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Accessories 32gb micro-SD card on ebay, legit?

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zurik

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Sounds a little too good to be true, and in the case of cheap cards from China on eBay that seems to be the norm. Even if they say the cards are brand name I'd be wary. There have been re-painted cards on eBay coming out of China. Newegg.com has class 10 32 gb cards for around a hundred bucks.
 
From what I have read all over the web, these cards from China are 99.99% fraudulent. Most are 1GB cards selling as 16 or 32 or whatever. They all seem to fail. You can find 32GB cards for $0.99 + $1.99 shipping from china all over eBay. I am 100% certain they will not work as advertised.

However, for $3, what have you got to lose (except $3)?
Worth a try, maybe.
 
I do assume this card will probably be a class two, it's just that my experience with ebay sd cards has always been positive. Thank you for your input though, I'll have to think about it for a bit. I might just try this one out and let you know my experience. Maybe. If I do, I'll post about it.
 
I got two of those. they are chinese knock-offs labeled as san disk. They do a good job, but if you compare them to authentic, it is clear they are a knockoff. One of mine won't hold more than about 12 gigs. The other works just fine. I ended up getting refunded for both. Neither one will allow me to install a custom ROM (rom says it is bad, but works fine on the 8 gig card that came with my EVO) Not sure how many are going to turn out as duds. I may have just had bad luck with it. On the other hand, there may be a high rate of failure. Definitely a gamble, at best, IMO.
 
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