Do _any_ USB 3.0 cards actually work?

[Ronald F. Guilmette]

In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405261636170.85609 at wonkity.com>, 
Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 26 May 2014, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>
>>> Does FreeBSD *ever* work with *any* USB 3.0 equipment?  Or is this
>>
>> Yes it works. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 I filed a success report:
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-usb/2012-June/011283.html
>
>Jeesh, two years ago.  I remember looking it up at the time, and this 
>appears to be the same card from Newegg:
>
>www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158297

So are you guys telling me that I just shoulda bought that one?

I can see right off the bat why I didn't.

It looks like even now it still costs about twice as much as the ones
that I did actually buy.