Buying an 8GB on Ebay

Kevone07 · 01-04-2009, 08:49 AM

Hey,
I am just wondering if the 8GB on ebay for $20 plus free shipping are actually the brand name Sony because I might buy it. Also, I heard that you cannot go past 4gb on these memory sticks in order for your psp to read the files and show up in it. Is it true?? I have a PSP-1001 (PSP fat) and I am not sure if this chip from ebay will work on my psp. Does anybody know? Please respond to these questions. Thanks in advance.

Fayko · 01-04-2009, 09:18 AM

lol ebay. I laugh at them. 80-90% of tech on ebay is a scam. 20$ isnt A lot of money so i guess its worth the risk to see if it is or not if it is u can always get your money back.

$tretch · 01-04-2009, 04:17 PM

I bought one off ebay for $20, shipped straight from hong kong. Came in Sony packaging, but the vacuum-pack was loose

Definitely counterfeit. I've had a few incidents where I lost data on it, but found a program for the PC that let me recover corrupted data. Doesn't happen very often, but is annoying when it does.

torin_93 · 01-04-2009, 04:53 PM

I have an 8gb it works fine! You just cant use it as a MMS

pricemeista33 · 01-04-2009, 05:13 PM

If I were you the best option would be an 8G from "dealextreme" for a measly $16 all day long. They also have 16Gs for $45 and that's a steal.

COmplexs · 01-04-2009, 11:21 PM

All memory cards shipped from China are fake your will have a nightmare problem of losing data its better just to bite the bullet and buy a authentic one, today I bought 8GB Sandisk memory pro duo for $39.99 at Staples since it was on sale because it's Sunday and for the same price you could have bought a Sony one at best buy but it was 4gb so I got twice as much for the same price. Always wait until Sunday if you have a local shop near you and go when they have specials to buy one but never and I mean NEVER buy one on ebay it will not be worth your time unless you buy it for a few bucks and want to live with the hassle of losing data and maybe have slower read speeds.

Kevone07 · 01-05-2009, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pricemeista33

If I were you the best option would be an 8G from "dealextreme" for a measly $16 all day long. They also have 16Gs for $45 and that's a steal.

Do you think it is better than buying a store band (Sony) memory stick off of ebay instead of a generic brand (Mark2).

George xD · 01-05-2009, 02:56 AM

Well you no even if its not real its worth it. I bought a 16 gb mem stick for$34.95 on the net. For that price it was obviously a fake

but the retail for it brand new was $300. I took it to my local Game Force and got $82.37 for it, more than double what i paid!
Thats modern day hustlen xD

ericheredia · 01-05-2009, 10:19 PM

I got the "sony brand with adapter 8Gb for $20 off ebay" "BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE" lol. Just make sure it says like brand new from warehouse or something, that always seems to work for me.

Jiggyboom · 01-06-2009, 07:18 AM

I was looking at the 16gb ones, I guess the same rules apply really, 2 of them and ill be VERY happy!

opy01 · 01-06-2009, 02:47 PM

yea dont trust anyone selling memory on Ebay. I got screwed out of alot of money on some fake 8G CF cards. I did file with Paypal and Ebay and eventually got a refund but the cards died after copying about 500 Megs. But right before my vacation was a horrible time to get screwed.