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    Dont buy one of these cheap external 1tb hdd`s only $4

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Tinderbox (UK), Apr 22, 2012.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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  2. katabatik

    katabatik Notebook Consultant

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    A 1TB HDD for $4 !???? :confused: What was that guy expecting? That is like saying: "please, con me". :D
     
  3. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Reminds me I can't wait to get home and look at my SM58 that was delivered. I got 2 off ebay and they were counterfeit. So well done that even the guy selling them to me legitimately didn't know they were fake.

    This time I paid more and got it from Amazon, so I hope its a real one.

    Some china knockoffs are quite nice, performing nearly as good as the original at a fraction of the cost. This is the way I wish it would work where they offer up a cheaper alternative to the real thing and let budget minded people make there own call on what to buy.

    Counterfeit stuff just !expletive! me off.

    But common 1TB for $4.00 did this guy just discover the internet or something?
     
  4. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    What?!?
    People lie on the internet? xD
     
  5. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    No

    BTW I just recently discovered your related to a royal family in Africa and that your entitled to a large sum of money and real estate, however in order to process these possessions to your name we need you to send us your bank account number and social security number.

    P.S. We have butter.
     
  6. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    1TB for $4. Pfft, please :p

    However, as Vicious stated, some counterfeits are very nice and function well compared to the original. It can even be fun shopping for them, such as in NYC. My goal this summer is to find a nice CF watch to buy haha :p
     
  7. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Here is the info requested.
    (random bunch of numbers) and (more random bunch of numbers).

    How soon until the butter can be shipped?
     
  8. Syndrome

    Syndrome Torque Matters

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    I've seen some things from China that worked better than the original, very rare, but it has happened. I guess sometimes it just has to be designed twice to work correctly. And I've had alot of things that are much cheaper and function very closely to the original. I'm all for ordering those cheap items.
     
  9. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    Well considering the originals were most likely made in China it's no mystery they reverse engineered to make a knock off :p Besides, China can make gold like they can make crap; they make just about anything period lol :p

    For 4$ though...yeah :rolleyes:
     
  10. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Haha, reminds me of the time I naively bought a 64 GB USB drive on the street for about $7. When you plugged it in, it even fooled Windows into thinking it was a 64 GB drive - you could even transfer data to the drive (though it was really wonky). I don't know how they did that, some virtual drive emulation or something. Naturally, the data didn't stick around after you unplugged it...
     
  11. Voodooi

    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    Greeting ViciousXUSMC,

    It has come to atention that you World Warcraft account is a hack. If you want acount back, please information...

    1. SSN
    2. Driver Licanse
    3. Name
    4. Birtdate
    5. Bank acount

    Please send back massage or no Warcraft back. Tank you.

    Blizard Sapport Team.
     
  12. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    Greetings Voodooi!

    It has come to my attention that you are trying to relieve ViciousXUSMC of his personal identity. I represent the Internet Police Force of the United States of America (IPFUSA) and I am afraid that if you do not report to us the following information, we will have to charge you with scamming:

    Name
    Birthdate
    SSN (or similar ID)
    Bank Number and Routing Information

    Please respond to this message in a timely manner and I will be sure to get back to you shortly to work out the details of this charge.

    IPFUSA Agent


    ;)
     
  13. warmongering

    warmongering Notebook Enthusiast

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    reminds me of the same thing fat dragon is talking about i think it was on craigs list and there was a bust in houston over it
     
  14. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Speaking of WoW phishing, I have seen some really hard to tell e-mails.

    It was urls that looked offical, email address that looked official, and good grammar.

    If it made me look twice and I am a very internet savvy person I can only imagine the number of people that did fall for it.

    What bothered me the most is how they got my email when I had not even played the game in years.