Give No BS batteries a try. I have purchased my last batch of packs from
them, and have been very impressed. Excellent quality pack construction,
they live up to their ratings, and if your buying more than one
identical pack, he sells you the second one at 25% off.
Take a look at: http://www.hangtimes.com/nobsbatteries.html
Completely unsolicited, just a happy customer.
Matt
-Original Message-
From: Todd Larsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:35 PM
To: soaring@airage.com
Subject: [RCSE] BAD VENDOR REPORT
I should have listened to a LOT of your guys' advice regarding BATTERIES
AMERICA...what a JOKE of a company.
Past experiences were nominal like wrong items shipped only to have me
ship back to wait and wait to finally get what I originally
ordered.dealing with RUDE people on their phone..receiving a
couple RX packs that didn't even SNIFF the capacity level AFTER a 24
hour charge with my Sirius Pack former..get the runaround over the
phone about NOT PROPERLY CHARGING, etc. Like a Dumb-dumb I keep loyal
and try to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Recently (the past 2 and 1/2 years) I have had THREE painful surgeries
on my FEET that has hampered me to do much flying...or anything at all
at that.
Prior to my second operation I purchased servo's and batteries for
upcoming projects once I am back on my feet. Well a THIRD operation was
necessary, unfortunately.and am now getting projects completed. I
cycled a 2100 mah pack , recently, which I purchased roughly a year ago
and have not touched IT or the other products like Volz servo's and
another RX pack from a local hobby store, and it cranked out a wopping
510mah after a 24 hour trickle charge. I then re-cycled it for another
24 hours and it really jumped BIG TIME to 710mah!!! Its a 2100 mah
pack
The other pack I purchased from a hobby store cycled up close to where
it should be and has been working quite well. I asked a friend regarding
this matter and He felt one of the cells went bad. I phoned BATTERIES
AMERICA to have someone tell me I am a big boy and I NEED to accept
REALITY, in that, its been over a year and thats that. I told them I
understand , BUT, the pack has NEVER EVER been cycled...EVER. They
claimed that I am not being realistic, as I agreed it has been a year
BUT I am honest and have NEVER touched the battery or cycled it EVER. I
re-coiled and stated back at them then your telling me that NONE of
your packs haven't sat on the
shelves for a year...TWO...or more?? How am I to know they didn't
ship
me a 2100 mah RX pack that hasn't been collecting dust on their shelves
for a year or two or three He said THAT is immaterial...I asked
how? I asked can you tell me right now that ALL your packs are LESS
than a year old and all cells used to put the packs together? He
bobbled about only to say how its NOT THE SAME POINT , its immaterial to
my point and matter and He can't state they ONLY have batteries put
together in less than 12 months.
What a joke of a company...I have had other problemss and have read some
of your guys' NIGHTMARE dealings with these people. I am the one to
blame as i should not have done any business with these people after the
humiliating conversations and lack of prodcing a product accurate with
its description and expected performance. For a measely 20-30 bux they
lost a LOYAL and HONEST customer.
BTW...the VOLZ servos and the DS368's from Johnny Berlin fired up GREAT
and the other battery I purchased that sat around until I recovered from
my painful nightmare cycled up and is working very well. I just don't
get it.
How petty are these people and what TERRIBLE business practices they
have. I recently sent in a $30+ servo I bought from JR that stripped out
and they replaced it with a NEW ONE...no questions asked. How can a
2100 mah battery that was NEVER cycled by the buyer be so bad after
sitting in my drawer
awaiting my recovery? I wonder how much people like this TIP a
WAITRESS or WAITER after dinnerhow straight-up LAME and CHEAP!
I will NEVER buy a THING from them EVER AGAIN.
Thanks for the bandwith and sorry you guys had to hear me piss moan and
groan! :O)
For what its worth there has to be a better place to find GOOD quality
batteries at competitive pricesBATTERIES AMERICA has a serious
problem with QUALITY of some of their productsI know because THIS
is not the first time a complaint has been logged on here reporting this
kind of
situation. What babbling idiot I sound likeyikes! :) Thanks for
reading/listening to this pathetic story!
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