innovico_surplus Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Jersey

innovico_surplus is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake – false capacity) Flash USB drives. Registered in Jersey innovico_surplus was a formerly trusted eBay seller. Recently innovico_surplus has sold many false capacity usb flash drives. There is no indication that this seller has attempted a recall of his merchanidise, warned all buyers to test for the true capacity and refunded as required.

Test results for the 16GB usb flash drive show a 4GB flash memory chip, one of poor quality with many bad sectors for a formatted size of 3.7GB instead of the usual 3.9. Therefore, not only has innovico_surplus sold false capacity but merchandise containing sub standard quality memory chips. In the past, some buyers did say usb pen sticks sold by innovico_surplus tend to have a lower than average final formatted capacity.

Sub standard memory chips are likely to have a lower life expectancy, not good for anyone who intended to archive data.

The 8GB usb pensticks appear to be implicated as well. innovico_surplus has not been careful and vigelent in performing periodic inspections of wholesale merchandise purchased.

SOSFakeFlash revoked innovico_surplus eBay safe seller status in August 2009, removed his nomination article and changed his status on the eBay safe seller list.

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Please test your device to ensure you have the advertised capacity with H2testw to ensure you have the advertised capacity. Report in to SOSFakeFlash if your testing confirms you have a false capacity device.

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September 27th, 2009 – we have 1 eBay listings confirmed fake.

The models sold under the eBay seller innovico_surplus confirmed as Counterfeit, recorded with eBayer ID and eBay Item Number – Standard Procedure. Presented as listed at auction. Counterfeit items tied to criminal activity enjoy no protection. If you bought one of these items from innovico_surplus, you should test immediately with the software H2testw 1.4 . Do not store any important information until you can confirm you have the advertised capacity (minus formatting overhead).

Should your device not report the true advertised capacity:

1. Immediately attempt to move any data you have stored on it to another source. Be advised if you have stored more than the reported size from H2testw 1.4, you will not be able to recover it all – you can expect to see errors in the copy back.
2. Immediately report to eBay and PayPal to add your voice against this seller.

If the eBay Item number has disappeared from your won list. Please go to PayPal and search through your transactions for the approximate time frame of your purchase. You will find the details of your transaction and ebay item number. PayPal keeps this information for a long time. Use the email address:

complaint-response@paypal.com

Please include:

1. PayPal Transaction Number
2. Ebay Item Number
3. Date Of PayPal Transaction
4. Date Of eBay Item Listing
5. Your eBayer Id
6. Cite eBay Seller innovico_surplus
7. The results from your testing with H2testw 1.4
8. Any information concerning data loss and it’s value to you

You are to inform them you wish to be part of the investigation against this seller and are adding yourself to the evidence. You expect to be fully refunded for the purchase and shipping and if you can prove data loss compensation for it as well. Furthermore, it is a fact that PayPal and eBay are aware of cases pouring in. You are invited to copy:

SOSFakeFlashDrive@gmail.com

on your correspondence.