But you still got a good deal... especially if all 3 of them worked. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Rand E wrote:
> The price went down $0.48. AFTER I purchased my three of them :-(
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I purchased two USB readers like this
>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-Memory-Card-Reader-Writer-SD-SDHC-MS-CF-TF-MMC_W0QQitemZ220369380228QQihZ012QQcategoryZ51082QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
>> from seller dsdshop1 as recommended by Moose. Very low price, free
>> shipping. Shipped promptly as it arrived fairly quickly from Portland
>> via first class mail. One of the readers didn't work. After examining
>> the CF socket it appeared that one of the pins was short by several mm.
>> Maybe inserted too low. A CF card (with images) was recognized as
>> present (after lots of thinking about it) but deemed to be unformatted.
>>
>> I emailed the seller right away who replied within about 8 hours asking
>> if I preferred a replacement unit. I said yes and received a
>> replacement just as quickly as the original shipment. The second one
>> works fine. There was no need to return the defective unit and I have
>> left the seller positive feedback.
>>
>> Based on the fact that Moose had to get a replacement too it may be that
>> only half of these things work. But at the price it's OK. But I only
>> have CF cards so I have no idea if all the other sockets work too.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
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