[PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

[Ben Koenig]

The Marketing and advertising style for the product paged you linked tells
an entire story. Here is how I read it ....

<ad>
USB 2.0 Flash Drive !! 32 GB !!  Lots of SEO buzz words and exclamation
marks !!  !!

Size: 256 GB !!
Model: USB 3.0 !!!

Brand: needyouknow
Must you know? I don't think so!

The Item is Perfect !!!!!

BUY BUY BUY
!! This item 100% NEW !!

Give me to all your friends !! Perfect Gift !!

Your BEST Online Business Friend !!
100% NOT a scam !! BUY !!
</ad>

The Brand name is really what gets me though. needyouknow ? ;-)



On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:40 PM, wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:39 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:30:25 -0700
> > John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> dijo:
> >
> > >And considering that the goods say nothing about the size I can guess
> > >what will happen when eBay gets my complaint. The seller will insist
> > >that they never said the drive was 256GB. Well, we'll see what happens.
> >
> > Yep. I just brought up the listing and, sure enough, the seller has
> > modified it after the sale. I don't know if it will show up for y'all,
> > but here is the link:
> >
> >         https://tinyurl.com/yaptv9sf
> >
> > If that doesn't work, it is item 163143044072.
> >
> > Interestingly, the price has also been lowered (although I have the
> > PayPal transaction). And the seller changed the size and price, but it
> > still has the pic that says 256GB.
> >
> >
> Under "Item specifics" it still says "Storage Capacity: 256GB"
>
> It also claims to be usb3, of which I'm very skeptical. As for "who dun it"
> ... it occurs to me that this seller could just as easily have purchased
> these believing they were 256gb drives, and only learned they were fakes
> after selling some and getting complaints. Hopefully they are cooperative
> with your return.
>
> Incidentally, I bought a pack of 5 of these (correctly labeled) for about
> $35 earlier this year. I tested them by putting a bunch of data on them,
> though now I'm probably going to install f3 just to see what it says. I'm
> happy enough with them that I just ordered a new set. Here's to hoping
> they're also real...
>
> If you do end up finding a real 256gb drive for a reasonable price, please
> let us know. I wouldn't mind getting one or two myself. I'm just not
> willing to buy a bunch of them to find out which ones are real.
>
> -wes
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