Please put this in the correct place if I am posting in the wrong are etc as I am in a hurry and simply want others to be aware.
Its about time we had a list via thread of dodgy sellers on eBay. So to start off....
NAME / COMPANY: M99 aka M99-Shop
PRODUCT BOUGHT: 2800Ahm Battery for Hermes
PROBLEM: Received completely the wrong battery. Item I recieved was an 1500Ahm and was /is in a dangerous condition. The white plastic sticker type back cover is half gone and the battery insides are bulging outward! The item I got is also completely DEAD and nonchargeable
: Two emails sent to seller. No response. Have notified eBay.
[Have also received numerous emails from other buyers who have had the same or similar problems.So all are now taking action to get this account closed]
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I have received numerous emails from others like myself who have been ripped off by an eBay company / eBayer called "M99" or M99-Shop.
Several of us are in the process of awaiting replies from eBay as to what they are going to do about this seller as we want their account closed down. So far from what we have worked out there have been near on 1000 bad results in the last 30 or so days. The seller does not reply to messages and does not do anything when there is a problem.
The Hermes battery I bought had half the cover missing on the back which made it dangerous as there is exposed parts along with a bulging along part of one of the sides. I will en devour to upload some photos when time allows. The battery I received is dead and will also NOT charge at all. It is the same battery which I bought from another dodgy company called ipods99.com
I ordered the 2800 and received a 1500.
Anyway, I very much hope others see this and if it saves one person the hastles and problems I am now having to go through then brilliant.
Lesson today is:: NO MORE BATTERY BUYING FROM EBAY!!
I bought what was thought to be a 2800 mah battery on ebay. The battery looks good and is has a pretty stout runtime but its actually two 1100mah packs wired in parallel when i disassembled it. equaling 2200mah labeled wrong to 2800. I spent 15 bucks i got what i paid for but im satisfied
icecube57 said:
I bought what was thought to be a 2800 mah battery on ebay. The battery looks good and is has a pretty stout runtime but its actually two 1100mah packs wired in parallel when i disassembled it. equaling 2200mah labeled wrong to 2800. I spent 15 bucks i got what i paid for but im satisfied
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Have you any details you can share. Thanks
Avoid ebay shop: M99 - M99 sales
Avoid buying from an e-bay shop M99 sales. I bought a charger for an MP3 player, which was not compatible. I e-mailed twice and this guy just ignores any communications.
Most of the negative is for sending the wrong or faulty goods and not providing refunds. This guy is cheap, but there is a good chance you will get the wrong stuff or even something which is unsafe - please AVOID.
If you look at his feedback, he has a 96% positive, but this hides the fact he has over 1000 pieces of negative in the last 12 months. Yes, over 1000 people have complained and E-bay still let him trade - can that be right (well it appears so, provided you keep above the level of 95% positive, which is the magic % set by e-bay). Could you imagine a shop on the high street continuing business if it provided such poor customer service that one in 20 trades was dodgy!
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I searched but did not find much current information-
Has anyone gone to an oversized high capacity replacement battery for their wizard? I see several on ebay from $17 to $30 delivered and doubling the battery capacity has to be a good thing.....right?
dcyale said:
I searched but did not find much current information-
Has anyone gone to an oversized high capacity replacement battery for their wizard? I see several on ebay from $17 to $30 delivered and doubling the battery capacity has to be a good thing.....right?
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i was thinking about it as all wm devices suck on battery life... but i charge mine all day at work and on my nitestand, and it usually lasts about two days without charging anyways....
i figured my brick is already big enough i'd just buy a second battery and keep alternating the two (keep one in the car or something with a car charger)...
I did purchase a large / double capacity battery - and am very happy with the purchase. Yes, it makes the brick a bit larger, and does come with a battery door as the original will not fit.
I was having charging issues, believe my battery was at the end of its lifespan - was having to charge every night, and if battery got below 51%, my wizard would continually loop at windows mobile flash screen.
I've gone as long as four days without a charge with the new extended battery - that is running some of the XDA WM6 roms - using wifi, etc.
I find the phone easier to hold with the larger battery
Just my .02 cents
Have a good one
does the phone with the bigger battery still fit in the regular case?
Thanks
The phone still fits in my holder - that was a big plus for me.......
The holder I have is a brown leather one with the logo Reiko on it. Came with the phone when I bought it on ebay. It has elastics on the side, so not sure if it is a specific holder for the wizard only.
Can't really help much more than that
Have a good one
Thanks for the info, bill_in_mtl.
I have decided to buy one. Hopefully it'll fit in the case.
What's a good place to buy one?
