robusmcs13
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I've seen a few other posts about this and I'll add to the precautionary advisories.
I ordered 16 280ah lifepo4 from Nikkie at "Dongguan lighting new energy" June 9th and the batteries came in July 28th. Four of them rather dented, pics included but they look worse in person and one had a different sticker over the original. I was quoted 30-35 day shipping and I specifically asked for them to be packaged especially well for shipping to the US eastern coast.
This is the response I received:
Hi Rob ,I'm sorry that this happened, we provide you with two options, you can see if it applies to you, 1: You are responsible for the transportation costs. We send you 2 batteries for free, 2: Do your friends need to buy batteries? if so. You don't have to pay the freight. Shipment with your friend's order.
So just be aware, after reading the other posts from different sellers with similar responses, it seems they can basically send you a few beat up batteries out of your order (whether or not they were damaged pre shipping or during is hard to determine) and you have little or no recourse to get what you planned and paid for without spending more money. Possibly a credit card refund for the damaged batteries but still left with an incomplete bank.
In the end it works out pretty much the same as if I paid roughly $1600 for an 8s 24v 280ah 6.72kwh battery bank instead of a 13.44kwh bank. They look to be new but not capacity tested yet. Still cheaper than some of the more well known options but without the guarantees and protections then add in the additional shipping time.
Also I may be able to sell the 4 good ones locally in Virginia and reduce some of the investment cost. Not what I wanted but you can't win every gamble, would have been a really great deal if they hadn't been damaged.
So order with caution and potentially low expectations.
I ordered 16 280ah lifepo4 from Nikkie at "Dongguan lighting new energy" June 9th and the batteries came in July 28th. Four of them rather dented, pics included but they look worse in person and one had a different sticker over the original. I was quoted 30-35 day shipping and I specifically asked for them to be packaged especially well for shipping to the US eastern coast.
This is the response I received:
Hi Rob ,I'm sorry that this happened, we provide you with two options, you can see if it applies to you, 1: You are responsible for the transportation costs. We send you 2 batteries for free, 2: Do your friends need to buy batteries? if so. You don't have to pay the freight. Shipment with your friend's order.
So just be aware, after reading the other posts from different sellers with similar responses, it seems they can basically send you a few beat up batteries out of your order (whether or not they were damaged pre shipping or during is hard to determine) and you have little or no recourse to get what you planned and paid for without spending more money. Possibly a credit card refund for the damaged batteries but still left with an incomplete bank.
In the end it works out pretty much the same as if I paid roughly $1600 for an 8s 24v 280ah 6.72kwh battery bank instead of a 13.44kwh bank. They look to be new but not capacity tested yet. Still cheaper than some of the more well known options but without the guarantees and protections then add in the additional shipping time.
Also I may be able to sell the 4 good ones locally in Virginia and reduce some of the investment cost. Not what I wanted but you can't win every gamble, would have been a really great deal if they hadn't been damaged.
So order with caution and potentially low expectations.
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