Has anyone had any positive experiences with buying a 16gb or 32gb MicroSD card from China?
(Like the ones on ebay, or DHGate)
I would really like to get one to upgrade my stock card, but I don't want to waste money and wait 20 days for a fake.
And I would like to keep the price as low as possible. ($20ish would be great)
Please link if you've purchased a card from China (or other really cheap places) that you can confirm to be authentic.
I ordered one from ebay and never received it. Had to report the guy to ebay to get a refund. I would be very cautious as I have seen a lot of people get ripped off either from fake cards or just not receiving them.
I ordered one on ebay and it was a dud.... didn't write files correctly. I wouldn't buy from China.
The cheapest I found a 16GB card was $30.
All off the ones any cheaper were fakes from China.
If you really want one then bite the bullet on the price and stay away from the ones on ebay that are ridiculously low.
Your instincts are telling you to stay away for a reason.
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I wondered as there are so many of us here around the world if we could maybe help each other out a little.
I want a 1Gb SD Card for my MDA III here in the UK I can pay anything from £64.00 (48x) to £98.00 (60x) of course I want the 60x but wonder why I should pay so much when I know its cheaper in the US.
Yes I could buy from some US person on Ebay and have it shipped but I normally only purchase from UK sellers I feel safer that way.
So maybe there is an opportunity for one of you lovely US peeps with and XDA/MDA etc to help out us folks from the UK who have to pay through the nose or maybe even someone from Hong Kong etc
The best make I know it Integral 1Gb SD which is 10Mb sec read anyone know better and how much is it in your neck of the woods.
i bougth a 1gb sd card from ebay, kingmax 60x speed works great, i paid £49.49.
just checked he still had some and they are now £42.79 buy it now plus £6.99 post.
there are scandisk 1 gb for £38.49 plus £6.95.
Great.
m1bwe said:
i bougth a 1gb sd card from ebay, kingmax 60x speed works great, i paid £49.49.
just checked he still had some and they are now £42.79 buy it now plus £6.99 post.
there are scandisk 1 gb for £38.49 plus £6.95.
Great.
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Nearly all the ones I can find are outside the UK if they are UK ones post the links please
They are in the U.S but it only takes a couple of days to recieve them..
m1bwe said:
They are in the U.S but it only takes a couple of days to recieve them..
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Did you have to pay import duty and VAT? When did the card arrive with you? I often buy car parts from the US and they'll get delivered for a good price but a few weeks later (sometimes a couple of months later) the shipping company sends me a bill for the duty (10%) and the VAT (17.5% of price + shipping + duty).
It took 3 days to arive, from paying for it (paypal). no import duty or tax, just the price plus post and packaging plus post insurance in my case it totaled £57.47 well happy and now they are getting cheaper,,
I couldn't wait when I saw how cheap they were - just ordered a Kingmax one for £52 inc. post and insurance! Whoo!
Just hope it works now...
Thanks for the tip, m1bwe. If I have any problems I'll be round your place to put a bat up yer nightdress! :lol: :wink:
PS. CarlnAdele - the eBay seller was in the UK for this one - just the card is shipped from the USA. They're a major power seller so hopefully my first (ever) purchase on eBay should go smoothly... 8)
No problem,,, Peter.. :lol:
Incase anyone wants the Link
The 1Gb Kingmax Cards are at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=74696&item=3853395532&rd=1
i don't get !!!
isn't the 1gig sd cards the same price in ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63726
The eBuyer price doesn't include VAT.
However, there isn't a lot of difference in price. £52 (for me from the US) vs. £58 from eBuyer (inc VAT).
issie said:
i don't get !!!
isn't the 1gig sd cards the same price in ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63726
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Near as Darn it and had I looked there I would prob of got one from them but I've ordered the £52.00 one from the US too.
Pays to search more I guess, although I did but didnt look at Ebuyer, can't be perfect can we
Strange that they are cheaper here. Don't they all originate from Asia anyway?
Well, ya pays yer money, ya takes yer chances... Still waiting from my 1GB SD card from the eBay power seller called sarafatl. Apart from a PayPal receipt I've had nothing at all... No order confirmation and no response to my three emails...
Starting to be really pissed off with this now. First ever order on eBay and I get the most uncommunicative seller in the world. Got no idea whether there's even a card on its way to me.
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get in touch with paypal!!! they can see if hes recieved payment.. peter
hello,
actually...I am a ebay seller from HK... maybe we can have some transaction......just PM me if you want to order from me...No need to worry about it...I am a serious guy
Update: well, my 1GB SD card arrived this morning and it's not the one I ordered, so I'm waiting for this bloody crappy seller to get back to me and tell me what they're going to do. I have no idea whether this card will work in my XDA II and you can bet your teeth that if I open the packet to try and it doesn't work, I won't get any replacement or refund.
Jeez, why am I the unlucky one on eBay??? :evil:
Anyone got any experience of 'My Flash' cards, made by A-data, in their XDA?
Hi
www.aria.co.uk have some cheap SD cards at the moment. 1M, 512M and 1G. Have a look at their specials page.
