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New record for fake products online

BenStark

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I bought a WD Green on Shopee recently, and it came with genuine 3 year warranty. Checked on the WD and Synnex site.

 

So I was looking for a WD Blue as well, on Shopee and Lazada. I only selected sellers with many sales, good reputation and several years members.

 

What I found was astonishing to say the least.

 

Going through the reviews, there are so many reviews " great seller- working well - HAVEN'T TRIED YET".

Really?????????

 

Many of them are even so dumb to post pictures of the item with the serial number visible, so easy to check the warranty online.

 

None of them, unless they had a Synnex sticker, have their serial number recognized by WD. NONE of them.

 

But this FIVE star review for a 3 year seller with 6.3K ratings breaks really all records.

 

The SSD was received by the buyer on June 7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but will only be produced next month

 

 

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A new record was set when the Thai custom sells fake luxurious items as genuine and for big money, who we are to complain about Lazada and others?

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4 minutes ago, Henryford said:

Just buy from WD. Anywhere else is a risk.

Depends on you doing due diligence. I bought this week a WD Green 250GB on Shopee for 419 baht shipping included.

 

Warranty by Synnex / JIB till June 29 2026, double checked on the Synnex and WD websites.

 

Cheapest I could find elsewhere, and that I could trust, was 666 baht + shipping

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Don't forget as you're buying in Thailand, the date would be in Buddist years, so that makes this 1480. Somewhat old stock, suggest you don't buy it as most likely the platters have rusted.

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5 minutes ago, RayWright said:

Don't forget as you're buying in Thailand, the date would be in Buddist years, so that makes this 1480. Somewhat old stock, suggest you don't buy it as most likely the platters have rusted.

SSDs do not have Platters. ONLY YOU think so.  555

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12 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

SSDs do not have Platters. ONLY YOU think so.  555

Good point. Still wouldn't touch it. 

Mind you, New Tech does appear in old pictures and paintings, like Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller's 1860 picture 'The Expected One' with the girl holding an iPhone.

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7 minutes ago, NextG said:

I know. I just thought I’d bring it before you sprung for a SATA drive. 
Also, some NVMe are also without DRAM. It’s a bit more complicated with PCIe drives. 

WD Blue is Nand, which is better than Dram, according to the research I could find

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18 hours ago, BenStark said:

Depends on you doing due diligence. I bought this week a WD Green 250GB on Shopee for 419 baht shipping included.

 

Warranty by Synnex / JIB till June 29 2026, double checked on the Synnex and WD websites.

 

Cheapest I could find elsewhere, and that I could trust, was 666 baht + shipping

Open the case and check the drive inside you may be very surprised, I did and it was nothing like what was advertised. 

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An acquaintance sent 3 WD HDDs away under warranty. It took months, but he got replacements. Nice. 
Two of my WD HDDs died. To me, the lost data is more important that replacement.

Now I only buy Seagate. And the drives connect via a docking station. 

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19 hours ago, RayWright said:

Good point. Still wouldn't touch it. 

Mind you, New Tech does appear in old pictures and paintings, like Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller's 1860 picture 'The Expected One' with the girl holding an iPhone.

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Looks more like that dreaded Bibley Book than an iPhone.

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Usually takes minimal research to sort out the fakes.  If something expensive, buy from manufacturer, or authorized resellers 'they link you to' ... not really rocket science.

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2 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Usually takes minimal research to sort out the fakes.  If something expensive, buy from manufacturer, or authorized resellers 'they link you to' ... not really rocket science.

On Lazada no brand is usually all you need to read, despite listed as Samsung etc and only use Lazmall for expensive items

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4 hours ago, kennw said:

Open the case and check the drive inside you may be very surprised, I did and it was nothing like what was advertised. 

You really think I didn't do that already?

 

 

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21 hours ago, RayWright said:

Good point. Still wouldn't touch it. 

Mind you, New Tech does appear in old pictures and paintings, like Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller's 1860 picture 'The Expected One' with the girl holding an iPhone.

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Holding a Prayer Book !

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And this is the response from Shopee after I reported 6 listings with clear pictured evidence to them twice.

 

In short, they are aware they sell fake products, and they knowingly engage in scamming their customers.

 

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On 7/20/2023 at 11:09 AM, ezzra said:

A new record was set when the Thai custom sells fake luxurious items as genuine and for big money,

...inadvertently and it was money that would be refunded.   You, conveniently, forgot to mention that.

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On 7/23/2023 at 11:33 AM, BenStark said:

Have a look at this listing on Lazada

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/sansumg-galaxy-tab-s8-12512gb-101-tablet-android-android-100-ram12gb-rom512gb-4g5g-full-hd-i3435287291-s12731427661.html?

 

Going on for years already, with so far more than 100 customers posting that it is fake, and doesn't even has the Samsung brand name as stated in the listing, yet Lazada has done anything?

What can Lazada do about that.  They're clearly advertising a "Sansumg", not a Samsung, how does anyone know that it's a fake Sansumg?

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