My sister bought a Sony MS Pro Duo (High Speed) 2GB from Thudermatch (Lowyat) at MYR80. She show it to me and I wonder it is genuine even though she said the sale staff confirmed that it is original. I inserted the memory into my PSP, and the MagicGate is shown as unknown. Besides, looking at the packing, the plastic packing is not fully sealed and in fact it is soled at selected points at the edge of the plastic cover. I did a test on the speed of the memory. It can only reach about 2MB/sec on the transfer rate. I went to Sony Centre to do a further verification. The staff there verified that it is fake and on top of that they show me that the Sony sticker is fake by using a special gadget.

I went to Thudermatch and seek for an explanation. The staff there wow...... surprisingly they challenged that they told my sister that it is fake before she bought. However, they said I can exchange for other product if I don't want the memory. I was so angry, and I asked for refund. They said no. Then, the more angry I was. I said I will report this to the government consumer department as they are giving the impression of selling fake product is legal. Then only the issue escalated to the manager and they agreed to refund.

I did a few search in internet and happen to see that Thurdermatch is selling fake memory and cheating people. You can refer to following thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/433462.

Hope to highlight this to everyone.

well i think the price automatically will tell u its a fake card. no 2gb sony ms is sold less than rm100 la....so i guess its the fault of the buyer as well partially...everyone know that sales person will use all kind of method to sell their stuff as they get commision out of it. so as the buyer, you should know something about the item you want to buy before you buy it. be aware next time.

Just make the report and don't wait for them to settle. The faster, the better. That will teach those bastards a lesson.

How much ur sister bought that 2Gb mmc ????

I've never wanted to step foot in thundermatch since my encounter with their unethical business method.

go to http://forum.lowyat.net/Price&DealersGuide..

u will know the ugly side of them

This post has been edited by blessedvillain: Feb 18 2008, 09:36 AM

I suggest bring along ur receipt and ur fake memory card and make a report... If not many will fall into their traps...

This post has been edited by LeonTan: Feb 17 2008, 06:28 PM

As much as i agree with you that there is a 'small' part of fault within the buyer, BUT she ASKED if it's original and the sales stuff say YES. Well pardon me not everyone knows how to tell between a fake an the original. Agree?

yes.... AGREE... AGREE... Now is the problem where the seller claim its Ori and that's already break the law... Not everyone knows how to tell that the MSPD is ori or fake... price too...

Better report it now than to wait for them to buck up.....it will never happen.

same thing happened to me before but not thundermatch, it's a game shop at my area.

This post has been edited by ITGuys: Feb 17 2008, 06:42 PM

so original sony transfer is ?

fake = 2mb per sec, whats original transfer rate?

it's already known tat thundermatch are an unethical retailers. if i were u, although i got the refund, i would report this to sony directly.

ThunderMatch , that sh*t shop..and alot people complain about the shop.
next time just go complain at cosumer department....

1. The price is too good to be genuine
2. Bring your PSP when buying mspd.

This post has been edited by dattebayo: Feb 17 2008, 09:04 PM

Be a man do the right thing. Go report to consumer's right and sony HQ.

Transfer Speed (parallel transfer) : 160Mbps (20MBsec)Minimum Write Speed: 15Mbps

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/253770

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/321236

for sony memory stick pro duo or memory stick micro(m2),always look for this sticker

he sell u fake with ori price ??
my psp also using fake 4G.B RM140.

Wow......now I just know that not only my sister got cheated, but out there, there are lots of people also having the same experience with Thundermatch.

Anyway, I will get this issue reported. At least for the reference of relevant authority. The Thundermatch shop looks big......but now I just worry that some of the products inside are questionable......

wow.. now i know about this shop.. the next time i go KL and go low yat i will never step into this shop.. haha

well,thundermatch good for window shopping tho

Please make a report to Sony HQ.
...for other consumers sake.
otherwise more ppl will get into the trap.

