This is what mntelectronics is doing to ship batteries to outside of the US.
FastTech can’t ship batteries to my country.
GearBest can ship, but the cost is too much, IMHO.
Recently I bought 2 pair of batteries on eBay, shipping cost $5.
GB’s CS really ridiculous for me, they can’t figure out what my questions and the answers. I want to know their battery product date before buy. Poor guy.
Same with the other vendor from HK where I ordered my 18650 and 14500 recently. I was like “what??! somebody must have sent me the wrong items” when I first opened my parcel 
Shipping batteries inside cheap disposable shells is a very good idea. :exclamation: I wonder why the rest e-shops (chinese or not) aren’t doing it. It’s been times that I’ve been asking myself if I should buy powerbanks with good 18650s, open them and take their cells. They cost less that way! 
We will be waiting a very long time for this. Its not to long ago some companies started to ship cells inside a case instead of a plastic bag! At this rate we will all be aliens before they decide to ship cells inside a light lol I tried to buy a shaver like a beard trimmer and they are charging extra shipping on that even thought the battery is built in.
I’m not sure, but I think that anyone who’s doing hasn’t heard about good logistics. :weary: I’ve noticed that GB charges extra for shipping (to Greece) a powerbank with built-in cells, when others (e.g. BG) don’t.
Yea weird because if it is a brand name battery bank should be no issues. These items should fall under a different shipping category.
I’m talking about a quality one (Xiaomi 10000mAh). I don’t know what’s it’s shipping cost to AU or wherever elswhere, but it’s extra 9$ to GR if some poor guy buys it from GB. Just think that it’s cost (shipped) was about $12 when I bought it about a year ago…
Yea i want to buy cells now. Its about 10 USD to ship here with GB. Usually i pay for faster shipping but that might be like 4 USD usually.
I understand it sucks! I think its still cheaper to buy from GB even with the extra shipping cost. I use to buy all my cells from fasttech ages ago i think now they are charging close to 8 USD each cell.
4pcs NCR18650B = $9.44
4pcs INR18650 - 30Q = $9.44
4pcs ICR18650 - 28A = $5.13
4pcs ICR18650 - 26FM = $5.13
There is no sense unless they make an extra profit on some cells with shipping cost.
Before that couple months of stop to shipping li ion cells, they send to EU with Post NL at registred mail shipping with cost between 2-3 $…
And I aks them but no one know to answer me, why they stop to send with Post NL, when other sellers and stores and now shipp with Post NL like a Ali stores that you mention and much more others…
Of course I talk about Gearbest.
Noticed. Thanks for the hint!
My 14500 batteries from Banggood shipped free to Germany. When ordering it said “CN Warehouse”, but they where shipped from NL (a P.O. Box in Schledam) per “FlytExpress”, priority, not declared as Li-batteries, the 2 cells lying in 2 separate 4-cell-plastic-hardcases, 9 days door-to-door.
This may in fact be a good idea. If you know about these packs, with cylindrical cells, please post. I’m actually interested in 14500 and 26650 ones, not 18650.
Using LiIon and battery packs is something that intrigues me. I’ve just posted another thread about it, see Shouldn't flashlights use Li-polymer cells?.
Strange thing happened:
Fasttech shipped me a 4 pack NiMH AAA and they charged some extra shipping cost because it’s batteries.
Not necessary for NiMH, but the package had a label on it: “LITHIUM ION BATTERIES”.
Weird…
India
KD offers free shipping
so does some shops in ali express
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/2348031?spm=2114.10010108.0.0.Bx9gWK
Power banks are classed as batteries, not as equipment and are supposed to be shipped as dangerous goods.
I did the same,because I couldn’t buy neither from BG,nor from Fasttech.It is their policy,that drove me mad,because they didn’t write in their site that they don’t sell to Greece,writing instead that the batteries Sold Out Currently!
So,I purchased from NKON.nl 5pcs of 30Qs at €26.82 included postage.
Edit.
Looking at Kaidomain,I see that they sell 2 pcs of 30Qs at $12.41>12.41X2.5~$31.00,so more expensive than nkon.nl
Depends by quantity my friend.
2*30Q cost:
NKON = €11.93 (2*4.55+2.83)
KD = $11.79 (using code BLF) = €11.29
Somebody living in Europe could say that he prefers NKON for such a small price difference, but it’s not like that for other countries. :sunglasses:
I ordered 6 liitokala 26650 from gearbest shipping was 12 USD. I felt the pain lol shipping cost more then 2 of the batteries. I really need more batteries but I would like cheaper shipping of course.