Big boob at Gearbest, Must be a cock up 2 VTC4 s £5-23

[robby]

 www.gearbest.com/batteries/pp_193094.html

Grab them before they catch on. 3 x 2 packs sameish price as a four pack. £16 for six.

[BrenD]

Good spot. On previous form I expect GB to cancel my order, but if they don't that's a cracking price for six!

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[robby]

Manufacture date looks like Feb 27 2015 (Singapore plant)  from the code on one of the pictured batteries. I cant see the price lasting long, someone will snitch 

So for example, one of ours reads:
SE US18650VTC5
K C5A1XXD05X

So going in order from left to right:

Line 1:

SE means Sony Energy, and matches the spec
US18650VTC5 is the model number, showing that this is the VTC5 model
Line 2:

K means it was manufactured in the Sony Energy Devices Koriyama Plant, in Japan
C5 means it's the VTC5 model
A1X is an internal 3 digit REL code
X is the year - A is 1992, B is 1993, counting to X gives 2015 as the year of manufacture
D is the month - similar to above it's the 4th month, or April
05 is the day of manufacture, so combined with the above the full date of manufacture is April 5, 2015
X is another internal code having to do with the electrode history
All of these should be checked to make sure the right number of digits are there, and that the decoding of them makes sense (for example if we had gotten a 2016 date code that would be suspect).

Also, as additional evidence, the other sample battery does have different codes on it. They were bought about 2 months later and sure enough the codes are a later date, July 1st 2015. A counterfeiter probably would not go to the trouble of changing the codes very often if at all.

[mikedidthis]

I don't think Gearbest is great at maths:

HG2 1PCS - £3.05
HG2 2PCS - £6.82
HG2 4PCS - £13.26

Or

HG2 1PCS - £3.05 x 2 = £6.10
HG2 1PCS - £3.05 x 4 = £12.20

www.gearbest.com/batteries/pp_242228.html

HE4 1PCS - £2.62
HE4 2PCS - £6.18
HE4 4PCS - £11.45

Or

HE4 1PCS - £2.62 x 2 = £5.24
HE4 1PCS - £2.62 x 4 = £10.48

www.gearbest.com/batteries/pp_254172.html

[BrenD]

I tagged a few AAEC folk on Facebook on the off chance they miss this post. Not that I think any of us will get them for this price. But you've got to be in it to win it and all that.

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[robby]

Dec 4, 2015 11:03:30 GMT BrenD said:

I tagged a few AAEC folk on Facebook on the off chance they miss this post. Not that I think any of us will get them for this price. But you've got to be in it to win it and all that.

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From past history with me, if they are in your cart and you`ve paid for them, then the deal is done.

[robby]

I just wish I needed some of the bloody things, just bought 12 other good batteries from Gearbest

[VapingBad]

Dec 4, 2015 10:59:15 GMT robby said:

Manufacture date looks like Feb 27 2015 (Singapore plant)  from the code on one of the pictured batteries. I cant see the price lasting long, someone will snitch 

But that says VTC5 not 4, probably just posted the wrong one or something

[robby]

Yes, that document is from another site, codes should be the same though.

[dalealan]

Well I was happy enough with my 25rs robby but it looks like a few of these have magically jumped into my basket too.

[robby]

Dec 4, 2015 11:20:12 GMT dalealan said:

Well I was happy enough with my 25rs robby but it looks like a few of these have magically jumped into my basket too.

Me too, the best part of 4 days from the 3 25rs at 20W in the Wismec DNA200

[bones3]

i have just grabbed 8 (4x2)

using points and GB wallet total (refund from a battery cock up on there part)

i paid a grand total of £3.52 for 8 by pay pal ofcourse

[robby]

Dec 4, 2015 11:24:22 GMT bones3 said:

i have just grabbed 8 (4x2)

using points and GB wallet total (refund from a battery cock up on there part)

i paid a grand total of £3.52 for 8 by pay pal ofcourse

Love it

[Deleted]

Got 4 25r's coming from FT, another 4 25r's from GB. Did I need 4 VTC4's, well when did need ever come into it. Boughted.

[bones3]

thanks robby for posting i have been looking for something to clear my points and wallet as im done with gearbest now

to many mistakes ,unreliable stock info and there packaging is horrendous