4gb is only RM105

can vouch for that, nice to window shop ONLY there hahahah....

hahaha....kena from Thundermatch again!!!??! I was one of the silent consumer!! bought a spoilt keyboard but when I wanted to return the next day, they say i myself spoilt it!!! No warranty for keyboard!!! THEY SEE ME AS GIRL THEN CAN BULLY ME!!!

I've WARNED so many ppl about their ugly biz ethics!! FAST FAST make report while you still have prove!!!

This post has been edited by diggnation: Feb 18 2008, 09:26 AM

I believe the truth is the staff also dunno it is ori or not..
So they just simply reply to customer.. besides, fake MSPD looked so ori on its packaging..

ya..i believe the staffs who were selling are not to be blamed...but maybe partially if they themselves knew that the items are not original.

The main culprit here is the company Thundermatch itself. They are the one who brought in the fake goods and tell the promoters to sell as originals.

One of my friends bought a LCD from Thundermatch and found out it was used in some CyberGames events and the runtime of the LCD were already more than 1 week!!

Anyone know that if you buy the psp package which is Rm780 now which include a modded psp + 4gb <-------- which is actually a fake with 1mb transfer speed only

Even my rm200 4gb sandisk can reach at least 5mb transfer speed...

damn many con sales now

report to sony lar...let sony take cares of them

yaa mate have them sony lawyers give them a pain in their ***

i just gave my friend who's working in Sony a call bout this matter... he says he will email to appropriate department on this matter...

He's the one i mentioned earlier on the re-sale of used LCDs by thundermatch!! Just a recap for those who missed my post.... he bought a LCD from thundermatch that was used by some cybergames event. He got to know bout this when he checked the runtime of the LCD in the hidden menu..

he has the vengeance on Thundermatch, and i believe if this is true, thundermatch will have to pay for their dishonesty towards their customers

they have been in these kind of practice since long ago. last time my fren used to work there, they supply hw to cc but get them 2nd hand items. guess being dishonest is the fastest way to get rich

should ask more forumers that have been cheated by thundermatch to come forward and report them to authority. Maybe the moderators should look into this and warn the others bout this if there's proove.

really sad that such a big company would practice such unethical business...

well in this kin of world there will alway be cases like that, easiest example ENRON.........though might be a bit far fetched

i saw that some of u all said that u can check fake or genuine with ur psp.. how do u do that...

This post has been edited by vincentlaw: Feb 22 2008, 03:08 PM

1. Go to Music/Video & rest on "Memory stick". You'll see the available free space in the card.
2. Press (triangle) on your PSP, then select "information" with the "Circle" button.If it says "MagicGate: Unknown"...you have a fake memory card. In genuine cards, you will see "MagicGate: Supported"

So be careful of buying memory stick or other products from Thundermatch, they have business ethical problem.

ooo now i know.. thank you very much on that.... hehe even i got psp.. i dont know that.... anyway mind to explain wat is magicgate for?..... anyway 2 of my fren had bad experience from ThunderMatch also.... both go RMA.... one of them 4months only get back OLD used card... and another 1 about 2months... both of their MSI 7900GT spoil within a year

hehe

i buy 4gb fake one only at 100

survey lar dulu...

tmt sucks!!!

ooo so cheap where u get it?

thundermatch?

im asking "winsonliow3"... hehe... coz for fake 1 at rm100 consider cheapest already lor.... haha izzit fake among the fake ?

This post has been edited by vincentlaw: Feb 23 2008, 01:15 PM

so cheap the fake ones....hahaha

Wow......wow...... Thundermatch is such a f@*ker

of course what, lower price get lower quality.

thundermatch price list 8GB MSPD RM280

then it is confirmed imitation mspd

Well i think its up to their honesty, if they say fake then still consider ok, if they FAKE us by saying is ORI, then its unacceptable lo... And also comment to all ppl, nex time if want purchase somethings, make sure u see them OPEN the sealed box in front of u if not they might be a 2nd hand unit, beware....
btw.. thundermatch is GOOD for window shopping oni.... price not really nice over there... juz a comment by me =P
cheers =)