FAKE SSD DRIVES

[trebu_55]

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.

[sandypebbles]

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

[papermoon.lady]

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.

[huatao1975]

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).