beware of FAKE CARDS!!!

canfind. · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 8:59 pm

so i seen this guy on craigslist selling compact cards for cheap about 6 bucks. called him up arranged a meeting by the bart station. spent nearly $10 for the train alone (round trip). it was mad hot then boom he shows up yadda yadaa got the cards told me they cool and everything and i talked him into giving me four 1gb compact flash cards for $20.

went home eager to do some sampling, sampled some loops. i turned my 404 off just to simulate the next day scenario and BAM! my samples went skippy mcgee!! FFFUUUUUUUUCKK!!! im heeeted!

BEWARE! DO NOT BUY FAKE COMPACT FLASH CARDS!

cartesia · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 3:38 am

lol.

"you get what you pay for"
"if its too good to be true, it probably is"

hurlingdervish · **Joined:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 1676

i sound like some sort of geezer when i say this but i really dont trust buying anything off the internet yet...even paypal isnt that reliable i hear. craigslist seems like you could get some awesome shit just make sure you arrange some sort of trial, if they are honest people they should let you try it out, if they dont then dont bother.

canfind. · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 7:01 am

it was mad cheap for me to pass up. shoulda tested it on the spot but i didnt wanna bring my sp with me. luckily my roommate lend me his 128mb card from his br900. who wants cards?! :mrgreen:

where can you get 1gb cards anyway? i called up guitar center and they were charging like $70 for that shit

cartesia · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 7:24 am

ebay is the best place for cards in my experience.

THEWEAZ · **Posted:** Thu May 21, 2009 3:50 pm

Not sure why this is in production techniques but I got mine from Amazon, 5x 2 gig cards for $50...

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-ULTRA-CompactFlash-Card-SDCFH-2048-901/dp/B0001CNMFM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1242920862&sr=8-2

Not sure if this is the same seller I got mine from but best prices I could find.

PHeMoX · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 9:42 pm

canfind. wrote:

it was mad cheap for me to pass up. shoulda tested it on the spot but i didnt wanna bring my sp with me. luckily my roommate lend me his 128mb card from his br900. who wants cards?! :mrgreen:

where can you get 1gb cards anyway? i called up guitar center and they were charging like $70 for that shit

Fake cards in what sense though? Not every brand (however cheap or expensive) really is supported. Unfortunately there's a bunch of brands that simply don't work, even though it works fine for normal storage use on a computer.

tape smoke · **Joined:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:06 am **Posts:** 1877

i dont buy cards on craiglist, cause it might be the cragslist killer selling them . :lol:

drewzle · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 12:03 pm

cartesia wrote:

ebay is the best place for cards in my experience.

yes - just go for familiar name brand cards!

i bought a bunch of 32mg - 1 gig sized cards from eBay, the brand was "Unity Digital" - the SP reads samples on 'em, but if you try to run a sequence it shits itself. poor form.

*touch wood* so far it's ok if you're sequencing remotely (i'm using QY70), but i wouldn't want to trust these dodgy cards in a live situation

normally i say fuck brands; i'm a Home Brand kinda guy, I shop at Aldi and don't wear 'fashion' labels - but when it comes to CF cards, i gotta go with the known brands purely for reliability

wax inspektor · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 4:53 pm

off-topic........

[quote="Drewzle... I shop at Aldi... [/quote]

So we're eating the same shit?! :lol:

Didn't know that Aldi is that 'famous' in the world...
Wonder if you got the same products...?!

drewzle · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:35 pm

probably man, the chocolate i grab from Aldi (i'm a munchies fiend) is Produkt von Deutschland

delicious :mrgreen:

tape smoke · **Joined:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:06 am **Posts:** 1877

i imagine aldis is something like giant tiger.

i get my clothes and food there. but learned my lesson with discount frozen pizza.

PHeMoX · **Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm

master Lo wrote:

i imagine aldis is something like giant tiger.

i get my clothes and food there. but learned my lesson with discount frozen pizza.

yup, that sounds a lot like Aldi.

I have to say though, they got plenty of good products too that are worth the discount. Just need to know what, when and where.

beware of FAKE CARDS!!!

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