$30 Generic 32gb micro sd cards from Ebay Works!!!

[digmys]

These cards always let you load as much as you think you should, all they do is take a 4Gb (or smaller) card and hack it to say that the capacity is 32Gb. Then when Windows (or your phone) writes to the card, once it gets to 4GB it just starts overwriting the previous data which leads to what people call data corruption which is really your data just being overwritten but the files still showing up so you think they are there until you try to access them.

To the OP, load the card with movies until it says it is full (30-32GB) and then try to play all of the movies just for a few seconds. All of the movies will still be shown on the card, but when you try to play them only the ones that you put up there last will be playable.

You bought a fake card.

 

[Mikey47]

Time to get the popcorn out and see when djtarique wakes up. This could be a good show! ;-)

 

[akarol]

I also got one of these and it's working fine... sorry for all you doubters out there, but it's your loss.

 

[digmys]

I also got one of these and it's working fine... sorry for all you doubters out there, but it's your loss.

Have you done this test?

To the OP, load the card with movies until it says it is full (30-32GB) and then try to play all of the movies just for a few seconds. All of the movies will still be shown on the card, but when you try to play them only the ones that you put up there last will be playable.

The reason that there are doubters is because it is currently impossible to manufacture such a card and sell it for that price, unless these people are in the business of losing money, which I doubt

 

[darrylb1]

The issue is that low quality cards almost always have some sort of data corruption issue down the road. If people want to roll the dice, that's fine, but they should at least be aware because 32 GB is quite a bit of data. I mean if it's pretty much sideloaded music from a PC so there's redundancy, then it's no big deal.

But you can imagine the threads in a month or two of "I went on vacation but now I can't access the pictures on my phone!!" then you can see where it could become an issue.

so where can we find reasonbly priced good cards?

 

[jpdaballa]

i think its better to be safe and just buy a 16 gb card for 30-40$. if you decide to buy this card go ahead and do it and let us know the results in a month or so, so we know if they are worth it

 

[DougB541#CB]

I'd be more concerned about data corruption.

 

[akarol]

I have about 4000 songs load onto it without any issues as of yet. DoubleTwist seems to recognize them all.

As far as data corruption goes, it isn't an issue to me as my songs are obviously backedup on my desktop.

 

[Bigtuna00]

The reason that there are doubters is because it is currently impossible to manufacture such a card and sell it for that price, unless these people are in the business of losing money, which I doubt

"You keep using that word. I do no think it means what you think it means..."

Or they are "seconds" from the manufacturer that were going to be thrown out (or were thrown out). Still not a reliable purchase, but to claim it's "impossible" is just silly.

 

[digmys]

"You keep using that word. I do no think it means what you think it means..."

Or they are "seconds" from the manufacturer that were going to be thrown out (or were thrown out). Still not a reliable purchase, but to claim it's "impossible" is just silly.

There are no "seconds" in electronics manufacturing, this isn't the garment business. Everything that does not pass QC is either fixed or broken down to be recycled and used to make new ones, nothing faulty EVER thrown out or sold as generic, please do some research on the subject.

Someone with one of these do the test I posted above with a "generic" 32GB card that was bought for ~$30. I GUARANTEE it will not pass.

It is not that difficult, 3-4 of you said that you have purchased them, if you are so confident the card is real, do the test and post screenshots of the results.

 

[bobodobo]

I would imagine a company like SanDisk known for making high quality SD cards must have some production runs with unacceptably high failure rates. They're obviously not going to risk their brand name reputation on marginal cards. People who buy a SanDisk card expect to KNOW it's going to work. It doesn't take much extrapolation to guess that SanDisk might sell their sub-par cards (without the SanDisk name of course) at a discounted rate to various retailers who turn around and sell them as generic cards. More of a risk than buying brand name of course, but if it works, it works.

I don't see how anyone can be sure it doesn't work if they haven't tested it themselves. But screenshot evidence would be nice.

 

[digmys]

Scratch my previous test, just run H2testw on the card and it will test it and give its TRUE capacity. There is an example right on the front page of their site where they bought a "32GB" card only to find out it was 4GB, which I am sure is exactly what happened here. Just put the card in a USB adapter and hook it to your computer if you have one, or just hook up your phone and mount the card. Then post a screenshot of the results.

H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives ? SOSFakeFlash

 

[npark]

modplan, there's 1 fallacy however. You claim that it is impossible for a company to make these at that cost and remain in business. I would agree for the most part when it comes to normal supply chains.

There's a few possibilities:

1) They are reformatted 4GB cards.
2) OE factory is selling these on someone else's investment, i.e. products of creative accounting. There are liars, damn liars, and then accountants. It's very possible an OE manufacturer is using Kingston's (or any other vendor's) money for the R&D and these are simply "extras" or the result of "creative accounting" where some line manager claims these are defects.
3) They could be stolen like off the back of a truck. 100% pure profit for the seller.

So, I agree that in all likelihood this smells like a faked 4gb card. However, it is possible they are in-fact functional 32gb cards. The likelihood that they are LEGIT in terms of obtained legitimately through established legal supply chains, definitely leaves someone in doubt. OE manufacturers and flash memory vendors have a lot to lose for undercutting their own prices--it takes a lot of money to re-tool and redevelop manufacturing lines to produce new cards.

