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Solve : 8GB Flash Drive for 99c! (It's true)? |
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Answer» Free shipping, supports WINDOWS 98, ME, 2000, XP MAC OS 9.x or higher, Plug-n-Play, 30 day money back guarantee AND it ships worldwide! Free shipping, supports Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP MAC OS 9.x or higher, Plug-n-Play, 30 day money back guarantee AND it ships worldwide!Obviously, you don't know how the ebay auction works. $0.99 is simply the starting price. Bidding on this item doesn't close until Dec 27, six days from now. Quote from: Deerpark on December 21, 2007, 04:47:17 AM I'm never buying a flash drive on eBay. I've seen too many stories on sellers faking the storage capacity on drives or infecting the drives with trojans (or even combinations of both). That's why you first plug them in to a linux box and wipe out everything and repartition it to remove the hidden/locked partitions and files. If there is a VIRUS, linux doesn't care...... I had to do this with my sandisk cruzer mini because sandisk puts their lame AUTOPLAY software on a hidden partition that windows can't delete.I'm not really that worried about virus... I can take care of that. But not even Linux can help you if your spanking new 8 gig drive turns out to be a 128 mb drive in disguise. They actually fiddle with the partition table to make them report whatever size they want them to be.Deerpark, I would agree with you that caution must be exercised when purchasing on ebay. But, the feedback system and feedback rating used by ebay is an effective tool to help buying make decisions and, in this case, I think one does not have much too worry about. This seller has accumulated 2457 feedbacks, with a 100% positive rating. And, if you look at the details of the feedbacks, you'll find where customers have already bought 8GB flash drives from him and left positive feedback. So, he looks like a trustworthy seller.Oh I'm not accusing this seller of being bad and with the amount of positive feedback he has the drives are probably alright. I'm just expressing my general attitude towards buying flash drives on an auction site. There are just too many uncertainties for my liking. For some things I just prefer shopping in places where I know I've got a good chance of getting my money back if the product doesn't live up to my expectations. Besides at my local MicroCenter they are giving them away like candy this shopping season...sometimes all you have to do is smile at someone who works there and is tired of stupid questions. Quote from: Deerpark on December 21, 2007, 12:16:26 PM For some things I just prefer shopping in places where I know I've got a good chance of getting my money back if the product doesn't live up to my expectations.I have to admit that flash drive looks about as generic as anything can be. So, I think I'd be asking the seller a few questions about it if I were thinking about bidding on it. And, if I bought it, I'd do some testing right away to confirm it's an 8GB drive, has normal transfer speed, etc. He does state on his auction, "30 Day money back guarantee." So, I'd check it out thoroughly soon after getting it and be sure to contact the seller within that 30 day period if problems arise. Having said that, I, like you, would rather get a flash drive from regular sellers. My first flash drive, a PNY 256MB drive, developed a defect after I had it for about 11 months. The inner part came loose from the outer casing. It was under a 1 year warranty. I contacted PNY; they replaced it. I saw patio's comment about MicroCenter. Best Buy has also had some good deals during the holiday season.Just remember...keep SMILING !I have learned a lot from here. Thank you all for your replies.Quote from: michaewlewis on December 21, 2007, 10:51:16 AM That's why you first plug them in to a linux box and wipe out everything and repartition it to remove the hidden/locked partitions and files. If there is a virus, linux doesn't care...... That is quite annoying, isn't it? Thankfully, there is an uninstaller available on the U3 site... http://www.u3.com/uninstall |
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