On 8/14/2018 1:33 PM, 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.

Sure, you can certainly get a good drive -- it isn't impossible. If the
drive isn't a counterfeit and isn't made by some company like, for example,
GXT, and if the vendor is likely to back up the sale. I find that buying
some things from ebay is akin to Russian roulette -- most of the time it
works out OK but when it goes bad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kix3JKn08OU