I bough the 1G card, the pic is an example, mine was a sandisk device. Works a treat. Think it was £55 incl p&p.
Nigel
Another update: This A-data 'My Flash' 1GB card does seem to work fine in my XDA II so I guess all is well in the end. I called the eBay seller and he was pretty helpful, so it's only in emails that he's unresponsive.
AVI movies recorded straight to the SD card are a little jerky on playback but apart from that this card seems OK. Its speed is 40x instead of the 60x that I thought I was getting. Ho hum...
outz said:
Strange that they are cheaper here. Don't they all originate from Asia anyway?
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I guess youve never heard of "rip-off Britain", then?
Anyway, I'm from the US and I'm going fom London (Dec) to NYC and back to London (Jan). Im gonna get myself one of these large SD cards, oO if anyone wants help to get a few cheap in the US, PM me and we can work something out.
I'm seeing for about $22.00 shipped you can get a 32gb microsd on ebay. anyone bought one yet? sounds a little fishy.
for example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320531069281
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160431343243
let me know if you bought one of these and if they work well for you (or if they are fake/copies, sorry!). would love to get one. my 16gb is filling up all the time....
thanks.
Feedback confirms they're both fake.
confirmed fake and closed by ebay.
Preferably from Amazon as I have prime and it'll deliver quickly.
I'm not looking to spend anything more than $70-80, but obviously I'd love something even cheaper. Anyone have any suggestions or anything?
Speed isn't a concern to me as long as it isn't TOO slow. Probably only using this for music.
I'm an FORMER iPhone guy (had a Nexus One, but not for too long - bought it when it first came out exclusively for T-Mobile's 3G network and I had AT&T.... loved the phone, but couldn't stand Edge) who doesn't have much experience with expandable memory. I don't really know what to look for! Thanks.
Just a laugh for you, but being a former dual iphone family I went into a AT&T store (I wanted a 32GB card then...that moment and locally) and asked if they had any in stock. Salesman rung up my purchase and asked my phone number...I replied I used to be with you guys and switched over to Sprint and sold my etch e sketches.
He replied its ok and off I went.
Granted I paid 150+ then, they are available just about anywhere for the price range you are looking in.
I got a SanDisk. I do recommend however you get one with an SD/micro sd card adapter and USB for microsd as it was so simple to move everything from one card to the other in one shot.
You dont have to have these, just really makes it easy to move all from old card to card in one click.
Here is the the one I got and its $94 and 5 stars by all 4 people at amazon.
Teddy Bruckshut said:
Preferably from Amazon as I have prime and it'll deliver quickly.
I'm not looking to spend anything more than $70-80, but obviously I'd love something even cheaper. Anyone have any suggestions or anything?
Speed isn't a concern to me as long as it isn't TOO slow. Probably only using this for music.
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With the exception of a few occasional and short lived deals on the Sandisk 32GB, you're not going to find anything less than $70-80 for a legit 32GB MicroSDHC card. Even $70-80 is a better price than you may find at this moment. Fakes are a very common problem -- smaller cards that have been altered to appear to be 32GB, but won't let you write anything more than the 2GB or whatever they really have in them. So even if you think you've found a great deal, be sure it's from a solid seller (and watch out for Amazon marketplace as well). There was a brief deal from Verizon earlier this year, and one from Sandisk direct a month or so ago that made it available for $50 and $57 respectively, but those are rare.
This Kingston is the card I have. It's sold out in this packaging from newegg right now, but I bought it for about $87 a couple months ago. Prior to sellout, it was going for $95.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139391
This appears to be the same card in different packaging (full size SD adapter instead of a small USB microSDHC reader), and it's also $95:
http://www.adorama.com/KGSDMC432GB.html
As far as I know, the Sandisk and the Kingston are the only legit 32GB microSD cards on the market right now. I haven't looked in the last month or so, but that was the case when I looked a few months ago. But there are also fakes sold as those brands, so be very cautious on any deal that looks too good to be true. Odds are very high it is.
I'm waiting for a steal of a deal on one of these 32GB cards also... my 16GB one is almost done for
I've been looking and waiting for a deal on one as well. My best advice would be to register on a site like slickdeals.net, setup an email alert for 32gb micro sd, and wait for a deal.
Here is a class 4 from Kingston for $105. This is the one I'm getting.
Or, even better, here's a thread about the 32GB Class 10 by Lexar for nearly the same price. Some of the links provided are even cheaper!
I got one off E-Bay for about $55 and it works fine.
Edit: Also check this out. I don't know if the code is still good or not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852567
Personally, my advise would be to stay away from Ebay. I got 3 counterfeit cards there in the last couple of months. I got refunds for them all, but shipping one of them to China set me back about $25, and in each case I had to open a dispute before they'd provide me a refund. Now I'm trying to decide if I've got the money to splurge on a legit card in the $90 range, or if I'm going to wait and hope they come down in the next couple of months. No more eBay for me!
