Worth buying on ebay?

hypochondriac

I have an N70 and want a decent sized memory card. My question is where should I get my MMC from? I saw this on ebay and wondered if it was worth going for. Your thoughts?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-SAMSUNG-MMC-MOBILE-DV-RS-MMC-1-G-KINGSTON-N70-NEW_W0QQitemZ9714431488QQcategoryZ96991QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

impy78

No, the guy has dreadful feedback!!!

I would try e-bay, but make sure their feedback is half decent, and that they are UK based....

Here are some okay looking ones....

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZrolinewQQhtZ-1

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Buymemorycards

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GPS-Systems-and-Accessories_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQpZ2QQtZkm

hypochondriac

impy78 wrote:

No, the guy has dreadful feedback!!!

I would try e-bay, but make sure their feedback is half decent, and that they are UK based....

Here are some okay looking ones....

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZrolinewQQhtZ-1

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Buymemorycards

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GPS-Systems-and-Accessories_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQpZ2QQtZkm

Thanks for ther help. His feedback isn't that bad considering the amount of happy customers he has and it is the cheapest I have found! (I am really looking for a 1gb card). That second link looks promising although it is comparatively expensive.

Alltheloginsaretakenappar

Beware of buying cheap memory cards on ebay - many are fakes, they do not actually hold 1gb it's done by a trick to make the phone think that they hold that much when actaully they don't. I was just reading about this a few days ago in another forum with a full explanation of how it works. I'll see if I can retrace my steps and get a link for you...

Alltheloginsaretakenappar

"At first sight, a 1GB memory stick for £30 or less may seem like a good deal. It's not, because what you'll receive isn't actually a device with 1GB of genuine storage space...

The counterfeit packaging says "1GB", and when you put the memory stick into your PSP (or mobile phone, camera, etc), the device will also show 1GB of space. The trick here is very simple. What the counterfeit memory sticks actually contain is a smaller generic chip (lets say 256MB or less) which has had a higher number (512MB, 1GB, etc) hardcoded into its circuitry. As you can imagine, it's not very difficult to do these days.

Counterfeit memory sticks will store smaller files without any problems. However, if you're wanting to store something such as a large movie file (600MB+), that is when you'll start to run into file corruption problems (because that much space doesn't REALLY exist on a counterfeit memory stick)."

Quoted from a post on hexus forums. Full post can be found here -> http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?p=740349

superjaggybunnet

Check this out

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=101140

1gb MMC for only £15.99

That is a sweet deal!

hypochondriac

superjaggybunnet wrote:

Check this out

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=101140

1gb MMC for only £15.99

That is a sweet deal!

Does anyone know the legitimacy of this deal? Would that even work in the N70?

jnm21

That is not the correct type.

EDIT: The 2 things missing are reduced size (RS) and dual voltage (DV).

Leg@cy

This says Dual Voltage

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=100988

Looks pretty much like mine (i.e. RS MMC)

Doesn't say what the volatages are though

superjaggybunnet

I have bought stuff from 7dayshop on numerous occasions without any prob. Last thing was a nice cheap 512 mb SD card for my digital camera. Prices and delivery are great!

hypochondriac

Leg&#64 wrote: »

This says Dual Voltage

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=100988

Looks pretty much like mine (i.e. RS MMC)

Doesn't say what the volatages are though

Will this work on the N70? If so is it worth buying?