shole Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Hi Gurus, I am a new customer of Corsair products. I just recently bought a Voyagermini 8GB flash. There are two things I am curious. 1. My 20+computer years experience tells me that the drive doesn't seem to be brand new (the head is worned), and there are two serial labels (one on the plastic box, one on the small leaflet). 2. The drive doesn't seem to be the same one as depicted in your website. However, the product claimed to be obtained from the official distributor "hornington.com". Can you tell if this is a refurbished or fake one? I don't mind to buy another brand new original Corsair, as long as I know where to get one (in Hong Kong). Thanks everyone in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 hornington.com is a valid distributor of Corsair products in Hong Kong: http://www.corsair.com/wheretobuy/results.aspx?result=true®ion_id=12684&country_id=12706&retailer_type_ids=12759 No idea if it's fake or not though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shole Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 thanks weird for your reply. still no answer from the officials. i recommend that corsair may consider building a database of genuine/refurbished serials, so that everyone can keep track if they are getting a real product from your company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 If there was a list like that then the scammers would use it to make their drives look authentic. Also, serial numbers aren't unique identifiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shole Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 I can only agree partly, namely, scammers can make `good' use of the list if it were made into public. What I mean was just simply making a `serial check-box' on the web, customers enter their serial, then the website response with the status of this serial(say, production country, model etc.) `Also, serial numbers aren't unique identifiers.' This I am not sure, I tend to believe it is unique. Thanks for your response again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 14, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 14, 2009 Does the Drive actually work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shole Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yes. So far the drive worked alright, no noticeable error. I think I should make it clear. When i buy corsair, I really aim for getting a corsair. Not because of the price, but the brand. As you can realize, there are hundreds of companies making usb sticks in the market, Sandisk, etc. They are selling at among the same price as similar model of Corsair's. Using another usb stick will work as well, the difference is that it is not corsair. Note that as a customer, you will buy Sony is not only because it works well, but just becasue it is Sony. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 To clarify, the lot number is not unique, and for the rare items that have serial numbers, they aren't unique either. Confirmed this years ago, and just now via Ram Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shole Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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