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Worth buying used micro SD cards?

NotTayyeb
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So I'm getting a surface tablet, and will inevitably need to upgrade the storage on it... Seeing as there is a micro SD card slot, i was just wondering if i could buy and slap in a used 128gb micro SD card...

 

I've never really bought any used storage devices before, so just curious what you guys think about used micro SD cards - should it be avoided like used SSDs? Will be buying it from CeX, a somewhat reliable second hand tech store in the UK, so not too worried about it being a fake card or whatever

 

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Don't buy used sd card. Don't buy any used storage. SD cards like USB flash are the least reliable storage.

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If you're not planning on doing heavy writing operations onto it, you might be fine with a used one. However, if you plan to write to it on a regular basis, especially larger files, you might want to go the new route instead.

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Buy from a trusted used seller on ebay or from a store like adorama. 

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