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Bill_de Loc: US

Gasman57 wrote:

Amazon commonly comingles their inventory with items fulfilled by Amazon in their warehouses. That's how the conterfeits get into the pipeline.

You didn't answer my first question.

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PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

I have purchased many items from and through Amazon with very few being questionable. Those I did have a problem with were replaced or money refunded without any problem. One or two items were replaced without necessitating a return so I ended uo with a working item and extra accessories or parts for the item. I've never had a problem with a memory card from Amazon for my photography.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

rook2c4 wrote:

One incident of a bad supply that happened a year ago hardly qualifies as "a lot".

Maybe one incident reported on here, but it has happened to many Photographers I know.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

I've bought a dozen Sandisk Ultra 64gb cards from Amazon over the last couple of years and all have performed as advertised. Just what do these counterfeit cards do or not do differently from the real ones. BTW, all of mine were purchased directly from the seller "Amazon.com Services Inc.", not from other sellers on Amazon.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

tomad wrote:

I've bought a dozen Sandisk Ultra 64gb cards from Amazon over the last couple of years and all have performed as advertised. Just what do these counterfeit cards do or not do differently from the real ones. BTW, all of mine were purchased directly from the seller "Amazon.com Services Inc.", not from other sellers on Amazon.

A lot of the "counterfeits" are made by the same plant in China or elsewhere that makes the brand name product, just with possibly lowered quality control standards (or not) and the buyer/distributor putting the labels on them.
So same product from the same assembly line but with the "distributor" putting a "counterfeit" label on it and selling in competition with the Name Brand's own cards.
Other's are more honest and put their own name on the product: Buy our XYZ cards, just as good as ABC - and often they "leak" the info that they are made by the same factory as ABC.

aggiedad Loc: Corona, ca

The good news, at least in my city, Amazon items can be returned at Kohl’s stores. Kohl’s will package things up and ship back to Amazon at no cost to you. They issue you a receipt, and the money goes back into your account VERY quickly. Go to Amazon .com, look your order # up, print it up, and away you go. I also returned a heavy ramp for a scooter to Amazon at my local Staples store an got almost immediate credit back. I don’t think Kohl’s would be able to handle large, heavy items like that.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

tomad wrote:

I've bought a dozen Sandisk Ultra 64gb cards from Amazon over the last couple of years and all have performed as advertised. Just what do these counterfeit cards do or not do differently from the real ones. BTW, all of mine were purchased directly from the seller "Amazon.com Services Inc.", not from other sellers on Amazon.

I just checked all of mine using the extensive list of identifying factors in the article below and mine, all bought through Amazon within the last two years, are all real.

https://thetechreviewer.com/tech-tips/fake-sandisk-sd-card-counterfeit/#tab-con-4

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Buy them from Amazon, not the third party sellers or vendors on Amazon, some of those are the crooks! Easy enough. Or B&H or Adorama are safe.

kkayser

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

DO NOT PURCHASE MEMORY CARDS FROM AMAZON. A lot of them are counterfeit. I only purchase memory from local camera stores.

Who is to say the ones at "local camera stores" are all genuine.

Silverman Loc: Michigan

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

DO NOT PURCHASE MEMORY CARDS FROM AMAZON. A lot of them are counterfeit. I only purchase memory from local camera stores.

A reputable Camera dealer such as B&H Photo and Adorama, among others, Considered by many Professional Photographer's to be a safe place to purchase your Memory Cards. A little more expensive but they have sales on many of their cards.