SOSFakeFlash Quick Note 20090914
Posted by techchips on September 15, 2009
Update 20090917
Ouch! Read: Flash Memory Prices Are Rising In 2009 – Up To 25% Since April 2009. Danger Of Grade C and D Being Used In False Capacity MP Players, USB Flash Drives And Memory Cards. It fit’s in very nicely with SOSFakeFlash’s data on the prices eBay victimes paided. The question SOSFakeFlash has, how can we raise the awareness of the cost of flash chips to eBay members? Some how the message needs to get inside of eBay. If it does not, expect an endless parade of alerts. eBay, fake flash sellers and paypal will continue to make money – at Your expense.
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InspectorTech said
We received a price list today for a manufacturer in China known to sell real capacity usb flash drives.
Interesting to see all our “old friends” – the fakes, but at real capacity. Offered capacity was only up to 8GB. The most revealing thing? Price!
Very close to prices reported at flashdrivefacts and flashchiptech.
The prices were for large volume orders for the usb flash drive (and it’s true capacity chip). The packaging, lanyards etc are all extra’s to the prices.
So everyone, don’t be surprised that you only got 2GB or 4GB in real capacity with the prices most people pay for “advertised sizes” above 8GB!
The Project is grateful, to have been sent the information.
We are curious to know what the volume pricing is from manufacturers – generics in true capacity (not upgraded) for 16GB and 32GB.
Education is key for consumers to become smart shoppers and to avoid data loss. It is also in the interest of honest manufacturing facilities in China to assist in this education. They struggle because people do not want to pay the fair price for the genuine flash memory items.
It is unfortunate that consumers think the prices are lower, it allows dishonest sellers to sell fake memory, causes data loss and hurts those who want to do honest business.
The message on real costs for nand flash memory chips is key to winning the war against reprogrammed flash memory chips, ones that pretend to be a size they are not.