refund on the 3 times I bought them and got stung. But in my opinion thats not the point they should do more to stop the sellers. They also have not been the cheap cards.
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I won't use Ebay for anything other than S/H stuff you can't get anywhere else now. You used to be able to say "if a price is too good to be true.... etc etc" but I think there's a lot of sellers who have realised that they can sell stuff at just a small percentage less than retail in a store - giving buyers the false impression that they must be genuine.
 
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