Compact Flash Memory cards – is yours a fake?
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Really interesting article Kerry. I was once thinking about buying a lens off eBay through a seller in Hong Kong but glad I didn't now. When you see the lengths they go through to try and copy the real thing, you can be easily fooled.
I know in the food industry in Germany that companies produce a product that they sell in expensive packaging with a much higher price but then also sell the same product is very cheap packaging for a much lower price. The only difference is the packaging and not the product. I wonder if this ever happens with electronics?
Great article and blog.
James
Freiburg, Germany
Really interesting article Kerry. I was once thinking about buying a lens off eBay through a seller in Hong Kong but glad I didn't now. When you see the lengths they go through to try and copy the real thing, you can be easily fooled.
I know in the food industry in Germany that companies produce a product that they sell in expensive packaging with a much higher price but then also sell the same product is very cheap packaging for a much lower price. The only difference is the packaging and not the product. I wonder if this ever happens with electronics?
Great article and blog.
James
Freiburg, Germany
James,
While I have never heard of a counterfeited lens, buying some lenses from Hong Kong will get you product that is considered "gray market" and will not carry a warranty. As for packaging, I think the food industry does that in a lot of places here. Some U.S. factories will run a line of canned food for one company and then switch the labeling machine for the next company… often with the end product selling for very different prices.
James,
While I have never heard of a counterfeited lens, buying some lenses from Hong Kong will get you product that is considered “gray market” and will not carry a warranty. As for packaging, I think the food industry does that in a lot of places here. Some U.S. factories will run a line of canned food for one company and then switch the labeling machine for the next company… often with the end product selling for very different prices.
I read this article a couple days after buying a 8 GB card off ebay. I got it in the mail the morning of a shoot I had and decided to use it at the shoot. When I put it in my camera it wouldn't even take a picture and then the menu and display buttons wouldn't bring up anything on the lcd screen until I took the battery out and put it back in… I don't know if this was from the card but it's never happened before. What a rip off. And had I not had another 2 gb card with me I wouldn've been embarrassed and screwed. Your card worked.. but mine won't even take a picture and its hard to put in the slot and take out. Anyways thanks for the article I'll know never to buy a card off ebay again.
I read this article a couple days after buying a 8 GB card off ebay. I got it in the mail the morning of a shoot I had and decided to use it at the shoot. When I put it in my camera it wouldn't even take a picture and then the menu and display buttons wouldn't bring up anything on the lcd screen until I took the battery out and put it back in… I don't know if this was from the card but it's never happened before. What a rip off. And had I not had another 2 gb card with me I wouldn've been embarrassed and screwed. Your card worked.. but mine won't even take a picture and its hard to put in the slot and take out. Anyways thanks for the article I'll know never to buy a card off ebay again.
Thanks for your article! I realized i bought a fake card myself. I will try to reason with the seller (i did not leave any feedback yet). Thanks for opening our eyes!
/Jannis
After reading your article I realized I bought a fake 8GB CF Sandisk Extreme III but I paid less than $40 bucks for it, and surprisingly I didn't have any problems with It, but I had no idea why the transfer rate is so low till now that I found it's a counterfeit
Thank you for enlightened me and good luck
Al
[...] giorno fa una CF sandisk ultra II da 4gb su ebay… Purtroppo pare sia una truffa internazionale http://cameradojo.com/2008/11/19/com…-yours-a-fake/ — Besos & Busos Marco "Lo Iato" Ioannucci http://studiomimmi.zenfolio.com [...]
My friend lost her shoot on such 8 Gb fake card.
My friend lost her shoot on such 8 Gb fake card.