Very cheap SSD, worth a punt?

DeeTee100

Firstly, I am well aware that this is almost certainly not legitimate, given the price, and the seller's lack of reputation. I came across this SSD on EBay for less than €20.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Samsung-SSD-850-PRO-512GB-SATA-III-Solid-State-Drive-2-5-2-5-Inch-Internal-/282247456116?hash=item41b7426574:g:QPUAAOSwo4pYIFKI

For that price, is it worth the gamble to find out what it is like? If it turns out to be a paperweight I can always open a Paypal dispute. Worst case scenario I'm only out €17 anyway. I know there has to be something wrong with it, but I can't think what, other than it potentially not working.

L1011

No feedback since 2013. Its a hijacked account.

Its not worth a punt - you'll be down your 17 quid for a while and that's all.

rubadub

Stick your money on the lottery, more chance of winning that than this being legit.

Common trick with memory cards is that they program them with dodgy code so it appears to be the correct size, buyer gives positive review and only finds out its fake later on. I guess similar is done with these devices, found this http://www.ukantipiracy.co.uk/computer/fakesamsunghdd.html

I gave up buying memory stuff on ebay several years ago.

DeeTee100

Yeah I figured as much really.

I heard of the capacity faking on cheap USB drives but I wasn't aware they were doing it on SSDs now, good to know for future reference.

Bluethunder89

I've had enough bad experience buying memory sticks, hard drives, etc online down through the years. Definitely worth paying a premium for peace of mind