I wouldn't have thought that Fry's would do that, but maybe. It's a big problem, especially when mission critical airplane parts and military weapons parts work their way into the distribution chain.
I'm currently in dialog with SanDisk and eBay... I guess my flash drives are fake, but when I questioned SanDisk how they could be sure they were fake just from the Serial# & Vendor ID# I was informed that information was confidential... It's convenient too... I think counterfeiters would try to take care of getting those numbers right and it would really require an examination of the product to be sure. I guess I just have to trust SanDisk.. An article on the topic of counterfeit products was just published. (Looks like I'm just one of many).. Counterfeits inundating high-tech market By Dean Takahashi Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13774284.htm "Complaints and lawsuits have spurred eBay to hire more than 1,000 anti-fraud specialists." ... "San Jose's online auction site eBay gets thousands of complaints each month over counterfeit goods." Wayne Jr On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:27:29 -0800, David Looney wrote: > > No, I have to confess I didn't check if they were counterfeit, or > even consider it at the time. > > All the Cruzer drives that gave me the bad taste were bought from > Fry's last year some time. I think I just pitched mine, but two > other guys took their's back and exchanged for a different brand. > Don't know what happened to the fourth. > > Surely, Fry's wouldn't sell counterfeit drives ... or would they > (they were on sale very cheap) ? > > David Looney > > Wayne Jr wrote: > >> David, Did you contact SanDisk support and verify that your >> Sandisk flash drives are not counterfeit? It's easy to do on >> their website. >> >> I suspect that the markets are being flooded with (Chinese >> probably) counterfeit SanDisk flash drives with pretty much >> identical packaging and so that it looks just like the real >> product. I haven't had any experience with any other SanDisk >> products, but when I was pricing these flashdrives I easily found >> sources on the net offering bulk prices of $45 for a 25 piece lot. >> > -- > The question is not if you're paranoid, but whether you're paranoid > enough. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