I found someone on e-bay selling them for $12 shipped.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2400mAh-Ext-OEM...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
It says it's by Celxpert.
Is this battery to be trusted, or could this turn out to be a cheap, low quality product?
I purchased mine on ebay also - for just about the same price. Have had no issues whatsoever with the new battery.
One note is that you need to ensure you identify which model you have - the different Wizard models have different battery doors.
Cingular 8125 and TMobile MDA have different battery doors. I noticed that the ebay item you linked shows it is for the mda.
I ordered and received the correct item for the 8125.
Thanks again for the info.
I just ordered the one I linked to.
I do have a T-mobile MDA.
I'll report here how it works out.
After one day of using the high capacity battery I got from e-bay, I can say so far it's performing great. The phone is bulkier now, but it can still fit in the original case that T-Mobile sent with the phone, although barely.
I may start making a lot of voip calls over wi-fi, so can't do without a high capacity battery.
BATTERIES THAT SELL ON EBAY IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CRUISE BUT WITH THE TOUCH, SO DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE COVER BATTERIES!!!!!
you should really change your dealer...
kikitoni said:
BATTERIES THAT SELL ON EBAY IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CRUISE BUT WITH THE TOUCH, SO DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE COVER BATTERIES!!!!!
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You need to check the reputation of the seller before you buy from E-Bay.
And even than you are not sure about the quality of the battery.
The best is to buy the original battery recommended by HTC.
Actually, the best thing to do is, whenever you even remotely consider buying something from ebay, have a friend whack you in the head with a brick. There's a reason why the prices on ebay are so low...it's cause 99% of the products are either advertised as something they are not, or the seller is a straight up scammer and won't send you anything at all. Feedback is useless; there are networks of scammers out there who generate feedback for each other that appears to be legitimate.
If I sound a bit disgruntled, I'm sorry, but so far over the past 3 months I've lost over 500$ on ebay and STILL waiting for paypal dispute resolution to take care of it.
surgex0 said:
Actually, the best thing to do is, whenever you even remotely consider buying something from ebay, have a friend whack you in the head with a brick. There's a reason why the prices on ebay are so low...it's cause 99% of the products are either advertised as something they are not, or the seller is a straight up scammer and won't send you anything at all. Feedback is useless; there are networks of scammers out there who generate feedback for each other that appears to be legitimate.
If I sound a bit disgruntled, I'm sorry, but so far over the past 3 months I've lost over 500$ on ebay and STILL waiting for paypal dispute resolution to take care of it.
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......................although; one can always have a great experience, bar the 2 cars I have bought! (Cars were under £200!)
Ebay is good but you have to do alot of research, just received the Seinheiser CX500 headphones.......fantastic and the world is far away due to the quality.........
Will
That's cool...I know I have had SOME good transactions on ebay, but I just hate the fact that when things go wrong they seem to tell you that they will help fix it when they dont...they need to regulate things more, because there are so many scammers on ebay...i would bet my life that there are at least 100 people gettimg scammed right this second
BTW Seinheiser is great..I've tried those and I liked them
For wired headphones though i use Ultimate Ears in ear monitors...theyre amazing but they cost ALOT
I'm trying to some some studio quality bluetooth headphones at the moment with no avail
Ebay
I get just about all of my phone accessories on ebay. Most of the stuff while cheap does what they say. True feedback does not mean much but I have bought all my extra batteris there and saved a lot of money. $ 12 for a battery there compaired to $40-50 eleswhere. I think it is worth a try.
I second surgex0. When stuff goes wrong ebay/paypal doesn't care.
And batteries - I got some 'new' batteries once that were original branded but lasted 20% my store bought batteries did. I'd stay away.
Hi,
On Monday I have received this 2800 ma extended battery ordered few days before:
http://cgi.ebay.fr/HTC-TOUCH-PRO-2-II-EXTENDED-2800mAh-BATTERY-COVER-NEW_W0QQitemZ160356657205QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_PDABatteries?hash=item2556006835&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Some pics of the thing plugged on my phone are attached.
So, ok I must admit, the phone looks is heavier but it doesn't feel really bulkier on hands.
The main drawback is that the stylus is harder to pull, you'll have to stop bitting your nails to get it
The finish it not that bad for the price you paid. it's the same glossy one as the original back cover.
Regarding the battery life, I got it on Monday evening, now it's Friday morning and I still get 10%!!! My use is above average with push on windows mail / gmail (since 2 days), internet, some calls/ sms, music through A2DP...
Whatever, I feel the battery life is at least 2 times the stock 1500ma battery.
I think it worth the try especially for the price!
