VERY IMPORTANT!! READ!! sony memory sticks!!!!

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#1 connor1989
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http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/FAKE-Sony-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-MagicGate-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001535763 LOOK AT THIS LINK!!

This is a link to an ebay advice page about sony magicgate memory sticks!!!......it says that basically nearly 100% of sony 1gb 2gb and 4gb memory sticks being sold on ebay are fake....the sellers are puttin up pictures of real ones n then sending you fake ones!

This page is a guide to check your memory sticks, if you have bought a memory stick like the ones shown in the link, i advise you to check them because they cud be fake, this means they run slower, have less memory space etc read more about this on the page!

I have just bought one off ebay but the order hasnt gone through yet so i am going to stop this seller from sending me the item, hopefully i'l be able to stop what hes doing!

so do not buy memory sticks off of ebay! unless it is off of one of the trust sellers in the list on the link!

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#2 WorldOfHurt
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A wise man once said "If it looks too good to be true - it probably is." Don't get burned - buy from reputable retailers where you might have some comeback.
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#3 Santas_Hitman
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I've bought one of these, don't know if I was just lucky or if they aren't as bad as some say, but regardless it has more memory than a standard 2 gb Sony stick and it doesn't seem to run any slower. I haven't had any trouble with mine, works just fine.
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#4 connor1989
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I've bought one of these, don't know if I was just lucky or if they aren't as bad as some say, but regardless it has more memory than a standard 2 gb Sony stick and it doesn't seem to run any slower. I haven't had any trouble with mine, works just fine.Santas_Hitman

ok but go onto your psp...go the controller symbol, then go down to the bottom, click on memory stick and then click triangle, a thing on the right will appear that says information, click on this and this will tell you if ur memory stick is real or not, once you've done it post on here what it says

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#5 Santas_Hitman
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Its fake like I said before, I knew even before I opened the package since it looked like a rip off of Sony packaging. But I did your test, and its still just as fake as it was before lol. Just because it is a rip off of a Sony one, doesn't mean you will always get a lousy quality one. Just means it won't be made by Sony (which half the time seems to be a good thing anyway lol, talking technology in general here). Also I think some of the "OMG ITS A FAKE" factor is spread by Sony itself. Sony hates any third party releases (legit or not) and will often go to extreme lengths to discredit them. Not saying I agree with people passing their stuff off as the official stuff, but I don't really like Sony either.
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#6 connor1989
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ye u were really lucky though because some of them 2gb fakes hust about have 1gb memory space on them, so seeing as i won one off ebay yesterday i am going to try to cancel it and tell the seller that i have reason to believe it is a fake, espcially because he is selling hundreds of them, i'm not going to take the risk of buying a 2gb memory stick that doesnt even have 2gb of memory.....once i've cancelled the ebay one i'm just going to buy one off of amazon.co.uk for 30 pounds!
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That's one of the reasons why I don't shop online. I prefer to buy my stuff straight off the shelf where I'm 100% sure what I'm getting is the real deal.
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is there only fake sony's not sandisk?
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http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/FAKE-Sony-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-MagicGate-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001535763 LOOK AT THIS LINK!!

This is a link to an ebay advice page about sony magicgate memory sticks!!!......it says that basically nearly 100% of sony 1gb 2gb and 4gb memory sticks being sold on ebay are fake....the sellers are puttin up pictures of real ones n then sending you fake ones!

This page is a guide to check your memory sticks, if you have bought a memory stick like the ones shown in the link, i advise you to check them because they cud be fake, this means they run slower, have less memory space etc read more about this on the page!

I have just bought one off ebay but the order hasnt gone through yet so i am going to stop this seller from sending me the item, hopefully i'l be able to stop what hes doing!

so do not buy memory sticks off of ebay! unless it is off of one of the trust sellers in the list on the link!

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#11 connor1989
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is there only fake sony's not sandisk?TIMMYSILL

well the ones going around ebay are only sony, but still watch out wen buying memory sticks, its bests just to buy from amazon because they are safe and cheap....thats wat i'm going to do.......but also another word of warning do not buy the sony memory off of the amazon sellers....only buy them from amazon itself because there has been reports of fake memory sticks from the amazon sellers, just like the ebay ones!!!!

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#12 mGsMadness951
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i dont really trust ebay anyways. i bought my 1gb from buy.com.