{"id":39701,"date":"2012-06-14T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T09:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=39701"},"modified":"2012-06-14T12:05:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T10:05:44","slug":"man-gets-trolled-with-fake-samsung-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/39701-man-gets-trolled-with-fake-samsung-hard-drive","title":{"rendered":"Man gets trolled with fake Samsung hard drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man in China bought a Samsung<\/span> hard drive which never actually contained the promised hardware.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bought through Taobao, a popular Chinese customer-to-customer online store, the man found the 160GB drive to only contain a fraction of the drive\u2019s storage capacity when he plugged it into his computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon removing the casing, the buyer found that the innards had been removed and replaced with a bunch of nuts and bolts glued to the base. A small USB drive was linked to the cable input, creating the illusion that the product was a fully-fledged hard drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The $35 fake is a warning to those purchasing second hand electronic through online stores.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Fake<\/a>

Fake Samsung Hard Drive<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

A USB used to make the input functional.<\/p><\/div>\n

Source:<\/span> M.I.C. Gadget<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Do you hate EA as much as this guy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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