Hardware The 256 GB Micro Sd Scam by Lime and AliExpress

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Quite the contrary, Lexar is far better than most.
nono not about speeds or anything. About the quality. That they die fast. I might gotten a bad impression of them but my former workplace had a ton of cameras. All with Lexar sdcards. A lot of them just broke shortly after getting them, for no apparent reason. While Sandisk seemed to worked the best.
 

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nono not about speeds or anything. About the quality. That they die fast. I might gotten a bad impression of them but my former workplace had a ton of cameras. All with Lexar sdcards. A lot of them just broke shortly after getting them, for no apparent reason. While Sandisk seemed to worked the best.
The bad thing about Aliexpress it that you have 14 days to test the product , and after that time lapse theres no warranty
 

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Does that include the shipping time? Because my Toll office can sometime hold the item for 3 weeks.
After you click , Confirm and received . If you dont click on it you might have 1 more day at the top , as the major shipments have tracking numbers they know when you received the product .
 

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so many fake stuff online now, always do research before buying from Aliexpress. Even Amazon has alot of fake storage devices.

I found a bunch of 1/2 TB usb keys, external HDD on Amazon.. one of the buyers posted this:

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OMG! :wtf:
 

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so many fake stuff online now, always do research before buying from Aliexpress. Even Amazon has alot of fake storage devices.

I found a bunch of 1/2 TB usb keys, external HDD on Amazon.. one of the buyers posted this:

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Scam skills :-)
 

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so many fake stuff online now, always do research before buying from Aliexpress. Even Amazon has alot of fake storage devices.

I found a bunch of 1/2 TB usb keys, external HDD on Amazon.. one of the buyers posted this:

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That triggers my OCD in so many ways. Nothing is straight, and the hot glue is all over the place. Makes me want to punch something to vent my frustration.
 
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very good price for this big size card, GG man!!!

but other sizes are kinda expensive on bangood, better aliexpress:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32957462237.html

about verify the product, see there are +4.500 reviews, 95% 5 star, and there are a lot of user review with photos and screenshot of speedtest/real size test.

if product on aliexpress have this kind of review, you pretty sur will be a good deal and a legit product.

only downsize is you will have to wait 3-8 weeks (sometimes if you unlucky with postal office of your country or if you order during big sales, when a lot of package left china, even 10-11), depends of your luck ad your location.

but if you get scammed aliexpress will refund you.

most scammer get away with it because customers didint open a litigation.
are you kidding me ? A legit sandisk usually goes for less. Also people complaining that amazon has a lot of fake stuff is because you don't buy from the company page itself on amazon. Companies have their own pages with legit stuff and i'd advise you to buy from those and not other sellers
 
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are you kidding me, a legit sandisk usually goes for less, also people complaining that amazon has a lot of fake stuff is because you don't buy from the company page itself on amazon. Companies have their own pages with legit stuff and i'd advise you to buy from those and not other sellers
The problem with that is that "fulfilled by amazon" items are stored in the same warehouse as "sold and fulfilled by amazon" and Amazon don't keep the same item from different sellers separated. If multiple sellers are selling the same thing they are all stored together, so fake SD cards from one seller's stock can end up in your "sold and fulfilled by amazon" order.
 

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The problem with that is that "fulfilled by amazon" items are stored in the same warehouse as "sold and fulfilled by amazon" and Amazon don't keep the same item from different sellers separated. If multiple sellers are selling the same thing they are all stored together, so fake SD cards from one seller's stock can end up in your "sold and fulfilled by amazon" order.
I buy like 10 to 20 things a month from amazon and have never experienced a fake product ever. I pick European warehouses, maybe it's different but have bought over the course of maybe 5 years or so like 30 micro sd cards from the sandisk page and they were all legit, same with external hard drives that i order
 
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are you kidding me ? A legit sandisk usually goes for less. Also people complaining that amazon has a lot of fake stuff is because you don't buy from the company page itself on amazon. Companies have their own pages with legit stuff and i'd advise you to buy from those and not other sellers

a link to a legit sandisk who cost less (delivery included)? or, even 2-3-5 links, if you right i will apologies, but i think you talk without think, or your memory fail you. there are no legit sandisk with the same price.
 

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a link to a legit sandisk who cost less (delivery included)? or, even 2-3-5 links, if you right i will apologies, but i think you talk without think, or your memory fail you. there are no legit sandisk with the same price.
It's 38 Euro in Europe now but it often goes on sale for 25-28 euro's. Like a lot
And yeah there are . Also this is shipping included so if you take that 31 euro link with no import included if you live in Europe plus shipping you will actually pay more. Everything under 24 Euro is import free seeing this cost 31 Euro, you will pay a hefty importing price on it because it comes from outside Europe. So in the end everything included yeah the sandisk version is the cheapest for European customers.
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0758NHWS8/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2YVDW567B256F&keywords=sandisk+256gb+micro+sd&qid=1580407555&sprefix=sandisk+256,aps,239&sr=8-3
 
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It's 38 Euro in Europe now but it often goes on sale for 25-28 euro's. Like a lot
And yeah there are . Also this is shipping included so if you take that 31 euro link with no import included if you live in Europe plus shipping you will actually pay more. Everything under 24 Euro is import free seeing this cost 31 Euro, you will pay a hefty importing price on it because it comes from outside Europe. So in the end everything included yeah the sandisk version is the cheapest for European customers.
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0758NHWS8/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2YVDW567B256F&keywords=sandisk+256gb+micro+sd&qid=1580407555&sprefix=sandisk+256,aps,239&sr=8-3
Well, Europe.. countries in Europe that are part in whole or partially of the EU use the Euro currency. Others use their own currency.

I've honestly never liked the Euro currency as it feels it's weaker than the Pound and Dollar, but that's neither here or there. Discussion for another time.
 
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