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StirCrazy
Moderator
Dec 01, 2022

fell victim to the scam

so in the fall I saw 310/320 cells go on sale so I decided to order another 4 to make my second battery. problem being is this was a company that never sent the cells out and the delivery date of 3 days ago has come and gone. I did regester a complainte with ali last week and 6 hous after the delivery day passed I got a full refund. so realy the only thing I lost was time.

for you guys who have bought your own cells where have you bought from as we have no real canadian retailers of the cells.

thanks

Steve
  • Tyler0215's avatar
    Tyler0215
    Explorer
    Dec 01, 2022
    Doesn't sound like you were a victim of a scam.
    You got your money back.
  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator
    Dec 01, 2022
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    Doesn't sound like you were a victim of a scam.
    You got your money back.

    Lol
    That’s what I was thinking…
  • otrfun's avatar
    otrfun
    Explorer II
    Dec 01, 2022
    StirCrazy wrote:
    . . . for you guys who have bought your own cells where have you bought from . . .
    The 230ah and 280ah EVE cells sold at 18650batterystore.com (located in Atlanta GA and ship worldwide) would be my hands-down, first choice in terms of price, cell quality, and excellent after the sale support. Check-out the two threaded hole terminals on these cells. Larger contact area and much better mechanical support vs. the typical one-hole terminals used on the vast majority of cells.
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Dec 01, 2022
    otrfun wrote:
    The 230ah and 280ah EVE cells sold at 18650batterystore.com (located in Atlanta GA and ship worldwide) would be my hands-down, first choice in terms of price, cell quality, and excellent after the sale support. Check-out the two threaded hole terminals on these cells. Larger contact area and much better mechanical support vs. the typical one-hole terminals used on the vast majority of cells.
    +1 to seek out these factory terminals with two points of attachment.
  • toedtoes's avatar
    toedtoes
    Explorer III
    Dec 01, 2022
    Grit dog wrote:
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    Doesn't sound like you were a victim of a scam.
    You got your money back.

    Lol
    That’s what I was thinking…


    Just because the credit card company or overseeing company (eg, ebay, amazon, ali, etc) refunds your money doesn't mean the seller wasn't scamming you.
  • StirCrazy's avatar
    StirCrazy
    Moderator
    Dec 02, 2022
    Grit dog wrote:
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    Doesn't sound like you were a victim of a scam.
    You got your money back.

    Lol
    That’s what I was thinking…


    the scam was they take your money and hold it for 4 months making interest on it then when you file a complaint ali forces a repayment. on my side they scamed me out of the time to build my battery, now I have to find new cells and order them.
  • StirCrazy's avatar
    StirCrazy
    Moderator
    Dec 02, 2022
    time2roll wrote:
    I bought cells from Liitokala. If spending money today I would go with Docan.

    BTW there are no 310/320 cells. Some may test above spec but they are about 304/306 if listed by an honest seller.

    https://www.docanpower.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=60_154

    Probably need to order direct from CN if shipping to CA. If you will be down in Texas they can be picked up in person if preordered.


    ya I know there actualy 304, they typicaly test out between 314 and 320 so a lot of sellers are selling them as 304, 310, or 320 all the same battery though. there are a lot of lead acid battery sellers that do the same. price acording to actual capacity

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