fake SSD drives

[crumbed-beef]

I bought an external 4TB SSD.

After arrival, I did some tests (H2testw_1.4 and ChipGenius_v4).
I could only write 4,596 MByte onto the "SSD" with 7.56MByte/s. That's a bad sign.

After dismantling the drive, I got this:
A nice aluminium housing, a lot of glue, a micro-SD-card-reader, a 64GB micro SD card (might be also fake). 

I made this test, so you don't have to do this! 
The seller is still online. Hope ebay takes some action.

[padi*0409]

One look at their feedback (if it's the seller you left the neg for) would have had me hitting the back-button.

[*sons_and_daughters*]

Ebay won't do anything about it, and you have ruined any chances of getting a refund by opening it. Plus, most people here don't speak German, so have no idea what your test results say.

Let me guess, you got it cheap from a very trustworthy Chinese seller? 

[crumbed-beef]

I got the full refund. This "very trustworthy Chinese seller" is still offering this item.

[papermoon.lady]

Who gave you a full refund? The seller? Ebay cannot know about scams if people don't report them. You can still report the item or contact eBay via live chat.

[ratman0100]

Sounds like you dont like Chinese sellers. I have had more problems with Australian sellers than Chinese sellers. Good and bad with all sellers no matter who they are.

[papermoon.lady]

You say "the seller is still online". Sadly, there are many sellers who sell these fakes at the moment. Maybe just a few weeks ago there were not so many, but now there are many.

Their prices are absurd. If you look at the average prices for external SSDs at OfficeWorks for example, you will see what external SSDs really sell for: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/c/technology/hard-drives-data-storage/solid-state-dr...

The difference is huge. 4TB is about $1,500.