Massive fraud on 18650s in the Littokala Aliexpress stores!

Dayaaammm

Look at that blonde chick :disguised_face:

Her name is actually Elsa! Lol

Señor Barkuti, Gracias! Falta piles originales!

Full refund from PayPal.

And you got the keep the cells. So not bad all in all. It sucks to not get 30qs but from the rough test I’ve seen they are worth 2.50 a cell. Would be good for powerbanks. Or lights around 5 or 6 amps. Definitely usable.

Good. Aliexpress steps in to my dispute today. Can’t wait…

I wouldn't say Elsa is blonde, that or she dyed her eyebrows and eyelashes of course.

Cheers :-)

Should I dispute the purchase through AliExpress or through paypal?

No one answer. They're reading these posts too! Shhhh. PM each other. ;)

I got Aliexpress judgement:

  • They agreed with me that the cells are counterfeit
  • They didn’t accept my evidence that IR is higher because they wanted a movie instead of photos
  • They proposed a resolution: full refund
  • They asked both me and seller to accept or reject the proposal

So it’s still open.

Well, I’m done with liitokala. I ordered a 26650 on 1 Jan, and they’ve repeatedly told me that it’s almost here, in spite of the fact that the tracking number was bogus. I finally demanded a refund, and now they’re just shovelling all this crap at me in messages on aliexpress about how they’ve proved to me that I received the package (they haven’t) and we’ve talked on the phone (we haven’t).

This was the Official Store (217753). I’m never ordering anything from any Liitokala store on aliexpress again. I can overlook selling new batteries as 30Qs, even if they don’t look exactly like them, but have pretty similar capacity and max current. That might not even be the store’s fault. But when their customer service (Ashley Zhang) thinks I have no capacity to tell her lies from the truth, I’m done. With the whole brand. When my Lii-500s need replacing, I’m not buying Liitokala chargers.

Buyer beware.

Send Richard 'RMM' (Mountain Electronics) your address. I'll contact him to order one of these for you:

http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_108&product_id=679

I don't need your info. This one is on me.

Thank you. I appreciate the offer, but I gave up on getting the Liitokala battery months ago and bought one from either mtn or liionwholesale.

I’m less annoyed about losing $6 or a battery than I am about the horrible “customer service”.

They're on my black list too. Thank you for relaying your experience and great to hear you got the batteries you needed!

So I did all this with mine and they all work. They must be a pretty high current cell to run a Q8 on one cell. I’m not feeling quite so bad about it now.

good to hear you got your money back.

so where is everyone getting some good quality batteries that will work in the BLF Q8 or others?

Thanks i’m searching right now for a reputable source for my first purchase.

There's quite a few...Moutain Electronics, is the best!

But Orbtronic was good too.

I'm sure you'll get a number of other suggestions.

Sweet thanks Broodmaster. I will check those out now!

Mountain Electronics

Li Ion Wholesale

IMR Batteries…

are 3 trustworthy sites for US buyers. Fair prices, good communication, and fast processing/shipping.

I’ve had dozens of great transactions over the last year with all 3.