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    256GB usb drive $49 - Too good to be true? (SCAM)

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by k9hydr4, Nov 28, 2010.

  1. k9hydr4

    k9hydr4 Notebook Deity

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    k9hydr4, Nov 28, 2010
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Definitely a fake, hell even a lot of the 32Gb ones are fake. I purchased a 32GB one from Amazon some time ago and it failed my testing, the replacement failed my testing too so I got a refund. The seller insisted they were legit which made me wonder whether the seller was simply fooled as well.
     
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    These were out last year too, eBay and Amazon sellers selling like 16gb ones as 128gb or something for like $30-$40. Came out around Black Friday last year.
     
    sprtnbsblplya, Nov 28, 2010
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  5. Bearclaw

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    lol

    I like how they get great reseller ratings by selling cheap recipes or envelopes and then they use that to get people to buy the fake stuff.
     
    Bearclaw, Nov 30, 2010
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  6. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    I remember a similar case where the USB will show 128GB (or whatever) of usuable space, but then the user can only store like 4GB worth of actual data. I laff.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Nov 30, 2010
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    If you ever find yourself even thinking either of those two things, then you are probably right.

    The damage you suffer from it actually turning out to be a scam (which it probably is) far outweighs any benefit you get from it actually being true (which is probably isn't).
     
    kent1146, Nov 30, 2010
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  8. coriolis

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    As mentioned, its a fake. The drive is probably 2gb or 4gb, but the drive has been modified to show 256gb on bios/my computer. It will crash when anything over the real space capacity is filled.
     
    coriolis, Nov 30, 2010
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    lol.

    laff made me laugh :)
     
    Bearclaw, Nov 30, 2010
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