CF cards on Ebay?

Gventure

Anyone heard of scams selling poor quality ripoffs? I want to purchase a few cards around 4GBs and some of the prices on ebay seem good - but I'd hate to buy a junk card. I can imagine there is a lucrative market on knockoffs

Thanks,
G

hgernhardtjr

There are knockoffs as well as true brand names ... ya takes yer chances!

Nonetheless, there is one inexpensive yet apparently hgh quality brand available from Newegg and other reputable stores called Ritek by Ridata ... it is undersung but works well.

I have this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820183020 and it works like a charm (been using it only 2+ months though). It has a good warantee, too. I trust my SanDisks, both CF and MemoryStick, and the RiTEk Pro Silver (150x) CF has earned that same trust. (note ... they have several tiers of speed ... the Pro Silver is their fastest, and shooting RAW bursts with both 20D and 30D has seemed to show a very slight increase in frames shot rapidly).

Gventure wrote:

Anyone heard of scams selling poor quality ripoffs? I want to purchase a few cards around 4GBs and some of the prices on ebay seem good - but I'd hate to but a junk card. I can imagine there is a lucrative market on knockoffs

Thanks,
G

SpeshulEd

I use the 4gb ritek cf is my 20d and it works like a charm - great price too!