I just received 3 SanDisk 4GB Extreme III cards from Adorama. A friend recently had a problem with counterfeit Kingston cards that she purchased from a generally reputable vendor, so I probably paid a little more attention to these cards than I usually do.
I noticed that the cards had what looked like a serial number on the back, and two of the cards had the same number. The third differed by one digit in the middle. This seemed suspicious to me, so I took pictures of the front and back of the three cards, and opened a support case on SanDisk's website to ask their opinion. It took them all of 13 minutes to review my case and respond. They thanked me for the photo, which they said was helpful, and they indicated that they believe the cards to be genuine. The number on the back is more like a lot number than a serial number--they said it relates to the date of manufacture. Their response was well-done and remarkably fast. We've spent millions of dollars with vendors at work and not gotten that kind of response. (And I remain a happy Adorama customer.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
