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Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - Didier B - 2019-03-26 Hi folks ! Since a few weeks, ebay is invaded by counterfeit USB GPS modules : after an autopsy of the 1st DOA item, it looks like an antenna, with its coax cable, to which is attached ... an USB connector ! This design, due to a brainless monkey, will not make you loose your money (Paypal refunds within a week), but your time : you will have lost 4 to 6 weeks in your project development, if you needed a gps !!! I received twice the same bullshit, though after the 1st experience I had ordered a different type, but I finaly received, as a 'replacement', the dummy gps unit(s) ! BTW, ebay doesn't accept the word "bullshit" but the expression 'Cow excrement' doesn't trigger the politeness bot ! Now I shop on Aliexpress, without any illusion ... RE: Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - Luckbert - 2019-03-27 (2019-03-26, 10:20 PM)Didier B Wrote: Hi folks !Thanks, Did you write to eBay, maybe the item and seller will be blocked? But it's probably also lost time. A new seller will be created and you're ready to go. Thanks again for the info. Greetings Jürgen RE: Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - jim321 - 2019-03-27 i've seen those i thought it looked wrong, in the description it says Package List: 1 * Antenna i have never seen a gps that takes a usb antenna.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-IN-1-Usb-Gps-Rreceiver-Antenna-Dual-Glonass-Module-Ublox-For-Car-Laptop-Phone/303098513748?epid=19026097840&hash=item4692144954:g:gOYAAOSwCPZb8oiT&autorefresh=true RE: Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - Bill_ Maxwell - 2019-03-27 (2019-03-27, 08:34 AM)jim321 Wrote: i've seen those i thought it looked wrong, in the description it says Sorry Jim, is your eBay item link the "counterfeit" o ra genuine dual GPS/Glonass? RE: Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - jim321 - 2019-03-27 YES "counterfeit" RE: Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - seandepagnier - 2019-03-27 usb has usually 4 contacts, how does this map to coax?? Can it be cut and at least used as a gps antenna? RE: Warning !!! Counterfeit usb gps modules on ebay !!! - Didier B - 2019-03-27 (2019-03-27, 05:32 PM)seandepagnier Wrote: usb has usually 4 contacts, how does this map to coax??I would like to find SMA cable connectors to be welded... |