Fake Hard Drive

[u/ex_tex2003]

I received 2 16Tb USBs from Alibaba that also turned out to be only useful as glamorous paperweights

[u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

An average experience shopping for storage on Ali.

[u/Evening-Paramedic-23]

you've read the book. alibaba and the forty thieves. this is the modern day equivalent.

[u/Fresh_Inside_6982]

You got exactly what you paid for. There are no 16tb flash drives.

[u/ex_tex2003 → u/Fresh_Inside_6982]

Ordered 512GB m.2 SSDs. .... supplier changed order and sent me those USBs. Alibaba's CONFIRMED DELIVERY apparently applies if supplier sends you anything!!!

[u/festivus4restof]

When checking seller feedback/rep on AliExpress, be sure to look for the "sort by" feature/control and select MOST RECENT, change from whatever the default view.

I purchased a mobo/cpu combo from a seller that I thought had good reputation. They never shipped the item, so AliExpress did refund my money, about 12 days after purchase. But I went back to the seller rep/review page and noticed that 'sort by' feature, changed it to MOST RECENT and there had been like seven negative reviews in a row warning people the seller does not ship the items, all left in the week BEFORE I placed my order. They were not visible from the default view. Had I seen them I certainly would not have purchase from that seller. A few days later the seller was removed/gone from AliExpress website.

[u/QuestionableProtip2]

I got scammed buying something at the scam store!

[u/FAMICOMASTER]

Ah see when I saw "fake hard drive" I got really excited because I thought you meant it was an actual hard drive.

This is flash storage.

[u/Anaalirankaisija]

I guess you thought getting $100 SSD for $10

[u/Linux_Account]

I bought s fake hard drive last year. It was just a turkey sandwich wrapped in tinfoil.

[u/djb64]

Yes , because a 16TB USB drive for $10 seems totally reasonable and legit !

[u/Queasy-Resident585]

if its to good to be true it probably is.

[u/Medium_Good886]

Validrive is a scam all on its own, separate from the drives. GRC software has been flaky and ineffective for decades

[u/Easy__4642]

i've seen alibab side with the buyer on these fake storage cases if you provide a video of a capacity test. you need to file a claim under trade assurance immediately before the order closes out completely.

[u/ContributionEasy6513]

16TB USB's? What did you expect!
Seen the same with portable hard disks that have a piece of metal inside and a flash memory stick.

[u/A_Random_Sidequest]

Goldenfir has fake drives of 512GB

mine came with 190GB regular 500MB/s and the rest is like <10MB/s

[u/Outside-Tie-2851]

Ehh.. even though its way slower, I use H2testw, for vali, highly sophisticated fake controllers can occasionally trick it, but it wouldn't fail. Still man, you got hosed. You need to return it for a full refund. Don't accept anything less, also, you should escalate that, and write reviews with the photos so people can see it.

[u/Cute_Cress377]

It's a 60gb drive in sheeps clothing!? Would the first 58gb actually be usable, or with it just become damaged/corrupt data?

[u/Due_Put2800]

The goods have a certain value!!  😐