HD media Player 24.50 + 64GB Flash drive 12.50

jazzyk

Only 1 hour left 24.50 for hd media player...But if you buy that you can buy a 64GB Flash pen for 12.50... Worth it just for the memory stick...http://www.gruupy.com

Basq

Am presuming you mean GruUpy?

jazzyk

Sorry, just fixed it

Basq

Where's the bit about a 64GB Flash Drive?

jazzyk

When you click Buy scroll down and theres an option to Add 64GB USB Flash Drive to order

ADATA
Color White Dimensions 69.9 x 17.25 x 9.5mm (L x W x H) Weight 12g Interface Support USB 2.0, backward compatible with USB 1.1 System requirements
Windows®: 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista™/7 or later
Mac®: OS 9.0 or later
Linux™: Kernel 2.4 or later

podge3

I think this is the memory stick: http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/adata-64gb-classic-series-c801-usb-2.0-flash-drive-white

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The usb stick is the real bargain here if its that one for 12.50

alastair_doom

Hi,

I'm writing to you in regards your recent order with us which included the 64GB USB Key add-on deal. Unfortunately there was some confusion with our supplier, and the USB keys which we've received were actually 8GB, and not 64GB. Given the gravity of the error, we will be refunding you the full price you paid for the USB keys, and you will get your 8GB USB keys for free.

Please note that you will be refunded for the USB keys only, and not for the main deal (the media player). You will receive the media player and an 8GB version of the USB key you ordered, but you will only be charged for the media player.

We are very sorry for this mix-up and will be working with our suppliers to make sure that mistakes of this nature do not occur in the future. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.


Kind Regards,

-Stephen Rooney
gruUpy.com

I suppose its a fairly reasonable response from Gruupy... but tbh I (and I'm guessing ALOT of other people) only bought the media player to avail of the cheap flash drive

Edit: sorry, my comment sounds very pessimistic reading it again. On reflection I guess I got a very good deal (ordered 3 of the flash drives!)

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Got the mail too, in fairness 64GB stick was 12.50 was too good to be true.. I cant believe there wasnt more attention on it in this forum originally. Still, an 8gb one for free.. I won't be complaining.
Fair play.

Zab

This is kind of unfortunate. The problem is that the 64GB flash drive is what made the box worthwhile. 8GB drives are much more of a pain in the ass.

M00lers

Bit of a joke really but 64GB for 12.50 did seem odd.

jazzyk

Got the same mail as well, joke alright. I ordered 2 media players and 6 memory stick from them :eek:

Zab

I guess in retrospect this was a really obvious pricing error (or product error in this case). It was just the fact that it was a "deal site" that made me think it was possible.

I think that giving the 8GBs for free is a pretty good way of apologising. I also think that they should allow you to cancel your order if you wanted to (I don't).

Guill

We've spent the last few days getting your order ready, wrapping it, cuddling it, making sure it knows how to get to you, and we think we're just about ready to let it go and make its way in the big, bad world.
We'll dispatch the beloved product "64GB USB Flash Drive" (known as Order xxxxxxx to its friends) to you today, if we can bear to see it go. It's being shipped through the postal service, so please allow 3 to 5 working days for delivery.

Got this today, Right..... the delivery on this item is so slow, offer was 2 weeks ago!!!

WTF is the deal with the flash drive? i got invoiced for it today! 64gb or 8gb???
Also the above mail has no mention of the media player?
I have mailed them with no reply yet, anyone else get charged for the flash card?

T-Bird

Guill wrote: »

Got this today, Right..... the delivery on this item is so slow, offer was 2 weeks ago!!!

WTF is the deal with the flash drive? i got invoiced for it today! 64gb or 8gb???
Also the above mail has no mention of the media player?
I have mailed them with no reply yet, anyone else get charged for the flash card?

Yup, got the same. You'd think they would correct the invoice description and wording of the email. So amateur......:(

alastair_doom

Is it just the flash drives they dispatched today maybe?

My order has been saying dispatched on the website for the last 9 days

johnny_adidas

Has anyone gotten a refund of the 12.50 yet?

M00lers

No refund here yet. Just bought the Media Player so I could get the "fabled" 64GB usb stick. Now I have a piece of crap media player and a next to useless 8GB stick all for 37euros. :mad:

Guill

It was the media player i wanted (for a party last weekend!!!!!!), just bought the flash card cause it was so cheap and huge storage!
Now i am seemingly being sent either of the two flash cards and no media player!

antodeco

Is it the CORE multimedia player? I need a new media player, so I might buy one from someone here who doesnt really want it!

Guill

Recieved today:

Hi,

Sorry about that, it seems the invoice wasn't changed to reflect the mix-up. Just to be clear, you will be getting 8GB USB sticks, not 64GB, and you will not have to pay for them. The full amount has been taken from your account, but a refund has been put through to your account, which should appear on your statement in the next few days. You will only be paying for the media player. And yes, the media player has been dispatched, so it should arrive within the next couple of days, depending on where you live.

