Warm - [$109.99] Samsung 512GB 100MB/S (U3) Microsd EVO Select Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME512GA/AM)

I read some of the reviews and there seems to be a lot of Samsung fakes in there. I assume it's similar to how there are some fake SanDisk cards.

ds2chan wrote: ↑ I read some of the reviews and there seems to be a lot of Samsung fakes in there. I assume it's similar to how there are some fake SanDisk cards.

This has come up in past threads - these particular cards are not fake (provided they are shipped and sold by Amazon). The price is okay. IIRC, the best price to jump in on these was $90 or so, therefore I don't think it's too warm a deal.

ReaperEXE wrote: ↑ This has come up in past threads - these particular cards are not fake (provided they are shipped and sold by Amazon). The price is okay. IIRC, the best price to jump in on these was $90 or so, therefore I don't think it's too warm a deal.

People were saying the SanDisk cards that were sold and shipped from Amazon were fakes too. I have never ordered SD cards from Amazon because of this but some of the reviews for SanDisk are saying that the cards being sold by Amazon are probably mixed in with the cards sold by other sellers. Of course, this is just an assumption and nobody but Amazon knows.

There are generally no fakes of the Evo Select (green color) because it's an Amazon exclusive. You cannot buy it outside Amazon.
No funny inventory from Chinese scammers to mix up the stock.

Evo Plus (red color) which is the non-Amazon exclusive has fakes everywhere, including the ones sold on Amazon.
The two cards are pretty much identical in terms of performance.

Many years ago, Sandisk used to have something called "frustration free packaging". It's a generic OEM packaging in a cardboard envelope for sites like Amazon. Those were pretty much legit. I'm not sure why they stopped doing it though.

All the Samsung micro sd cards in bought around Christmas were legit. A couple didnt pass the Samsung verification test but were legit cards just too old for the test.

ShocWave wrote: ↑ There are no generally no fakes of the Evo Select (green color) because it's an Amazon exclusive. You cannot buy it outside Amazon.
No funny inventory from Chinese scammers to mix up the stock.

Evo Plus (red color) which is the non-Amazon exclusive has fakes everywhere, including the ones sold on Amazon.
The two cards are pretty much identical in terms of performance.

If you look at the US site, there is another seller that sells these so the possibility that fakes have leaked into the inventory is non-zero. I'd test it with H2testw just so be safe anyways.

Jep4444 wrote: ↑ If you look at the US site, there is another seller that sells these so the possibility that fakes have leaked into the inventory is non-zero. I'd test it with H2testw just so be safe anyways.

The risk can exist with any brand, but I think in terms of supply, there are more fakes of non-exclusive cards.
So if you were buying a card from Amazon, the risk would be greatly reduced by choosing Samsung Evo Select over another alternative.

It's always a good idea to perform a read test on any new memory card or hard disk you buy, just in case it's defective.
You don't want it to fail after writing 500GB of pictures onto it, then crapping out at the 501th GB.

ShocWave wrote: ↑ The risk can exist with any brand, but I think in terms of supply, there are more fakes of non-exclusive cards.
So if you were buying a card from Amazon, the risk would be greatly reduced by choosing Samsung Evo Select over another alternative.

Oh for sure, the point is it doesn't really matter what you buy on Amazon, I'd rather test it than not.

This is regular price. I've been following this card for a while, it's gone down to $95 via Amazon Warehouse, and dipped to $90 during the holidays but regular price is $109.

Check 3C for proof, RFD won't let me post a link.

Sold by Amazon is one thing, sold by 3rd party and shipped by Amazon is another thing

lightmeup wrote: ↑ Sold by Amazon is one thing, sold by 3rd party and shipped by Amazon is another thing

Stock can get mixed between Amazon and Fulfilled by Amazon, that's why you hear reports of people getting fakes with items sold directly by Amazon.

i bought a 128gb SD card the other day and ran through 3 of the 11 tests on this site link. very useful, if not time consuming. i highly recommend at least doing 2 and 3.

In my opinion these stories about amazon mixing stock are possible but highly unlinkely. They don't mix in the warehouses. I'm pretty sure most of these cases are people who bought from third party and shipped by amazon, as they were clueless.

I've bought several sd cards from amazon and have 0 fakes in 8 years.

BearBraz wrote: ↑ In my opinion these stories about amazon mixing stock are possible but highly unlinkely. They don't mix in the warehouses. I'm pretty sure most of these cases are people who bought from third party and shipped by amazon, as they were clueless.

I've bought several sd cards from amazon and have 0 fakes in 8 years.

What Amazon does is if an order is placed and there is no stock from that seller in a local warehouse but there is from another seller, they'll send the other sellers item. This means there are two ways it can happen, either your most local warehouse is sold out of the Amazon owned product (somewhat unlikely though not impossible) or when an order was placed with a third party seller and that seller is not local to the buyer, they send the item from their own stock and replace their own inventory with that from the sellers (this seems more likely to happen). So yes the odds of a fake go down but it does happen and it's been confirmed that people have indeed received counterfeit items from Amazon in the past. It's really not a big deal as long as you test the memory card since Amazon will replace the item if it is a fake.

Hot if 70$ allin

lukewarm at best. The price is still 22% higher than prior to Christmas. The all-time low is $89, according to my automated *************** plugin. So paying $20 more now, especially when there are competing products always priced less expensive is comical.

"Time machine blah blah".. well, if you actually need a new memory card now, price doesn't make much difference anytime does it? That claim is just an excuse for being a lazy PoS.

The Lexar and Patriot 512Gb SDXC cards have been selling below $100 consistently for months, and many people have had good reviews and good experience with them - I have several of each and they have run all tests successfully, and proven reliable for months. Samsung cards haven't proven better performers or better priced than any other brand-name product on the market so there's nothing to justify a price premium for them.


Oh, what's that?
The Sandisk 512Gb card is now on for $99? (actually, this is already trending upwards - it was $92 earlier this week)

"To shreds, you say."

AmRando wrote: ↑ Oh, what's that?
The Sandisk 512Gb card is now on for $99? (actually, this is already trending upwards - it was $92 earlier this week)

Not comparable. Samsung is a U3 card.