I don’t see why his being Chinese is relevant.
I know that this is the pit, but… cite?
Yep. I just purchased three 4GB Sandisk Extreme III Compact Flash cards from B&H for $64 including shipping. Sandisk has a rebate for $60 (via a Visa Check Card) if you buy three 4GB Extreme IIIs from any qualified retailer (of which B&H is one). So, basically, free flash cards.
http://www.mways.co.uk/rom_use_only_usb_key.html
Amd those weren’t even knockoffs (although Goodmans is hardly a premier brand). They just used ROM-rated chips for thumb drives.
Edit: and just to clarify, when I say “a lot of the really cheap sticks” I mean suspiciously cheap - I’m not talking about the majority of value brands or anything.
It’s relevant because that’s where it came from. If he had been a British conman it would have been “limey motherfucker”
The site I linked to says that ebay won’t do anything unless the copyright owners (In this case Sony) ask them to or unless law enforcement asks them to.
Because that is where he bought it from? Hell the guy may be an American ex-pat who lives in China. His description has nothing to do with race.
That really sucks and I hope eBay get hit with a class action lawsuit from defrauded customers. It is really unacceptable.
If you paid with credit card you may still have recourse?
Because he was in China, you Virginian dipshit. China, the country, has very little recourse if you get scammed by someone who lives there regardless of their race.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to get my money back. I think paypal will refund my money even if the seller won’t.
I’m considering what would happen if I went to the authorities with this. It’s not about the money anymore, it’s about the principle of the matter.
I dunno, maybe because he bought it from someone in CHINA, you oversensitive crybaby cunt.
I totally agree. Well, I guess if Paypal and ebay refund your money then they aren’t making money off the deal but I still think they should not allow this to happen.
I fell for this too, except the seller was in California. Fake Sony memory sticks are rampant on eBay (I did not realize that when I bid), but after I got it my suspicions were aroused by the packaging.
The auctions stated it was for a ‘generic’ stick (and I wrongly assumed generic was anything that was not a Sony-branded stick, and I’d had good luck with other brands in the past) and it came stamped ‘Sony’.
Umm, why would they sell a Sony brand stick so cheaply (IIRC, a 2 GB stick was going for $50 at the time, I paid $20)? Because it was fake. It failed within 3 days and I lost a bunch of pictures from my digital camera.
Luckily the seller refunded my money, but she denied it was fake. However, there are plenty of guides online on how to spot a fake MS, and this one was fake.
Jerry Pournelle is reporting that big box stores are also selling bogus sticks.
Because the U.S. isn’t globally known for for counterfeiting every product known to man - electronics in particular. China is.
Hmm. Now I’m starting to wonder about this 4GB “Kingston” SDHC card that I got from Hong Kong-based dealextreme last week, especially since, based on comments on the site, it wouldn’t be the first time that they’ve sold fraudulent goods.
OK, Xan, Eyer8, hajario, and Uvula Donor, you’re on notice. Any more outbursts like that, and you’re getting a one-way ticket out of the Offenderati club.
What about me? Why am I being left out?
You too, squid!
One thing I need to mention is that the packing on fake memory sticks looks legit. The counterfeiters have done an excellent job copying official packaging. If I had seen it in the store I would have bought it and not thought anything of it.
Tha packing of my “sony” pendrive was perfect . The only problem is that sony did not make pendrives in such shape. But it all looked perfect.