Ebay Memory Card

kirkofski

Hi,


I ordered a Class 10 32gb Samsung Micro SD card from ebay(Monday) for £11 and it arrived yesterday. It was only after reading something yesterday morning that prompted me to test it on arrival using H2TESTW.


The test said that the card only had a usable capacity of 8gb, the rest was corrupt. I confirmed this by filling it with video files and found 3/4 were corrupt when trying to play. It was also slower than a class 10.


I emailed the seller to say I would like a refund due to it being faulty. I asked for a refund rather than returning for a new unit as I suspected this one may be fake(I read an article on saying there were a lot of fake ones being sold on EBAY along with info on H2TESTW yesterday morning).


The seller replied with the following message;


Hi,

It does mention 8gb-32gb upgrade under terms of sale on the advert...

Send it back to;

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Now I only read the title and main part of the advert which clearly stated "New", "32gb" "Class10" with nice shiny photos.


I read advert again and found the following;



Terms Of Sale
The speed and capacity will vary (Class 4 - 10), with each having a minimum of (8GB - 32GB) guaranteed useable capacity even though it may show there is more available. It is the buyers responsibility to back up any data before use!
Lots of other sellers don't tell you this information so don't trust others at the same price as this advert!
If you want guaranteed 32GB you will be looking at over £25

Only buy if you agree to these terms

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Now I appreciate he did put that text in the advert but it completely contradicts the Title and description which clearly suggest you'd be receiving a working Samsung 32gb Class 10 card. Who on earth would buy a card knowing most of it is likely to be corrupt and unusable.


I also fail to believe its a new item as Samsung would never sell an item which doesn't work. He's sold a good few of them too and I suspect most people just whack them in a camera/phone and they would go over the 8gb until months down the line at which point they may just think its gone faulty.


What is my best course of action? I am concerned that if I just return it he will say he never received it and I'm stuck.


Thanks in advance

Crinkmeister

That's pretty shocking! I'm surprised he has 100% feedback - not totally deserved imho.

VictorCharlie

kirkofski wrote: »

Now I only read the title and main part of the advert which clearly stated "New", "32gb" "Class10" with nice shiny photos.

Why would you not read the full description before buying on eBay?
This is one of my pet hates.


Suck it up and move on.

visidigi

VictorCharlie wrote: »

Why would you not read the full description before buying on eBay?
This is one of my pet hates.


Suck it up and move on.

Don't talk rubbish.

The eBay listing is clearly wrong if its laid out like the OP has stated.

Additionally it is the fakes/written off stock that has markings for 32GB and less capacity. A bit like the chinese knockoffs for 128GB USB sticks when they didn't even exist. The PC detected them as 128GB but they were full when less than 4GB was transferred.

Don't stand for it - report him to Samsung for a start and then get in touch with eBay/PayPal for their advice - they may refund your transaction in the case of the sender claiming no receipt.

VictorCharlie

visidigi wrote: »

Don't talk rubbish.

The eBay listing is clearly wrong if its laid out like the OP has stated.

I'm not disputing it's wrong. But what kind of fool buys something without fully reading the description?

vuvuzela

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-MICRO-MEMORY-CLASS-UHS-I/dp/B00DYLSD8I

Toshiba Class 10, £11.92 delivered, fulfilled by Amazon.

The OP isn't entirely to blame for some scummer scamming him - the description is at the very least misleading, especially if you're not that technically minded. Calling them a fool is out of order.

JJ_Egan

Odd sale as their are many 32gb cards on ebay .
Link to product ??

mattyprice4004

What a con - I was watching Don't Get Done, Get Dom regarding the same thing today. And what a cheeky sod he is for trying to cover it up!

You'll get your money back via eBay, but I'd let eBay and Samsung know as it's clearly counterfeit.

kirkofski

The seller did give me a full refund after I returned the item, so I'm thankful of that. I did report the listing to ebay but it stayed up for a week afterwards so I presume they thought it was ok.


I'd be interested in what people on here think;


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32GB-Class-10-Micro-SD-SDHC-MicroSD-Memory-Card-For-Samsung-S3-S4-Note-Tablet-/251528576075?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3a90457c4b&nma=true&si=eWA7JSlWGooMngjxt%252FrSC%252FbuTNY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_1185wt_1190


I still don't know how a "brand new" 32gb memory stick could possibly be 75% corrupt.

vuvuzela

kirkofski wrote: »

The seller did give me a full refund after I returned the item, so I'm thankful of that. I did report the listing to ebay but it stayed up for a week afterwards so I presume they thought it was ok.


I'd be interested in what people on here think;


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32GB-Class-10-Micro-SD-SDHC-MicroSD-Memory-Card-For-Samsung-S3-S4-Note-Tablet-/251528576075?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3a90457c4b&nma=true&si=eWA7JSlWGooMngjxt%252FrSC%252FbuTNY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_1185wt_1190


I still don't know how a "brand new" 32gb memory stick could possibly be 75% corrupt.

It isn't 75% corrupt, it's a dodgy fake and the seller clearly knows this. The seller is scum.

visidigi

kirkofski wrote: »

The seller did give me a full refund after I returned the item, so I'm thankful of that. I did report the listing to ebay but it stayed up for a week afterwards so I presume they thought it was ok.


I'd be interested in what people on here think;


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32GB-Class-10-Micro-SD-SDHC-MicroSD-Memory-Card-For-Samsung-S3-S4-Note-Tablet-/251528576075?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3a90457c4b&nma=true&si=eWA7JSlWGooMngjxt%252FrSC%252FbuTNY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_1185wt_1190


I still don't know how a "brand new" 32gb memory stick could possibly be 75% corrupt.

I think you were being very kind in the original description of the listing, that's horrific. Can't understand how/why eBay have allowed it to remain.