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-memo...2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1294426364&sr=1-2
Its what i bought. Class 2 isnt bad but i had 20gb of music so i went class 4 and it works great all music loads up fast with album art and a couple movies i put on it play fine
Hi guys just saw a 16gb class 10 sd cards from samsung for just 16.99. Thought should just share it with you guys. Here is the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Samsung-16G...0355?_trksid=p1468660.m2000037#ht_1508wt_1270
U are awesome !! i just grabbed one
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U are awesome !! i just grabbed one
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My pleasure
I bought a 32GB Micro SD with adapter, case and USB reader last month for $30. It's the same as in the attached link. Not sure about the quality, but thought why not give it a try.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/32GB-MICRO-...LM%2BLA&otn=5&ps=63&clkid=6954423066110437001
*Never* buy a memory card from a Chinese ebay seller expecting the card to perform at the advertised speeds and/or advertised capacity.
I got burned 3 times buying a 32gb memory microSD card from ebay. All of the them came from different chinese ebay sellers and all cards were only 1 gb. I complained to ebay and said these were fake microSD cards. The ebay wanted me to ship back the cards to the seller. Since, the cards were at a low price of less than $20 with free shipping. Shipping it back would cost me $24. I didn't make sense for me to ship it back. I just declared it as a bad purchase and suck it up.
with the 3 bad purchase, I lost $60. I could have bought this from amazon instead:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TUQV0E/ref=oh_o04_s00_i00_details
or this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G60AD6/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details
since, this is 16GB, maybe it is the real deal
Just ordered mine.thanx
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People never learn, never buy any memory cards from eBay PERIOD
Kid Poker said:
People never learn, never buy any memory cards from eBay PERIOD
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I was thinking the exact same thing when i came in this thread.
Please do report back once you guys receive them, who knows they may be the real deal
I will keep you guys posted when the item is received. I thought the price was kinda low so I took a chance. I did read through all the feedback on the seller and according to the feedback the product is legit. One of the responses said they tested the card and it was 32GB as advertised. The only negative reviews was that it took time to arrive, the other said it wasn't proper packaging. But nothing about the actual MicroSD card not being 32GB size as advertised.
Again, you can't go completely by the feedback, but at least it gives you a starting point when the seller has good reviews.
Worse case I am out $30. Sucks if I am but not a huge loss.
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32gb sd card
I bought a 32 gb on ebay for $27 and free shipping its been like 4 months has lots of music,picture etc etc good luck to u guys..sorry about those fakes one...
montalvo said:
I bought a 32 gb on ebay for $27 and free shipping its been like 4 months has lots of music,picture etc etc good luck to u guys..sorry about those fakes one...
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That's good news for me at least
Was the item actually 32GB capacity as advertised? Thanks.
To anyone shopping around to buy a MicroSd Card...this is a really good deal. Grab it today at BestBuy! This is only good for today 07/19/12! Available instore or online. Regular retail price is $79.99.
Here's the link: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/PNY+Tec...8372338726&skuId=3026197&st=3026197&cp=1&lp=1
Only BestBuy could claim a regular retail price of $80. 32GB Class 10's go for $30 on Amazon all the time.
Wont let me ship it to my house and everyone around me is out of stock.
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To anyone shopping around to buy a MicroSd Card...this is a really good deal. Grab it today at BestBuy! This is only good for today 07/19/12! Available instore or online. Regular retail price is $79.99.
Here's the link: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/PNY+Tec...8372338726&skuId=3026197&st=3026197&cp=1&lp=1
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Might as well buy Samsung 32gb MicroSD class 10 card from Amazon for $30 with free shipping and no tax (for some):
LINK
The only downside is it ships within 3 - 5 weeks (Amazon often overstates their shipping time, however). So if you need this in a hurry, this may not be the best choice for you.
Why go with Samsung over PNY? I have use PNY before and was very happy with the card
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with the PNY card. In this case, you can save a little on tax.
Also the Samsung for $30 is an everyday price on Amazon vs. "one day only" for the PN at best buy.
And earlier today, the Samsung was listed at $27 and in was in stock. Plus, looking at this thread, I see people post positive experience with their Samsung cards. I don't see a lot of PNY (if any) on that thread.
And as you can see in my signature, I don't personally use Samsung card because I use Sandisk
In for 1. Will pick it up on the way home. Amazon prices available locally should be considered a deal.
I bought this on day 1, although it took a week to ship lol The card actually works really good. It transfers pretty fast and havent had any issues with it.
I think I paid $24 though.
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In for 1. Will pick it up on the way home. Amazon prices available locally should be considered a deal.
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+1 :highfive:
Exactly what i was thinking.
Thanks for the info! Picked one up to upgrade my 16gb Patriot.
I'm definitely an online shopper... I have bought (2) 32gb cards off of Woot.com for less than $15 shipped. I don't mind waiting a few days, as the cards usually come really quickly.
belly1026 said:
Might as well buy Samsung 32gb MicroSD class 10 card from Amazon for $30 with free shipping and no tax (for some):
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The only downside is it ships within 3 - 5 weeks (Amazon often overstates their shipping time, however). So if you need this in a hurry, this may not be the best choice for you.
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I'm a brand whore. Samsung = OEM. Matches the phone. Dumb logic and I usually spend more than I should, but it helps me sleep at night. Lol.