Usb stick is write protected??

[Quantos]

Disclaimer: This in no way is a deragatory comment slamming eBay; any of it's employees; subsidiaries users and or the guy who cleans the rest rooms.

It's the idiots selling the stuff.  It's also risky purchasing software on eBay.
I purchased a software suite from someone, they had a picture of the retail package, but that wasn't what I recieved.  I was not about to put the disk that arrived in my computer.  It makes a handy coaster though.

[2x3i5x]

but you look at the seller's ratings don't you?

[Quantos]

That doesn't always mean anything, they can be fudged.

[2x3i5x]

That doesn't always mean anything, they can be fudged.

can be but higher ratings usually mean you get the good stuff or you'll get your money back if they screwed up on you 

[Quantos]

Not really.  They can get friends and other shady types to do fake deals with them and bump the ratings.

[summer22108]

Yes, I checked out the seller's rating. 99.3% with over 500 transactions. There were hundreds of positive comments about the same USB stick. Guess i just got a bad one!

[Quantos]

That's a pretty high number for them to fudge.  It's either real or they were very persistent.  I'm going to go with the former though.

[summer22108]

I agree, they did say i could send it back, but can I be bothered to send it to China???

[Quantos]

You would have a *censored* of a time with customs.  Just because the package originated there doesn't mean you won't have to deal with them.

[2x3i5x]

I agree, they did say i could send it back, but can I be bothered to send it to China???

Maybe you could ask them to just simply refund you your money? A seller with that kind of rating, I'd trust would get that done for you 

[Quantos]

Actually, they may even be able to deal with Chinese Customs for you.  If you tell them that you would like to send it back and what your concerns are, they may be able to set it up.  Or like 2x3i5x says they may just say forget it and provide the refund.

[patio]

The ratings mean about as much as the 16G you were supposed to get on the flash drive...