>browsing on eBay>these two listings are next to each otherWhat do you notice?
The problem here is whatever chink put this listing up (both are Chinese) didn't even look to see if the second image checked out. Makes me think a lot of auction scamming is fully LLM automated now, posting, image scraping, watermark removal, etc.Amazon and eBay don't give a fuck either.
>>542192498I got permanently banned from eBay for calling this out and returning the fake shit
>>542192762I have tried to report auctions like this but gotten no response. I bought a fake Greek coin from Libya (shipping was only $4.00!) and I knew it was a fake made of precious metal clay and I got it and it was fake, I reported it and eBay didn't do shit. But the dude himself from Libya was like "it's a good example" but I told him where he fucked up, my mother is a jeweler and works sometimes in PMC and he had cladded silver to the outside. Also PMC shrinks and his coin was too small. He was OK for a dirty muslim scammer lol. I only paid $17 for the coin with shipping.
>>542192872As long as they make their fees they don’t give a fuck they’re selling fake shit
>>542192988Fake chips are super abundant on eBay and Amazon and etc. Heck a lot of the serial chips that claim to be FTDI are fake, that's a whole story in and of itself.
This affects everybody. Think of all the QIZIBOO brand stuff on Amazon you've bought.
>>542192498as someone who procures ic for robotics it's so annoying lol most of the time we get shit from mouser or digikey, but sometimes we bulk buy on ebay and 9 time out of 10 it's fine because we know of legit sellers, but the one time you take a chance it's always a fake partso fucking annoying
>>542193560That's not usually fake just some AliExpress stuff marked up 500%
>>542193038Had the same experience with microSD cards
>>542192498>>browsing on eBayWhat year is it? Did I step into a wormhole or something?
>>542193784Ebay has all the good, cheap stuff
>>542193612I'm a hobbyist and use older devices mainly, or often want to just refurbish an older product, and getting real actual parts is fucking crazy hard sometimes. I know a guy who bought 50 pieces of a DAC "NOS" and they measure 4-10x worse than the spec, but appear to operate the same on all pins. He's thinking of getting them decapped and imaged (along with a known good original) but the people who do this charge $5000+ so that's ten grand minimum to do the two chips and he's only in like $500.There are even tales of chinks putting modern DACs on spiders and potting them up and printing them like old chips, you get a NOS 1541 from China and it might just be a modern DAC with some supporting gadgets, wired into an old package with a new plastic layer and printing.>>542193746Yes there are numerous fakes which report more capacity than they have and just loop. If you ever get a flash drive where the oldest files always seem to corrupt, you have one of these magic units lol.>>542193784For exotic parts you can't find shit anywhere else. Source me a Gunnplexer outside eBay, I dare you.
>>542192498You shouldn’t be shopping for ICs on eBay.
Online shopping has been nothing but bots for like a decade at this point.
>>542192714I just got a full refund for a car part that didnt fit from Ebay. Their buyer protection is actually top notch. Not to say you wont get scammed but Ebay will make sure you get your money back.
>>542193784eBay is still the king for rare car parts or professional racing-level car parts. I've even purchased goods from Tokyo Japan. There is no site like it. It just sucks that Chinks flood it with their crap and eBay doesnt moderate the postings because they pay.
>>542193860Find me a legit source for TDA1540 outside eBay.>>542193988You have to go with US sellers with high ratings.
>>542193988Whats your project? I've got an ek civic cause im broke and its fun. Parts are cheap, although I want a large rear sway bar to compliment my subframe brace and im looking at around $500 AUD.
>>542193810That's Ollie's
>>542193833i forget the guy's name he's on youtube who decaps and images chips you can send him ics and he will compare them. iirc he's the guy that runs https://siliconpr0n.org/ also EvilmonkeyzDesignz, ZeptoBars and TubeTime also do it, i know EvilmonkeyzDesignz will do it. Ross Mcgowan and TAKASU Masakazu have also decaped for peoplewe had EvilmonkeyzDesignz decap and image a few chips for us privately so we could build the chips in an fpga instead of sourcing really expensive chips
>>542193560Those are random names for selling generic CCProducts.
