"We apologize for the problem. The R4 distributor lied to us about the batch of R4 they sent us. We now have the original R4 in stock. Please understand, this had never happened to us and we were not aware of the clones. We are offering you refund or exchange for the original R4.
Please let us know what you would like to do."
I find it hard to believe that a company who sells flash kits wouldn't know these were fakes. Don't they inspect the shipments? Atleast pull out 5-10 cards and double check they are what they ordered? Any rate it took less than 1 hour to get to the reply above. Now I am waiting to see what they do next, as I asked for a refund. The card was going to be a gift, I figured at $36 bucks it was worth it. I wish tthe AK2 wasn't sufforing from odd problems these days. I think I might grab an RPG off DX instead.
Cheers to everyone for the fast replies, that is why I come with my problems =)
Echo said:
hey wait .. that's the R4 i had !
it's definately a fake , had 2 chips under the sticker . you can even feel it XP
but oddly real R4 firmware works ?
I knew something was up when I opened it because it has no backing on the plastic case, just the sticker stuck right to the board. I can feel the chips which I know you could never do even back on the spring loaded R4s.
QUOTE(Sephiroth @ Aug 8 2008, 03:05 AM) This is kinda hard to tell, post a picture of the sticker too.
The sticker is legit, it matches perfectly to my real R4 which I have opened up to confirm is infact real! The box is also spot on, except for the fact that it is a darker/heavier print and the ghosted NDS near the bottom isn't visible at all. It looks like someone is taking the official stuff, even the front of the plastic case, and adding in a clone/generic board with a fake backing.
Thankfully I know to look... I feel bad for people who spent money on it and don't know the difference.
here are more pics of what I received:
^that ripple on the sticker which catches the light by the "R" is the chip sticking out. That is the first thing I noticed which had me shaking my head.
-another world