If there's anything else I can do to help please don't hesitate to ask.

Kind Regards,

XXXXXXX

m4rkiz

received it today, media player is quite good (anyone know if there is any firmware update?) and 8GB pendrive with transparent case (look nice)

EDIT: those pendrives are FAKE they have only 2GB chips so DON'T keep any important data on them or you will regret it

ANOTHER EDIT: one of my three sticks came through 8GB test h2testw (google it if you want check yours) without problems, two failed after 2GB

so 2GB may be just due the fact that they are complete cra*p not simple fake (basing on picture that was on gruupy i expected adata not some next to noname CNM brand)
(note - those mlc chips don't have any markings on them except for serial number and 600700005 & 5200000404, no vendor or chip type)

ch750536

Let me get this right, they advertised as media player + 64gig drive which turned out to be an 8gig which turned out to be a 2gig?

Am I getting it right?

rafaetha

ch750536 wrote: »

Let me get this right, they advertised as media player + 64gig drive which turned out to be an 8gig which turned out to be a 2gig?

Am I getting it right?

It was too good to be true, wasn't it?

m4rkiz

rafaetha wrote: »

It was too good to be true, wasn't it?

indeed, but giving fake broken pendrives for free is even worse than giving nothing

Guill

I am ****in disgusted!

I specifically joined gruupy for this offer!

I haven't got mine yat but what a shower of pr1cks.

m4rkiz

ok, for all of those that like play with (and possibly destroy - hey, they were free anyway) stuff:

http://www.flashboot.ru/files/public/Alcor/AlcorMP_AU698x_100128.rar

after low level scan and reprogramming they working fine now, although they had from 12 to 4563 bad blocks

you can change plenty of settings there, including 'optimize for speed' that change write speed from 5 to 7.5 MB/s

Zab

h2test2 finished on both drives with no errors. 6.6MB/s write, 19-20MB/s read.

johnny_adidas

no problem with mine 7680MB
Writing speed: 10.3 MByte/s
Reading speed: 21.9 MByte/s

GruupyLove

m4rkiz wrote: »

received it today, media player is quite good (anyone know if there is any firmware update?) and 8GB pendrive with transparent case (look nice)

EDIT: those pendrives are FAKE they have only 2GB chips so DON'T keep any important data on them or you will regret it

ANOTHER EDIT: one of my three sticks came through 8GB test h2testw (google it if you want check yours) without problems, two failed after 2GB

so 2GB may be just due the fact that they are complete cra*p not simple fake (basing on picture that was on gruupy i expected adata not some next to noname CNM brand)
(note - those mlc chips don't have any markings on them except for serial number and 600700005 & 5200000404, no vendor or chip type)

Hi Guys,

Just so I'm clear, is it only m4rkiz who's had a problem with the USB drive(s) that we sent out, or is the same for all of you? I take it they don't just hold 2GB of data?

Cheers!

johnny_adidas

i received an adata 8gb stick (white in sealed adata packaging similar to the photo for the 64gb) and it works fine as does the media player so happy enough for now to wait the few days mentioned above for my refund

m4rkiz

so, to be clear - what i got is this:



with noname chips (they appears to be 8GB, but with plenty bad blocks that can be fixed with low level format)

i withdraw my statement about them being fake, they are just very poor quality and i wouldn't buy them for any price

but as they are free and can be fixed (another valuable experience with russian forums translated by google translator) i'm actually a satisfied customer (that is if i get refund of course)

Zab

Okay, that is not what I got. I got something similar to this:



Same box, the drive is in white and obviously it's only 8GB.

alastair_doom

Regular postman delivered mine this morning. 3 Adata drives for me. They look like great quality, but havent tested them.

GruupyLove

m4rkiz wrote: »

so, to be clear - what i got is this:

i withdraw my statement about them being fake, they are just very poor quality and i wouldn't buy them for any price

but as they are free and can be fixed (another valuable experience with russian forums translated by google translator) i'm actually a satisfied customer (that is if i get refund of course)

Hmm, I'm not sure why you got a CnM model rather than an Adata, but at least they work now. Sorry for the confusion over these, but as long as we've satisfied customers then we're happy If anyone else has any further problems with these please let us know at hello@gruupy.com and we'll try to help you out.

jazzyk

I ordered 1 media player and 1 memory stick to begin with, looked like a bargain so I ordered another media player and 5 memory sticks.
Today I received 2 media players as expected, one had the Adata 8GB similar to the 64GB one advertised, the other came with 5 of those cheap looking memory sticks as m4rkiz did. Have not opened the memory sticks yet.

The whole experience with Gruupy has been a bit of a joke and I will steer clear of them in the future..
Still no refund for the memory stick either.

GruupyLove

jazzyk wrote: »

Still no refund for the memory stick either.

All refunds were put through the day we mailed out your orders, but it can take up to a week for them to appear on your statement, so it should turn up in the next few days.

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I got the CnM one aswell

johnny_adidas

Refund received today