Massive fraud on 18650s in the Littokala Aliexpress stores!

Now that is a realistic deal for single cells.
Don’t beat yourself up about it. It was pointed out from the start it was buyer beware. It use to be a reputable company that’s not your fault

2$/cell could be possible if they had almost no margins and buying the cells in the 10000s, but only if you bought 10 cells, and not 6 and less.

It’s possible but not realistic a company runs for profit. If the cells are good there not going to just dump them for no profit. Rewrappers have good margins or they wouldnt do it. The parent cell is always cheaper Cells last for years at the factory charge state. And the cells could only be around 2015 at the latest. And the amount of cells they turn over the likelyhood of old stock is even less. There’s really no reason besides dumping fake cells to just give them away. Find me any other example of 30qs in single cells going for 2.50 a cell since their release. Just one.

I just purchased some blue 25 r that are new but 5 years old and they still test around 2600mah lithium cells last for years from the factory. There is no need to dump them because you have a bunch you’d hold and sell them. No for profit business has the customer in mind to basically give products away. I personally don’t believe a rewrapper company has it in the kindness of their heart to lose 2 to 4 dollars profit a cell for their customers. If the cells were 6 7 years old possibly. But even the oldest 30q possible are still just as good as today’s date codes

Don't sweat it bro. Everyone knows there is risk with any deal alert. I have held off on announcing finds only for the deals to disappear before I verified they were legit. I've also alerted to deals that ended up being scams. Both situations suck. I prefer someone announce a deal as early as possible so that members can make their own decision. Thank you for starting this thread regardless of how this all falls out. I have purchased 30Q's for $2.50 a couple times on special promotions before. It wasn't out of the realm of possibility.

Also, I meant 4$CA, not 4$US. So about 3$US actually.

I’m also glad that you anounced this deal. I placed my order prior to reading about the 4 leg positive end but I figured it was a gamble. Haven’t put these cells to use yet but hopefully someone that placed an order can do some extensive testing on them so we know their limitations.

All of the cells I ordered test genuine. Specifically the Samsung batts arrived with 3-pillar button tops and weights are identical to 30q’s I bought from Illumination Supply months ago. I have purchased the following and would do so again from the Aliexpress Liitokala store:
Panasonic NCR18650B flat tops
Samsung 18650-30Qs
Liitokala Li-50A 26650
Sony VTC6
Sony VTC5

Out of these batteries, all markings and positive posts check out.

Which store? The Liitokala Factory store or Liitokala Official Store?

Liitokala Official Store in AliExpress

Oh, you bought at the real store then.

I suggest removing the link to the Factory store in my original post. Who is with me?

I would prefer it be posted too. It’s not your fault if the deal isn’t as good as advertised. But if it is real batteries, we’re all happy. If not we will get money back. No biggie

The pictures from LiitoKala Original store have now also 4 legs.

Has Samsung something changed?
On the other hand they sell them as Samsnu

LiitoKala 100% original New for Samsnu INR 18650 battery 3.7V 3000mAh INR18650 30Q li-ion Rechargeable Batteries
http://s.aliexpress.com/2yAjYF77

That’s what I’m pointing out, nobody in this thread has confirmed they’re affiliated and certainly, nobody has confirmed the “factory” store is genuine and not a fake. There’s no links to the factory store from the Liito Kala site, which suggests that it’s a fake store.

That’s a bit of a leap of logic - just because both stores are using the same images, doesn’t mean they’re connected, or that the products in the image are fake - it could be that there’s a different type of genuine Samsung battery which does look like that, even if the items most people have received turn out to be fake.

That’s not how it works - different retailers on Aliexpress use different payment methods, some use PayPal and others don’t. The fact the store you bought from doesn’t use PayPal and the official Liito Kala AliExpress store does, may be further evidence the factory store is a fake and isn’t affiliated with Liito Kala.

PayPal won’t care too much about the claims from AliExpress, it still makes it profit, it’s the retailer which loses the money from a claim.

Well yes, it looked too good to be true and it probably was.

I would agree, I don’t think it’s good to promote it in any way…

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I think the links should remain so that the history remains intact. Too many Ali vendors with similar names. It gets confusing and the links provide a way to verity which vendor. It might be a good idea to post a warning above the original OP saying some members are reporting that the cells they have received are not the same as advertised in the below links and that we are awaiting more definitive testing results.

Done and done.

Let's say you and maybe others too presumed they were reputable.

Advice: extinguish expectations, presumptions, etc.

Do you actually know actual China inland wholesale/trade factory prices for these cells?

As far as my understanding goes, the only univocal identifier for AliExpress stores is their store number. Is store number 217753 the store you are referring to?

AliExpress stores can change their names and I can share proof for you to see: "AM battery Store" Google search

Store number 1721160 first named itself (or as far as I am aware of) as “Colaier Direct Sales Store”, later they changed their name to “AM battery Store” and now they're called “liitokala 0fficial Store”. All names exactly as I have written them.

Agree, but store numbers and or pure & shitless links. Format: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/STORENUMBER

The “www” can be changed with locale prefixes (es, de, ru, etc.) for translation but please avoid them here. 


Cheers ^:)

@Barkuti, yes I do.

I have asked companies on Alibaba their prices on their 30Qs and VTC5s, and they quoted me around 2$ if I bought in the 1000s of 10000s.

I’m beyond frustrated. Have no clue how to post a question . Just recieved my blf gt. Can I use my Tenergy tn 261 charger to charge batteries ? Is 3500 mAh 3.6 volts same as 3500mah 3.7 volts

Was trying to post a picture but it says I need to have a link for a photo no clue how to do that