>>542194129>i forget the guy's name he's on youtube who decaps and images chips you can send him ics and he will compare them. iirc he's the guy that runs https://siliconpr0n.org/ also EvilmonkeyzDesignz, ZeptoBars and TubeTime also do it, i know EvilmonkeyzDesignz will do it.these guys run channels to advertise, i doube he does it for freeeeee unless he wants to investigate some chip himselfanyway it's be cool if they did>>542194162JIJYSTYLE and GAMBROOO lool.
>>542194123kek>Good stuff, cheap
>>542194201yeah we paid him to decap and image, it was extremely affordable though it was like 250 bucks per chip + labor, after all was said and done it was in the thousands but we had a few different chips and multiples of each chip so maybe it's worth checking
>>542192872>counterfeits coinsthey really are letting the goyim do all their work aren't they?
>>542194418It's common in the ancient coin market. I have bought a number of false specimens just to add to my collection.
>>542192872why would u buy it if u knew it was a fake?
>>542192498Isn't every new product on the market a scam though? I haven't bought anything worth being proud of in decades.
>>542194721It cost only $17 and I collect fakes. I have several fake Roosevelt dimes, several fake Roman and Greek coins, and a Morgan dollar with altered date and mint marks.
>>542194352I'm not the guy, the dude already said no because he'd rather lose $500 than spend thousands. But it'd be cool. DIY audio forum is excellent, lots of high IQ people there (and low but they still build gadgets) and professionals talking about this.ESS Sabre has been the go-to platform for almost all new builds, $20 for the chip or less and it does it all and with multibit operation. So some of the interest in old DACs has died down but a lot of people like 'em for the sound even if you need a whole couple boards of supporting circuitry.
>>542194100I had a Nissan S13 240SX hatcback, (200SX or Silvia where you're at). You could order really nice adjustable spherical joint suspension arms from Osaka or whole wheel sets for a good price on eBay. I also find weird stuff like rare interior pieces like Momo steering wheels or rare shift knobs that sort of thing. People sleep on eBay but people around the world use it. Once bought a wheel set from a Japan wheel collector in Malaysia.>>542194100>I've got an ek civic cause im broke and its fun. Parts are cheapyou'd be surprised how you can mod a Honda into a Kanjo fighter.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELJW-Bsrnmk
theyre even faking 4000 & 74 series logic, which is such small money
>>542192762I made an account once and was banned within minutes. I've literally never made an account before that or bought anything off of eBay. I like 2k era website layouts, but that site is fucking AIDS.
>>542192714Chinese have slave labor camps in Cambodia for scamming and Cambodians keep asking for donations.
>>542197027ebay used to be better on these types of things but imho they just gave up under the weight of llm
>>542197390This was before gAyI was a thing. I rarely browse for cars in my area but otherwise I never even think of the site.
>theyre even faking 4000 & 74 series logicno shit really lol? these are current production couple-cents-per chip things no?
>>542197489Well I'll tell you it's the only place to go for certain things today. I don't know about your car but if I need a SAA7350GP there's eBay and... that's it.
I got so much shit to sell I need to sell on Ebay but I'm scared PayPal will rape me and steal all my money again do I'm doomed to sit on it all forever
>>542197653Understandable, but I don't have a specific need for it. I've contemplated making a shop for old tech to clear room but fuck taxes and fuck those nuggets for banning me.
>>542193833Same, between Aliexpress and ebay for rarer Mosfets. The annoying part is I cant figure out where Ive been scammed or even if Ive been scammed or the electronic is just shorting good parts out. Its a nightmare, but Ive had good hits where the electronic starts working so its like soldering in lottery tickets.
>>542194021>find me a source for this dac from 1980!It's time to enter a nursing home
>>542198924If it's way cheaper than a reputible source, it probably is fakke, tha's as good as she goes these days.>>542199147If I have an old thing I want to repair or improve or whatever, what's the problem? Lots of old things are good.Pic related might be the greatest DAC of all time. It's lost tech. Nothing else will do in the devices it's made to go in.
Oh no, there's no regulation! You voted for this shit. Go fuck yourselves, every last one of you.
>>542192498Buying from Digikey or Mouser and paying out the ass is the only way to avoid fake parts.
>>542199874How did I vote for this? It all started with Nixon for fuck's sake.