By the way, I just saw a 3000ma battery on ebay this morning. The back cover looks better but the seller has "0" feedback.
Thibaud
Thanks. Can you show us a picture of the back, where the loudspeaker is please? and let us know how it goes in terms usage. -This could be great for short trips instead of bringing a charger.
2nd the picture on the back, and while your at it one of the bottom please. Nobody is making one for sprint yet (we have the 3.5mm jack), and I'm wondering if a little dremmel work on the new back cover would make it fit my phone.
Thanks!
I've had more then my fair share of experience buying non-oem batteries and it has never been pleasant. At most, I only get a few months out of them before they start draining really fast or fail to charge to 100%. For only 15 quid, I'm skeptical as ever.
Please report back your results in a month or so.
got that battery,awhile back, haven't reeally put it through the paces, cause I have a T-mobile branded phone, and at the time, I bought the battery(few months back) it never mentioned that it only fit unbranded
I posted a review on another site, so I will paste part of it here with some pics.
I bought one of these off eBay and it was advertised for the T-Mobile Touch Pro2. While the battery fit, the cover did not. (The T-Mobile Touch Pro2 has a really thin battery cover.)
I was wondering how that error was made.
Now on seeing this post and your pics, well... it's that the cover the seller sent to me was for the European Touch Pro2 model (and U. S. Sprint, AT&T and Verizon?)
My cover looks exactly like the one in the pictures, so I know that it is the same one .
I contacted the seller and he said to send him pics of the issue so he could inform the engineers. I humored him and sent the pics, never to hear from him again. He wanted me to pay for return shipping to get a refund. Since it was a $25 purchase I just said forget about it and left him negative feedback.
Now as to the item, the battery seems well made (I tested it while the phone was sitting on my desk. I just could not take it anywhere since I did not have a proper cover.)
But be warned, while the cover looks OK in the pics, it is cheap soft pliable plastic. To me it looks and feels like it will warp over time or parts of the plastic will suffer fatigue damage.
It attaches (near as I can tell) via small protrusions around the phone where it clips on. Since it's cheap plastic I can envision the clips breaking or warping. Leave it in the hot sun, on a car sear or dashboard, I suspect the cover will warp, if not melt.
All said and done, since the battery works well (so far, in my limited testing) it is worth the price I paid ($25 shipped.) It says on the package there is a 12 month warranty. Does that mean it will be worth the expense to ship the return and pay for shipping a replacement back to you (probably $30), probably not.
Batter 2800
I also got this battery with cover for my Vodafone TP2. Sure plactic is cheap (I cannot tell that original back cover is much better...), but hole for stylus disappointed me at all- I have to use pen or scissors to extract it out. Better do not leave it thee at all.
Anyway battery works longer.
I am much content with replacement battery 1600mAH which lasts longer than original (bought on UK ebay , too).
Hi All:
Just found this on eBay
For £11-99 incl postage it seems a bargain. Has anyone here bought one of these?
Cheers
Good find.....I've been looking for a UK charger (without getting ripped off) for a long time.
You just never know whether to trust these cheap chinese knock-offs though.
Almost 2000 items sold with 100% positive feedback - got to give some, if only a small indication of a decent seller but doesn't necessarily give an insight into the quality and longevity of his products.
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I've bitten anyway and have ordered it.....will post back whenever it arrives and probably type in CAPITAL LETTERS if it blows my TF'er
Paradaz said:
Good find.....I've been looking for a UK charger (without getting ripped off) for a long time.
You just never know whether to trust these cheap chinese knock-offs though.
Almost 2000 items sold with 100% positive feedback - got to give some, if only a small indication of a decent seller but doesn't necessarily give an insight into the quality and longevity of his products.
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I've bitten anyway and have ordered it.....will post back whenever it arrives and probably type in CAPITAL LETTERS if it blows my TF'er
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Interestingly, this item is very similar to the one referred to here
I note that this HK supplier is only showing a shipping history back to March 2nd - just like the guy in China selling the UK version. Looks like it may be a new product, just available on eBay?
Anyway - what the hell - I have also ordered one! Let's see who's arrives first eh?
Well, I received my charger and it does charge the tablet......only time will tell what the quality is like. The big problem though is that when the charger is connected the screen locks out and is completely unresponsive. As soon as it is disconnected, the screen comes back to life.
I got back in touch with the seller and he has offered (without any fuss) a refund or replacement. I've opted for him to send another charger so hopefully this is a one-off.
The downside is that it will take another 2-3 weeks to arrive as it's from Hong-Kong. Would be interested to hear feedback from anyone else who used the ebay link with regards to similar problems!
