Buying SDHC cards from eBay... how can I know which mercha..

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Duncan H. Davies <DHD RemoveThis @askme.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2008 16:18:27 -0400, "Frank Arthur" <Art RemoveThis @Arthurian.com>
> wrote:

>>"Duncan H. Davies" <DHD RemoveThis @askme.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:03:49 -0700, "BobW"
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>>>>"Duncan H. Davies" <DHD RemoveThis @askme.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:52:10 -0700, "BobW"
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>>>>>>"Duncan H. Davies" <DHD RemoveThis @askme.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Who are the merchants I can trust on eBay?

>>>>>>You shouldn't be using eBay until you understand how it works.

>>>>> Do you know which merchants on eBay offer authentic cards? If not,
>>>>> your reply is off-topic.

>>>>How will you know that any reseller ships authentic cards?

>>>>You just need to learn how eBay works -- specifically the Feedback
>>>>Forum --
>>>>and then you can answer your own questions. Do the work.

>>> I already know how eBay works, thank you. My question was how to
>>> know
>>> which merchants ship authentic memory cards, not how eBay works. .

>>> Your response implies that a fake card can be recognized immediately
>>> once received, prompting negative feedback, but that is not
>>> something
>>> that is known to me.

>>Not true. You cannot recognize a legit card. SanDisk will ask you to
>>photograph views of the card. Their experts there can tell. In my case
>>I sent photos of an Ebay purchased card, from a seller with what
>>seemed reliable reputation. It turned out to be fake.

> So that means buy only from known reputable sources like local stores
> or the big mail order places like B&H.

I always use Ebay, but carefully check specs, feedback, newsgroups and
other technical foums. So far all the memory products I've bought have
turned out to be very good, nearly always better than I expected, and
in some cases superior in speed to the products of the Big Reputable
Names.

And in the case of second hand products I've nearly always got
excellent bargains.

It's a trade-off. If you have more intelligence and time than money
there's nothing to beat Ebay. If you're busy and want trouble-free
guarantees of quality then just open your waller wider and stick with
Reputable Names.

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 >> Stay informed about: Buying SDHC cards from eBay... how can I know which mercha.. 

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Bruce
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? "Duncan H. Davies" <DHD RemoveThis @askme.com> ?????? ??? ??????
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>I would like to buy a Sandisk 16 GB SDHC card. I'm from Canada and
> those capacities are very scarce in the stores here. Costs are high --
> like $200 and over.
>
> B&H sells the 16GB Ultra II card for $150, but the shipping costs are
> exhorbitant, like $26 by UPS, and those UPS crooks will add maybe $50
> for "customs brokerage".
>
> So maybe eBay is the answer. On eBay, the 16 GB Ultra II cards go for
> around $150 and less. Shipping is still high for something that
> weights about as much as a fly, but it is less less, and USPS is
> available... they don't levy brokerage fees.
>
> But I've heard that fake cards are all over the place on eBay. How can
> I tell which the fakes are?
>
> Who are the merchants I can trust on eBay?
>
Why not buy 8 2 Gb cards with the same money? Not putting all your eggs in
one basket, after all? 1 GB sells for 20 euros, even a 1 GB genuine Hewlett
Packard memory stick for my mother's laptop cost 20 euros, from my favourite
merchant www.cccira.gr Go for a walk to the shops, compare prices and
brands, and get what you really like, that would be the best IMHO, why trust
someone whose face you'll never see?


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Jeannie wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 16:07:21 GMT, Dave Cohen <user RemoveThis @example.net> wrote:
>
>> BobW wrote:
>>> "Duncan H. Davies" <DHD RemoveThis @askme.com> wrote in message
>>> news:l5g834tsl3uveqo2kkr8sq73niq5s45pmo@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> Who are the merchants I can trust on eBay?
>>>>
>>>> Dunc
>>> You shouldn't be using eBay until you understand how it works.
>>>
>>> Bob
>> To each his own. I don't know all the details of ebay. My son uses them
>> for everything. Sometimes he makes out sometimes he doesn't. Apparently
>> the people using it rate each other. Personally, my opinion of ebay is
>> shaded by the bad things I've seen mentioned here and elsewhere.
>> Obviously this is not the norm but why bother if you don't have to. The
>> op is basically concerned over shipping costs.
>> Amazon show this item via a reseller at a lower price than B&H. Amazon
>> are normally very good.
>> Dave Cohen
>
> They aren't any good at all. Amazon.com won't ship SDHC cards to
> Canada, and amazon.ca doesn't list them.
>
> Dunc

Not sure if that makes Amazon a bad guy but how would I know, I left
Canada 50 years ago after a 9 month sojourn. In retrospect leaving may
not have been a smart move, but it's too late now and I don't keep track
of who ships where. I would still avoid ebay if you're only talking
about a few bucks.
Dave Cohen
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