WHY does eBay allow FAKE/FRAUDULENT USB devices to be sold on their site that do not exist in the tech market today? THEY KEEP FLAGS OFF?

$800 for a 1TB drive? Are you smoking crack? They're $99 at best, moran.

yup. reformat it when you first get it and you'll discover it's real size.

I think some people are referring to a 1T usb pen drive, which doesn't exist as far as I know. Sure, 1T hard drives, including external with case, are pretty cheap.

Honestly. I have seen so many of these listed, I truly thought that the technology exists for the mass production of this size of USB making it feasible to offer them at this price.

Conjoin that with the fact that so many people are buying them and it is easy to see how one can assume these are real.

Did I fall for a scam that is driven by herd mentality of blissfully ignorant consumerism? I am ashamed to admit it, but YES.

I got suckered because I purchased on assumption not fact.

The simple fact that so many people are similarly purchasing these should demonstrate the reason why I created this thread. Just because people are buying these does not mean that they are stupid. I simply means that they are uninformed, uneducated and operating on a flawed understanding of the feasibility of manufacture of such products.

People need to know the truth or this crap will continue to be sold to unsuspecting consumers who are not aware that technology doesn't yet support USB sticks of this size for this price.

Yes. This thread does not pertain to USB HARD DRIVES, BUT INSTEAD USB MEMORY STICKS/THUMB DRIVES AND EVEN CAMERA MEMORY.

However, there are just as many instances where hard drives also meet this criteria, but that is not what the specifics for this thread were originally about.

Since it has been brought up numerous times though, that too applies. Take this gem for example. [link to www.hack247.co.uk]

Jesus H. Christ. I can only suggest buyer beware, if it sounds too good, it probably is. Buy from reputable, well known retailers (many actually sell on amazon and ebay). Amazing the lengths people will go to to scam others.

If someone wants a TRUE 1TB USB flash memory, then this is the only one that is available currently according to my preliminary research.

There are several tests you can do to ascertain if the product you purchased is in fact what it claims to be. The majority of memory being sold have been hacked/modified to report to the operating system extremely over-inflated capacity which simply does not exist.

H2testw is the test I used to find the true size of the USB memory stick I purchased. The test is still running even though I know I don't need to complete it. It has been running for 3 solid days. There are simpler faster tests you can do that will give the same result, but I chose this one.

The true memory according to H2testw is 7.2G which makes it an 8G memory USB stick, pen drive, thumb drive or what have you.

Just before Christmas I got a 64GB stick for about $22 at Costco.

This was the perfect size for me since I mainly wanted it for moving games from my computer to my sons computer. The biggest games are about 50GB right now so this stick could handle it easily.

Ebay will give you all your money back very quickly if you let them know. It also places marks against that ebayer and they can remove him from the marketplace.

I know, I have been an ebayer for well over a decade and have had to do it several times.

Dumb middle aged women have taken over this forum.

With all due respect OP you should have done research before your purchase.

One tech podcast interviewed someone that sells bogus USB flash drives and MicroSD cards. Their excuse is that they're only scamming greedy people who think they're getting over on the seller.
In your case, if you had done your research you would have seen that a TB USB flash drive would go for $800 - $1000. For them to be selling for $22. would mean it's an obvious fake or the seller made a massive mistake on his auction and the buyer quickly goes in before the seller can correct his mistake thus committing himself to the sale.

I'm not saying any of this was you OP, I'm just saying you should have done research. A simple 2 minute google search would have told you the actual price of that particular drive.

Another point... Anytime you buy memory make sure it is a trusted manufacturer, and avoid eBay at all costs.

Lastly, I know you wanted a small flash drive but a USB portable drive would have been a better choice. Pocketable, cheaper, and available in larger sizes. You could have bought a 2 TB drive that fits in your son's pocket for about $50 or so.

Oyen Digital makes a good portable 1TB USB SSD for about $380 on Amazon. I use it for backups.

[link to www.amazon.com]

Well $ony already claimed they had 2tb usb sticks 10+ years ago. $$$

Interesting. I will check these out and this time I won't get stung.

File an Item not as described complaint to send the items back. Then you must use their packaging and send it back "WITH A TRACKING NUMBER" only put a rock or cat litter into the packaging and keep the flash drives.

You get your money back and keep the drives after the seller receives the package bacause you have a tracking number that says it was received by the seller

Yes. I can see the point in getting a portable drive. I will probably only shop for these types of electronics at big box local stores from now on, or trusted sites like New Egg.

I have done business with New Egg before and have never been disappointed in my purchases.

Oh? Do you speak for them? Let me guess, you are their appointed, matronly, overbearing, big busted spokeswoman.

did the sellder have a good feedback rating?

we all know only terrorist. need privacy

now hand over your guns to the big black jew

everything is going to be ok

Usually the fake stuff on ebay is extremely noticeable...plus only buy domestically on ebay.

128GB and 256GB are among the largest out there.
...and they are about $30 - $40 bucks a pop.

Forget for a moment that the TB USB drives don't even exist commercially yet...
...but you thought you would get a 1TB USB drive for $22????

Really?

I have some swampland in Florida I would like to sell you.



Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 01/29/2016 10:22 PM

caveat emptor.....look it up or I can just tell you, BUYER BEWARE or in even simpler terms, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.

When the company is scamming people, I have never had to send the item back.

This type of thinking is the reason is why our reptilian overlords salivate for your future.

Wow.

The portable hard drives are a lot cheaper, but SSDs are more reliable in the long run. I had an external hard drive that started getting bad sectors. Once that happens, they can't be relied on for backups.

Really? I have two of them.

[link to www.amazon.com]

Last Edited by Gimme Some Truth on 01/29/2016 10:53 PM

Be nice.

Not everyone stayed after school to learn assembler.