on 30-11-2022 06:12 AM - last edited on 30-11-2022 09:07 AM by gewens
Ok, we need to stop these idiots from selling these fake-capacity SSD drives.
They will read like these have the capacity, but operate to fail that capacity or fail completely.
Look out for 30TB - 16TB SSD drives - if this was even real, you wouldn't be able to get this under $10K and
$3-5K in a real marketplace. There is nowhere on earth you can get the above capacities for under $100.00
Example of a legit SSD M.2 - Corsair MP400 8TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD = $1400.00
Anyway, hope this will help some people.
Remember if it looks too good to be true, don't buy it, research it.
01-03-2023 04:04 AM - edited 01-03-2023 04:06 AM
Trouble is that people who buy fake knock offs from China do not read here until after they have done so
far better off , if you simply must buy these things on eBay (bad idea to start with)
check the sellers feedback first
open a dispute if you are sent garbage
leave neg feedback for the seller
buy from someone authorised to sell them instead
The seller you left feedback for, you leave them positive feedback for a dodgy product
the are now unregistered, likely shut down by eBay for being dodgy as
on 01-03-2023 07:10 AM
In addition to what Sandy said, remember that if something is too good to be true, then it probably isn't true. Check the real prices of those drives on the websites of real retailers like OfficeWorks and the prices will speak for themselves.
on 02-03-2023 04:10 PM
OfficeWorks scam too.
I searched for "16tb ssd" in google. One of the results from office works said "Seagate - Solid State - 16TB Expansion Desktop Drive Black". See screenshot, but if you follow that link it no longer says "Solid State".
That Seagate drive, it turns out is just a standard huge 3.5 drive in a standard external housing. Which still uses a vintage USB 3 connector (instead of 3.2).