Cheap 2gb pro duos on ebay - worth the hassle?

Nephew

there are an awful lot of cheap 2gb pro duos on ebay going for less than e50 including delivery. this is an example http://cgi.ebay.ie/Sony-2GB-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-UK-Stock-k750I-PSP-W800i_W0QQitemZ150011268426QQihZ005QQcategoryZ18871QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
would i regret buying it?

KdjaCL

No but they are counterfeit usually not official brands, and more than likley come from Hong Kong, i have one and its fine.


kdjac

Nephew

i think i'll chance my luck. i paid a little over e100 for a sandisk card 9 months ago, but since i discovered homebrew 1gb isnt enough.

skywalker

Do these cards generally have the full 2gb of space on em. Wasnt there an issue a while back with the counterfeit ones only having 1gb?

Mossy Monk

wtf. £30!!!!! is that correct

going to get myself one of them

blocparty

ya i ordered a 2gb one for £32.99 and it was well worth it. just make sure you buy off someone thats in england and that they have sold alot and have a good track record.

they cost at least double over here so im well happy! 1.5 firmware rules


oh ya and it delivered this morning

Tazzle

I've gotten a 4GB sandisk SD Ultra II for 38 sterling on eBay, definitely going to get a duo off of there aswell.

juanjo

4gb for 38

Nephew

i've read that these cheapo cards have a slow data transfer rate. is this only noticeable when transferring files from a pc to the card, or say if the card was being used for homebrew would it take an age to load and effect the speed at which the homebrew runs?

i'm thinking of buying a cheapo 2gb for my psp, and using my genuine 1gb in my camera

juanjo

got a 2gb pro duo ultraII from england, but it actually came from china. tested the speeds and it is as fast as a real one, so i'm not sure if they are real or not.

BTW 60 euro with delivery and everything.

robinph

blocparty wrote:

just make sure you buy off someone thats in england and that they have sold alot and have a good track record.

None of them are actually being sent from the UK though despite what their location claims to be in their ebay profile.

Just ordered a 2gb myself for £25, and saved about a fiver on the shipping by getting it posted to a mate in the UK I'm visiting next week. For that price though it's worth the risk of it being a dud.

chern0byl

Are the 4gb's worth the stretch?

I was looking at this: http://cgi.ebay.ie/EXCLU-SONY-Memory-stick-4GB-4GO-PRO-DUO-PSP-4-GB-GO_W0QQitemZ260012017741QQihZ016QQcategoryZ117983QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

€160 for 4gigs seems very good, but is 4gb excessive?

TuneR

robinph wrote:

For that price though it's worth the risk of it being a dud.

It may be worth the risk until something goes wrong and you send it back for a replacement, then you get nothing from the manufacturer when they find its fake.....

chern0byl wrote:

Are the 4gb's worth the stretch?

Make sure its compaitable with your Sony product before you buy it:

http://www.sonydigital-link.com/memstick/compatibility/compatibility.asp?l=en

robinph

TuneR wrote:

It may be worth the risk until something goes wrong and you send it back for a replacement, then you get nothing from the manufacturer when they find its fake.....

I'm not going to be sending some memory stick that I got of ebay for £20 back to SanDisk looking for a replacement though, just get another one and hope for better luck next time.

00sully

official 2gig sony duos are on play.com for ~€90 / £60

link

chern0byl

It has to be a pricing error?

Garret

no, tis a sale

Fidelis

Do Play.com ship electronics to Rep. of Ireland now?