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Genuine Sandisk?

[Deleted User] · 2009-03-04 13:46:53

I bought a cheap 512mb Sandisk SD card off eBay and I'm now wondering whether its genuine. The seller only sent me the card in its little box not in its original packaging. Is there any way I can verify that its genuine? There's a serial on the back of the card. Would there be somewhere I could enter the serial and it…

04-03-2009 1:46pm

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I bought a cheap 512mb Sandisk SD card off eBay and I'm now wondering whether its genuine. The seller only sent me the card in its little box not in its original packaging.

Is there any way I can verify that its genuine? There's a serial on the back of the card. Would there be somewhere I could enter the serial and it would tell me if its fake or not? Any help appreciated?

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#2 04-03-2009 3:02pm

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Have you compared it to pics of SD card off the net?
512MB is nothing so it must have been only a few euro. Ref

You can use a laptop/camera to verify it's indeed 512MB big.

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#3 04-03-2009 7:44pm

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alot of them are copies but they're very cheap so as long as it works i wouldn't worry to much.

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