is it bad to buy batteries, tank, and coils off of eBay? Can I tell if they are authentic. Are these legit? 4 PCs SAMSUNG INR18650 25R RECHARGEABLE BATTERY 35A DISCHARGE 3.7V + FREE CASE
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BATTERIES - WHERE TO BUY
Only buy batteries from a reputable supplier (not ebay or Amazon) as there are many counterfeit batteries being sold. Here are several reputable battery suppliers in the US.
I only purchase batteries from trusted and authorized resellers like RTDVapor and Orbtronics. I don't think that it's worth it to save a few dollars and risk getting a clone or rewrap.
What is so bad is in almost all cases you have no idea where they are sourcing their batteries from.
But what we do know is that Alibaba is probably the biggest source for fake batteries there is - and that is where any eBay reseller can purchase them - and they do.
And for the record AW has said more than once you will never find real AW batteries on eBay.
A seller reputation on eBay is just that - a reputation for selling stuff. Did they send it quickly? Did you like the way they communicated? Was the shipping cheap? It has little to no bearing on the legitimacy of items you cannot determine are real - unless you have the diagnostic equipment to actually test batteries. Looking at a battery tells you pretty much nothing, unless any misprints on the jacket are embarrassingly bad.
Said it more than once - if there is one thing in this game you don't want to cheap out on it's your batteries. Get them from known retail suppliers in the business with a known track record.
Avoid ebay and find a reputable online seller. Again, you don't say where you're from so it's pretty hard to help you.
I got screwed over on 4 Batteries, They were all DOA, will never buy batteries on ebay again. Orbtronics has the LG HG2's for 5.50 each, I only buy from them now.
i will buy my Wire, Cotton, cases, etc... from ebay, just piddle stuff, mods and tanks etc I buy from reputable online sites.
i will buy my Wire, Cotton, cases, etc... from ebay, just piddle stuff, mods and tanks etc I buy from reputable online sites.
The overwhelming majority of those people who buy batteries off E Bay and leave positive feedback means little to nothing .
Biggest reason is that the people who typically do buy their batteries off E Bay are far from anybody who really knows about batteries in the first place or they wouldn't be buying them off E Bay.
As long as the batteries look like the batteries they see all over the web and they actually charge up they must be good , thats the general thought process.
Like others say you must know the sellers main source and from what i have experienced on E Bay is that most battery sources ARE NOT certified and approved vendors that the battery companies promote and list as a place to buy their batteries.
I buy some stuff from Ebay, so far I have never had any issues.
For me personally if I took the chance to buy batteries off eBay (which I would not) just seeing that one neg. of a set not being authentic would be enough for me not to buy even if they have tons of good feedback.
MFS is a great vendor for vaping gear but I have no experience with them when it comes to batteries. I'm sure they would take care of you if you had any problems with the batteries they sold you.
I tend to stick with "authorized resellers" who specialize in batteries. They have temperature & controlled storage of the product and order in appropriate quantities (for their demand/sales) so that batteries do not get old sitting on the shelf.
I didn't think of that ..but good to know....thank you.
I bought 4 lgs. From a seller that has 99.9 % reputation. They're also the same ones j have right now and look the exact same. So I don't know.
You may want to check Mooch's blog on batteries. Let me see if I can find a link that was just written on the LGs.
I edited that, read your post to quick and responded wrong. Check this out. Counterfeit/Low Grade LG HG2 Test Results
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