I've bought from lots of the blocked sites,have almost never had a problem and on top of that I've saved about 800%.Kinda like the device discussed above.That's what I was getting at without being so articulate...
I knew the link was most likely edited by ECF, not by the author of the post. And I don't question why, they have their reasons... I would imagine they have our best interests in mind. Most vendor links are not blocked, so the ones that are, something must be wrong with them...
I'm guessing the OP bought that bridge the same time he bought the battery holder that he's mad about.