Posts Tagged ‘Consumer Protection’
Posted by KittyFireFlash on October 23, 2010
Kingston usb flash drive fakes and memory cards are really hot on eBay! Everyday, new listings and new victims. Did you discover the truth and raise a dispute on eBay to get your money back? Is eBay trying to prevent you from getting a refund by making you Prove it was a Kingston counterfeit?
Read FlashChipDirector’s Kingston Technologies Offers Help To eBay Victims Frauded With Counterfeit Flash Memory. You will learn what you need to know and how you can get help.
Our advice? Please do not buy any Kingston usb flash drives or memory cards on eBay. Especially DT150 DT200 D300 DT310 usb pen sticks. Watch out for 32GB advertised capacity in memory cards. Asian sellers are always suspect, but watch out for Western sellers on eBay, they are growing in number! If you did buy and eBay is giving you a hard time, read the article!
Posted in Advice, eBay, Flash Drive Education, Reports - eBay | Tagged: Consumer Protection, DT150 fake, DT200 fake, DT300 Fake, DT310 fake, eBay Refunds, Kingston Memory Validation, Kingston Technical Support, PayPal Disputes, SD6/32GB fake, SOSFakeFlash | 123 Comments »
Posted by KittyFireFlash on October 9, 2010
If you purchased a fake usb flash drive, memory card or MP Player of false FLASH CAPACITY on eBay, please report your eBay seller to SOSFakeFlash immediately! You can use the Report A Fake tab to send in your information. SOSFakeFlash is busy adding information to the databases. Do not delay! We are preparing to issue new lists on eBay sellers. If you want your seller documented and an alert issued, you need to report with your evidence.
We are preparing new lists. The current lists have have 1234 eBay sellers mentioned. Our databases have 1367 sellers on file! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Alert, Reports - eBay | Tagged: Consumer Protection, eBay Fraud, Fake Memory eBay, SOSFakeFlash | 1 Comment »
Posted by KittyFireFlash on September 28, 2010
Understanding flash memory prices is key to avoid being frauded with fake usb flash drives, mp players and memory cards. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Alert, Consumer Watch Flash Memory, Flash Drive Education, Reports - eBay | Tagged: 500gb flash drive, aliexpress.Com, C2Coffer.com, Consumer Protection, Corsair Counterfeit, DHGate.Com, iOffer.com, Kingston DT200 Fake, Kingston DT300 Fake, Kingston DT310 Fake, SOSFakeFlash, Tradetang.Com | 7 Comments »
Posted by KittyFireFlash on January 22, 2009
It is no secret that eBay is NOT the place to buy flash devices such as usb flash drives, memory cards or MP Players. There are genuine sellers of these items on eBay but they are few and hard to find -buried under the cheap and not so cheap fake flash heap. The traffic in counterfeit and fake (flash capacity) has been around for a long time on eBay, old eBay members say it dates back to 2003 but most internet evidence starts appearing in 2005.
eBay Fake Flash sellers come and go. The most recent trend is to use Private Auctions so that there is no evidence of what was purchased. This is against the intent eBay had for the use of such listing. Like other fake flash sellers they do get found out. But these sellers add to their crimes when they are caught by a member. SOSFakeFlash has seen this repeatedly in eight months of investigating.
Seeing it is believing it. Here is one of the most obvious and glaring examples.
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Posted by KittyFireFlash on January 21, 2009
The evidence gathered in the last eight months by the FrankenFlash Project and their groups indicates that buying MP Players, USB Flash Drives and Memory Cards is a very risky business. You will find more than enough documented evidence at sosfakeflash.wordpress.com.
So if you are going to bid and buy on eBay why use a credit card instead of bank account funding?
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Posted in Advice, Articles - Choice, eBay, Guides Fake Memory, Hot, News | Tagged: Buying On eBay, Consumer Protection, eBay Fake Flash Guides, eBayFakeFlashSeller, PayPal, SOSFakeFlash | 55 Comments »
Posted by KittyFireFlash on January 21, 2009
eBay sellers of fake flash MP Players, memory cards and usb flash drives prefer private auction listings. They avoid detection the longest, make antonishing profit and create the longest list of victims who will be made obsured by this listing category. Sellers who use this listing type are not found only in the Orient, you will find them everywhere including in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe. Some begin selling this way, others resort to this listing type when negative feedback starts to come in revealing the truth about what they are selling.
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Posted in Advice, Articles - Choice, eBay, Guides Fake Memory, Hot, News, Reports - eBay | Tagged: Buying On eBay, Consumer Protection, eBay Fake Flash Guides, eBay Private Auctions, eBayFakeFlashSeller, PayPal, SOSFakeFlash | 70 Comments »