Remember, raw materials are only incremental increase. What's .00002 of an ounce of silicon more? It's practically nothing. However, retooling the manufacturing line costs an enormous amount of money--there's simply no way around that, and no OE generic manufacturer can afford to sell "generics" at a loss. Unless someone else was footing the bill, and these are the result of "extra" manufacturing cycles that is not accounted for.

All-in-all, it sounds too good to be completely legitimate, even if they are functionally 32gb. Joys of ebay,

 

[digmys]

modplan, there's 1 fallacy however. You claim that it is impossible for a company to make these at that cost and remain in business. I would agree for the most part when it comes to normal supply chains.

There's a few possibilities:

1) They are reformatted 4GB cards.
2) OE factory is selling these on someone else's investment, i.e. products of creative accounting. There are liars, damn liars, and then accountants. It's very possible an OE manufacturer is using Kingston's (or any other vendor's) money for the R&D and these are simply "extras" or the result of "creative accounting" where some line manager claims these are defects.
3) They could be stolen like off the back of a truck. 100% pure profit for the seller.

So, I agree that in all likelihood this smells like a faked 4gb card. However, it is possible they are in-fact functional 32gb cards. The likelihood that they are LEGIT in terms of obtained legitimately through established legal supply chains, definitely leaves someone in doubt. OE manufacturers and flash memory vendors have a lot to lose for undercutting their own prices--it takes a lot of money to re-tool and redevelop manufacturing lines to produce new cards.

Remember, raw materials are only incremental increase. What's .00002 of an ounce of silicon more? It's practically nothing. However, retooling the manufacturing line costs an enormous amount of money--there's simply no way around that, and no OE generic manufacturer can afford to sell "generics" at a loss. Unless someone else was footing the bill, and these are the result of "extra" manufacturing cycles that is not accounted for.

All-in-all, it sounds too good to be completely legitimate, even if they are functionally 32gb. Joys of ebay,

My question is, if you have a lot of "legitimate" 32GB cards why sell them on eBay at less than half of what they are worth? Exactly, you wouldn't. I agree there is a chance that it is real, about the same chance of me winning the lottery this week, but there is a chance. To the ones who own them, run the test and post a screenshot of the results so no one else wastes their money like you probably did.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Scratch my previous test, just run H2testw on the card and it will test it and give its TRUE capacity. There is an example right on the front page of their site where they bought a "32GB" card only to find out it was 4GB, which I am sure is exactly what happened here. Just put the card in a USB adapter and hook it to your computer if you have one, or just hook up your phone and mount the card. Then post a screenshot of the results.

H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB?*Counterfeit?*Drives ? SOSFakeFlash

You sure are mighty sure of yourself, considering you've not touched the card. The OP says he's put 4,000 songs on it. I doubt he got them all to fit in a 4GB card. Maybe, just maybe, you should be a little less cocksure. Do you work for Sandisk or something?

 

[meyerweb#CB]

My question is, if you have a lot of "legitimate" 32GB cards why sell them on eBay at less than half of what they are worth? .

Maybe because you can make more money selling 3 times as many cards at half price, than a 3rd of that at full price?

Why can I buy 2 Chinese made no nmae phone batteries for less than $10, when a Chinese made Seideo battery costs $35? And yes, I used those cheap batteries for the last couple of year with no problems.

I'm willing to bet at least 2/3s of the price of a Sandisk memory card is wrapped up in marketing costs, wholesale markup, and retail markup. These ebay vendors have none of those costs to deal with, which explains a big part of the reason no-name generic parts are cheaper. Ever compare the cost of a brand name prescription drug to a generic? You can be looking at a factor of 10 or more difference in price. Even something as basic as Advil is twice the cost of the generic equivilent.

 

[PhantomPhreak53]

eBay Feedback Profile for grandtechdigital

There is his negative feedback record. It looks like most of them are about the cards and he says it must be a mixup... I think I will pass on this.

 

[twe90kid]

the seller seems to have crazy amount of feedback! ...

 

[digmys]

You sure are mighty sure of yourself, considering you've not touched the card. The OP says he's put 4,000 songs on it. I doubt he got them all to fit in a 4GB card. Maybe, just maybe, you should be a little less cocksure. Do you work for Sandisk or something?

Please read my explanation earlier about how the fake cards work. Once the 4GB (or 8GB) is full, the new blocks begin to overwrite the previous blocks, but the files will STILL BE SHOWN in windows (or your phone) as being on the card, but you will NOT be able to open/play them. Everyone that previously mentioned "data corruption", your data was not corrupted because it was a lower quality card, it was overwritten because it was a FAKE card.

No i do not work for Sandisk but I do work in the data storage industry and am trying to keep unsuspecting people from running to eBay and buying FAKE cards that will end up causing them to lose data.

This should be proof enough people! eBay Feedback Profile for grandtechdigital

Anyone still in doubt that has one of these cards just RUN THE TEST with the app i linked to above and PROVE ME WRONG.

 

[barrysanders20]

I've read the feedback for the seller, the fact there are a number of negatives claiming they are fakes, means the seller is sending out hacked/ bootleg memory. The seller saying "oh it was a mistake" means don't be mad because I fooled you. Ebay for certain items is a scam. I had my experience with it believing I struck gold, then realized I got had.