Replacement Batteries and Avoiding Counterfeits

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Hi everyone

I need to buy a replacement battery for my SX700 and would like advice on getting a genuine battery. So looking at the NB-6LH battery on eBay, the prices range from £10 to over £30 and of course they all state genuine. Is most expensive always the best policy?

For example, is this one OK? (eBay item number 191873571153) ?

Where is the best place to buy genuine batteries at the cheapest price ?

Thanks for any help
 
Your immediate problem re counterfeits is shopping on eBay I'm afraid, unless you're buying through the eBay shop of a well known retailer.

Whilst eBay certainly doesn't condone selling counterfeit goods, and has support should you get caught out, it is, unfortunately, a place where counterfeiters lurk.

I've bought 'original, genuine' batteries from China via eBay before, but in the knowledge that the likelihood of them actually being 'original, genuine' was very low. They were ok, but certainly weren't genuine.

Why not look at well regarded 3rd party suppliers, like DSTE for example?
 
Best way to avoid clones is not to buy from eBay.

As above, use Amazon (direct).
 
I buy 'Ex-Pro' batteries from Amazon. Have found them very good and considerably cheaper than OEM's. You have to be careful with batteries, if they are cheaply made they can damage equipment and even self combust!
 
You have to blame the camera manufacturers for the fact that making fake batteries is profitable for the crooks that make them. If genuine batteries were sold at sensible prices then there would be no market for fakes.
 
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redsnappa said:
You have to blame the camera manufacturers for the fact that making fake batteries is profitable for the crook that make them. If genuine batteries were sold at sensible prices then there would be no market for fakes.
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It's a catch 22. They chipped the OEM batteries so they couldn't be cheaply cloned which made them more expensive. Then they got cloned anyway... OEM batteries are stupidly expensive.
 
As has been said - and will be said again - best avoid ebay - and if buying on amazon - ensure you are buying a battery supplied by amazon, and not one of the marketplace sellers... There are fakes hiding in amazon as well if you're not savvy.
 
Batteries is one area that I would not comprimise quality with unknowns. Cheap poor quality batteries equals higher chance of fire in my opinion, not worth the risk. Either go genuine from an authorised and peputable dealer or go for a good aftermarket company, again from a authorised and reputable dealer.

I nearly always use Amazon (Dispatched from and sold by) although they are not beyond selling counterfeit goods getting caught out. Ithink they had an iussue with memory cards a whgile back.
 
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momoka said:
Cheap poor quality batteries equals higher chance of fire in my opinion
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Nikon & Sony genuine batteries had problems with explosions and fires a few years ago.
One thing a lot of people forget is that camera manufacturer do not make batteries. They get 3rd party companies to make them.
 
momoka said:
Batteries is one area that I would not comprimise quality with unknowns. Cheap poor quality batteries equals higher chance of fire in my opinion, not worth the risk. Either go genuine from an authorised and peputable dealer or go for a good aftermarket company, again from a authorised and reputable dealer.

I nearly always use Amazon (Dispatched from and sold by) although they are not beyond selling counterfeit goods getting caught out. Ithink they had an iussue with memory cards a whgile back.
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I think it was only cards "fulfilled" by Amazon, which are third party sellers, but ones managed by Amazon (but crucially not sold by).

As long as you make sure it's sold by Amazon directly rather than fulfilled or from a reseller you should be fine.
 
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redsnappa said:
Nikon & Sony genuine batteries had problems with explosions and fires a few years ago.
One thing a lot of people forget is that camera manufacturer do not make batteries. They get 3rd party companies to make them.
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I having heard stories of Sony and Canon batteries bursting before, no battery is infallible and I am aware that camera manufacturers do not necessarily make the batteries or all components but I think there is more of an accountability and likelihood of a higher quality with this rather than the manufacturer of some cheaper ebay alternative where shipping costs are higher than the battery cost.
 
odd jim said:
I think it was only cards "fulfilled" by Amazon, which are third party sellers, but ones managed by Amazon (but crucially not sold by).

As long as you make sure it's sold by Amazon directly rather than fulfilled or from a reseller you should be fine.
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My recollection is different to yours but I'm not going to go back and check. You only have the word of the people buying and reporting these issues also I guees and I am still surprised by the amount of people that dont realise the diffewrence between 'Dispatched from and sold by Amazon' and 'Fulfilled by Amazon'. As far as a lot of people are concerned, if the order through Amazon they have bought it from Amazon.
 
Dell and Sony have a history of laptop battery issues too.

Is this because they're cheap? They have no QC? Or just that there's so many of them the numbers become bigger? I'd say the 3rd.

Lithium ion batteries are by nature volatile, I wouldn't buy the cheapest I could find. But a little diligence is all that's required. No need to go to Canon or Nikon, you're just paying s premium for no realistic peace of mind anyway.
 
I had a Dell laptop approx 20 years ago when I lived in the USA. It had terrible battery life. Then one day I got a letter through the mail that a Class Action Suit had been taken out against Dell, think I got a new battery and some cash back.
 
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