SCAMMED

[ToddWilkinson]

Bought 3 rtl-sdr radios from china, come to find out their all fake, i sold 1000 dollars worth of radios for my surgery coming up, mom buys me sdr to stay busy while i heal so i dont go nuts and their fajkes wtf CHINa https://www.rtl-sdr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/clone_differentiate.jpg

 

[buddrousa]

Welcome to the world of CHINA HOME OF CHEAP CHINESSE CLONES
Here is news for you China's #1 Export you guess it CLONES.

 

[ToddWilkinson]

Welcome to the world of CHINA HOME OF CHEAP CHINESSE CLONES
Here is news for you China's #1 Export you guess it CLONES.

 

[ToddWilkinson]

Omg it gets better

 

[sonm10]

I think if you go to the RTL SDR store, it will redirect back to Amazon. That's where I got mine. Also got a couple Nooelec from Amazon too. Make sure RTL SDR says v.3 on it. Those are real.

 

[ToddWilkinson]

I think if you go to the RTL SDR store, it will redirect back to Amazon. That's where I got mine. Also got a couple Nooelec from Amazon too. Make sure RTL SDR says v.3 on it. Those are real.

 

[dave3825]

Where did you buy them? Five dollar comp sounds like Fleabay. I would insist on full refund or report them for selling fake goods.

 

[ToddWilkinson]

Where did you buy them? Five dollar comp sounds like Fleabay. I would insist on full refund or report them for selling fake goods.

Ebay

 

[NebraskaCoder]

Ebay

Woof!

 

[dave3825]

I would stand firm and tell them if they do not refund you in full, you will report them to Ebay. I reported a few things over the years and was always reimbursed fully.

 

[hiegtx]

Omg it gets better

Look at the "seller's" name on the pitiful apology note:
clothingdeals-003

That would positively scream "scammer" to me.

 

[PDXh0b0]

Lmao, so they're offering you the $5 you could have used to buy legit..

 

[ToddWilkinson]

I'm such an idiot I should have known better

 

[belvdr]

I think if you go to the RTL SDR store, it will redirect back to Amazon. That's where I got mine. Also got a couple Nooelec from Amazon too. Make sure RTL SDR says v.3 on it. Those are real.

That's not entirely true. See the link the OP posted originally.

 

[belvdr]

I'm such an idiot I should have known better

We've all been there. Pobody's nerfect.

 

[dave3825]

I think if you go to the RTL SDR store, it will redirect back to Amazon. That's where I got mine

From Rtl Sdr Store site, one has to select where they want to purchase from.



Both Scamazon and Fleabay have genuine storefronts.

Rtl-Sdr Amazon Storefront

Rtl-Sdr Ebay Storefront



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[morrisr3nd]

Got both of mine from Amazon.

 

[TomLine]

I've got two I hook up for my PC. They're only like 25$. I use SDRSHARP (SDR#) and prefer the old version.
Are the clones that bad? What's the difference?

 

[dcr_inc]

Stand Firm on the refund.. Set a deadline for resolution.. At that date file a complaint with Ebay.. You'll get your money back.. Been There Done That !!

 

[dickie757]

Hold on, hold on, hold on

Do they work? They might be clones, but if they work, use them. V3 blog does not have exclusive license, granted they have a great website, but i have received v3 blog versions that did not work.

Plug 'em in, load zadig, and start tuning in known freqs. See how far off the calibration is.

You might be suprised