@antonkochubey: Simon is my real name which kreisler - who deleted his post^^ - knows. :)
Now about all that stuff with fake Xtar chargers.. I have exchanged several messages with both Xtar and Efest (aka bestvaping, bestinone, powerwholesale) representatives and I got very different answers.
So the following is based upon the facts I got.
I dont know if that video was shot at bestvaping. Honestly, no idea who is telling the truth right now. Do I think it is possible that it was shot at bestvaping? Yes, but even if it was, I dont think its an issue.
In my opinion, Efest didnt sell any fake charger in the past. Why do I think that?
Xtar HAD distributors in China. They just cancelled their contracts with most of them, so friendly fire as someone called it earlier is possible. How could you possibly control where hundreds/thousands of chargers eventually show up? Maybe Xtar sold them to Efest (or the company in question) directly but wanted to stop that very quick? Maybe some of the resellers made better business than Xtar and they didnt like it?
Xtar didnt warn about fake chargers, they even say they are not dangerous.
About the low price thing.. I bought mine during a special sale about 30% under MSRP. And its genuine. What does that tell us? Some distributors give up a part of their earning on one product to promote their shop. Nothing more, nothing less.
Nitecore didnt investigate, although there are Nitecore chargers in the video. Nitecore is a competitor of Xtar. Would a company knowingly sell fake Xtar chargers but genuine ones from Nitecore?
Business in China works a little different than in the western world. A former friend can be your worst enemy the next day. Stealing business partners is very common.
As you see, there are more possible scenarios than I have fingers. In the end, we will NEVER know the truth. Probably Xtar and Efest will know it, but I'm not even sure about that. If there even is an investigation by lawyers, it will soon end because they wont find anyone responsible. I mean, suing someone in China for copyright infringement is ridiculous.
Personal note: I still trust Efest and Xtar and I would buy from both without hesitation. So, what is our benefit from all these videos, posts, bashing, complaining, complaining about people who complain and so on? Well, now we know that you cant compare chinese companies to western ones. It just works differently there. A lot of that is somewhere between morally questionable and plain wrong.
But lets be honest: we are insignificant to most chinese manufacturers. And its great that they still care about us.
Live long and prosper!