I'm wondering the same as Ginsly, but for GE diodes. I see 1N34A for sale on eBay from China. Don't care if they're authentic or anything, just wondering what they are or if they'd work. It's hard to stomach $2 apiece at SBP.
I bought a bag of 1N34A from China when I was still in Hong Kong, they looked like legit black-banded 1N34A but who knows, they could've been Schottky, still — however, given the number of duds mixed in with the bag, I'd like to think they're Ge.