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Absolutely, you need to be dealing with a specialty vendor that understands their own supply chain. I’ve had good experiences with batteryspace.com (AA Portable
by neetdeth 7y ago
Absolutely, you need to be dealing with a specialty vendor that understands their own supply chain. I’ve had good experiences with batteryspace.com (AA Portable Power). Not affiliated.
Amazon’s logistics advantage is huge, but unless I absolutely need it tomorrow they’re rarely the best option. Oddly enough, there are a few resellers of marked up Chinese electronics that have established a certain amount of brand trust with me - “DROK” and “SMAKN” come to mind. Brands that provide a reasonable amount of curation to help you avoid the absolute worst crap, but are small enough not to attract counterfieters themselves. It’s an odd niche that Amazon’s failure of inventory control has created.
- zrobotics 7y agoI can certainly agree about DROK-branded products, they've been great for the price. Apparently the brand is well-known enough to warrant counterfeiters: I ordered 2 5V buck converters and didn't pay enough attention to the seller. The description said DROK but I received some generic boost converters, all of which were inoperable. It wasn't worth going through a return for such a cheap item, I treated it as a cheap lesson on being careful in Amazon. It just shocked me that someone felt the brand was trusted enough to justify faking.
- neetdeth 7y agoHa! Guess it was nice while it lasted.