Once upon a time on usenet s|b wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:34:01 -0400, John McGaw wrote:

So, are we talking about some random vendor on e-bay selling
something and claiming it is a good 128gB drive or are we talking
about a known brand being sold by a reputable retailer?

I bought mine (SanDisk Extreme PRO USB 3.0) *years* ago from a vendor
on eBay (located in Hong Kong). It's fast, reliable, used almost
daily and it still works.

My experience is that if the flash drive is cheaper than say 70% the price
of a brand-name one sold through an official seller it's likely to be either
REALLY slow or fake. (As the price drops further below that 70% the chance
of being slow compared to being fake decreases.)
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)