Buying Memory Cards from eBay

[mykevermin]

Is there anything I should be worried about? I found this seller who will sell a 2GB Sony High Speed for $85 shipped. That sounds like a heck of a deal to me, but is there anything I should be concerned about when buying duos from eBay? Thanks!

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-2GB-DUO-PRO-HIGH-SPEED-MEMORY-STICK-4-PSP-MSX-M2GN_W0QQitemZ8262859866QQcategoryZ122516QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

[wbc1228]

There are too many fake memory cards out there on ebay. I won't take the risk.

http://www.vrforums.com/showthread.php?t=53801

[iazybandit]

As the above poster mentioned, there are alot of fake memory sticks out there. They look exactly like the real thing. You wont notice just by looking at them but if you were to hold them or use them, you'll notice that its cheaply made and held by glue.

[praystation]

buy it from newegg or buy.com. they have good deals too. My friend once found his mem stick dead and sent it to sandisk, to his surprise, sandisk says the memory stick is a counterfeit and they can't honor the happened to be "fake warranty card".

so the moral of the story: buy one from a legit source like newegg / buy.com / anyother "mainstream" internet retailers / B&M stores for $10-$15 more for that 2gb and earn the "lifetime warranty" instead of getting them from ebay (where fake stuffs are circling freely).

[praystation]

There are too many fake memory cards out there on ebay. I won't take the risk.

http://www.vrforums.com/showthread.php?t=53801

According to that website, my 2gb MSPD from bestbuy is a fake one. It has 1950 MB of free space on my psp.

[assassinX]

Wow that guide is great thanks wbc1228.

[memsg]

maybe i should've checked this thread earlier after buying a memory card of ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7595816430&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

[iazybandit]

maybe i should've checked this thread earlier after buying a memory card of ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7595816430&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
That was a red flag written all over it. No phone ever comes with a 2GB. Hell, phones dont even support it. The image that was posted looks fake even though its probably stock image. And the price, that was definitely a red flag. Hope hes legit.

[dracula]

ive got an extra one gig memory stick from office depot so it better be legit. It is a san disk memory stick PRO duo. Brand new, asking $51 shipped for it. Shoot me a PM and i will gladly pull it off of ebay and sell it to you in the cag trade forum.

http://officedepot.crossmediaservices.com/officedepot/default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&storeid=2279885&rapid=242579&pagenumber=12&listingid=-2095539309&ref=%2fofficedepot%2fdefault.aspx%3faction%3dbrows epagelarge%26storeid%3d2279885%26rapid%3d242579%26 pagenumber%3d12

edit, here is the one i am selling