Paradaz said:
I got back in touch with the seller and he has offered (without any fuss) a refund or replacement. I've opted for him to send another charger so hopefully this is a one-off.
The downside is that it will take another 2-3 weeks to arrive as it's from Hong-Kong. Would be interested to hear feedback from anyone else who used the ebay link with regards to similar problems!
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Mine arrived yesterday & didnt try it until I saw your post!
I am typing this on my TF101 with the charger plugged in & charging. No issues at all , works a treat!
Looks you got a duff one
Cheers - JellyW
So I recieved one of those ebay generic batteries with the Black and white leabel yesterday.
it was marked 2600 mAh rating.
I peeled back the label to see whats underneath. Much to my surprise there was no casing! Its just a thin plastic frame around the outside. The cell inside did not even take up all the space. there was 1/8" X 1" thick strip of foam along the length.
I'm not gonna rip open my OEM battery but damn...I'm sure the Samsung isnt like that!
So after a full charge, the battery life was pretty dismal. 2 hrs of light use, no games, brought it down to 60%. then i went to sleep. in the morning it dropped to 33%. from that point i went down to zero after 1 hr of web browsing, sitting on my desk.
i'll upload pics later
EDIT: just slapped in the 2nd fully charged battery. its down to 87%. i took like 3 photos and nothing else. FAIL
not all generic batteries are suck!
i bet your generic battery is lighter in weight?
Anker battery weight the same as oem samsung battery.
i havnt used oem samsung battery after i got my Anker batteries.
I should specify ebay ones. Yeah i ordered a pair of ankers and a charger this morning. I however did see some nice looking battery cases with 3500mAh ratings, kind of like an external sleeve/backing.
however this makes the phone even longer and thicker, but not as gross looking as the 5000mAh double sized batteries. sadly, they are in the $45 range
EDIT: like this
http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/...laxy-Note-i9220-GT-N7000-Galaxy-Note-LTE.html
i wouldn't buy from here tho. seems sketchy
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gtnote said:
why should they not capitalize on people who look at only price and not quality? they sell crap because people buy it, and they know that you wont pay to ship it back to China for a refund. See they can ship to the US for nothing our postal service delivers it and we get the increased postal rates. Now if you purchased from a real American business you would have a better quality battery because American sellers cant get away with that crap.
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I don't find the logic in such a stereotypical post.
I bought similar...from a US seller...shipped from the US. ...same result...crap batteries
Seller did refund half of the purchase price and told me to keep the batteries.
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HHHUMMMM you spend $10 and .....
complain it is a piece of crap, not sure if you know you get what you pay for in this world. Continue to go cheap and you get cheap at some point you have to spend money for quality. Not saying the most expensive is the best, but do your research and buy the best bang for the buck vice the cheapest for the buck.
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HHHUMMMM you spend $10 and ..... complain it is a piece of crap, not sure if you know you get what you pay for in this world.
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go look at this freaking loser review on amazon. he spent 14.99$ for 2 batteries and charger, that is like 5$ for each item. And he get pissed off cus the charger takes too long to charge compare to samsung charger.
that is like getting a kia and get pissed off cus it' not as smooth or as comfortable compare to Mercedes!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JSSNHI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
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go look at this freaking loser review on amazon. he spent 14.99$ for 2 batteries and charger, that is like 5$ for each item. And he get pissed off cus the charger takes too long to charge compare to samsung charger.
that is like getting a kia and get pissed off cus it' not as smooth or as comfortable compare to Mercedes!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JSSNHI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
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That, and his second battery was defective? Don't be overly biased here.
I have 2 Anker batteries and they seem comparable to my OEM's. No better, no worse. Hopefully in time they will still perform.
They aren't even broken in yet.
In the end, they will still suck, but hopefully not that bad. I wouldn't try to use your camera with flash on using an aftermarket battery though
EDIT: Also some gentleman was selling OEM note batteries, wall charger adapter, and a USB cable for 20$ shipping on eBay. I picked one up, it's perfect, and a steal of a deal.
well ive been trying to cylcle them a few time turning EVERYTHING on and maxing brightness etc.
still. felt like i opened a big bag of chips and finding it only half full. Im curious if others found the same thing in "better" batteries?
EDIT: I fully knew i wouldnt be getting the full rated mAh as i just wanted cheap, backup batteries. I've bought many of these before, but never opened them till now.
These batteries have since been retired. Do yourselves a favor, buy the "Anker" brand batteries. Theyare as good as oem and cheap too. Under $20 for two including a stand alone charger with usb output and 600mA.
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