Just one example of many. I am looking for a genuine Dell Precision M4800 battery. The majority of the results are knockoffs and even worse knockoffs lying about them being genuine. I am hard pressed to even find a genuine battery that I need because China based sellers are flooding the site with their dangerous trash using multiple accounts and listings to bury legit items. Even with the "US only" filter I have to filter through China based sellers that are being misleading about their location through the various tricks they use. I don't know what it would take to solve, but these products aren't built to the same quality or safety standards as the real genuine parts. Batteries and power adapters are China's favorites to knock off. There are other electronics that get knocked off as well though.
These are the reasons why I know the battery in question is fake:
- Font is wrong.
- The letter "E" on the word Dell is at the wrong angle
- Font is wrong?
- On "97Wh" the middle peak doesn't go to the top of the letter like the sides of it does. The letter "h" is wider by an observable margin.
- Font is still wrong!
- The word "Standard" on the genuine battery is bold compared to the text below it.
- Font is wrong, font is wrong, font is wrong 💩
- "Type FV993" on the genuine battery is bold compared to the text below it.
Something else worth mentioning is the rubber foot design (not pictured) is wrong. The rubber foot on a real battery isn't one solid piece, but has a plastic trim around the base. You could make the stock photo argument, but when the convincing fakes are around the same price as the obvious fakes well what does that tell you??? Also their feedback is another giveaway when people realize the battery doesn't hold a good charge, or is truly counterfeit. Generally an older new old stock genuine Dell battery like this will bring $60-100 from my personal experience.
