Sutho said:
At least some of the ones I received are from Fisker as they were labeled as such. I reckon there is a mix of sources as one has white heat transfer paste, one has pink plasticine type gunk, and the others have none. Most have grey aluminium cell surrounds and some have black. Some have a bar linking the terminals at each end and others don't.
Yeah, mine just had the bar linking the terminals on the positive end. Any screws broken off in your terminals? Is there any correlation between the cells marked Fiskar, and the thermal paste or gray/black case?
Sutho said:
It is by pure luck, not by careful selection, that I have 12 modules that are in reasonably good condition. It is obvious that Victpower are aware that many/most of the modules are faulty, damaged goods and, despite numerous promises and assurances that the modules would be good or would be replaced, I have now been forced to submit a dispute with PayPal to recover at least half of my money.
I feel bad that this worked out poorly for you, yours is the potential outcome I was warning about in my earlier posts. I've been in your position many times, which is why I tried to share my approach earlier. Maybe it was luck, or maybe my approach, but all of my cells are good and holding voltage; capacity, well we'll see about that soon.
Promises don't mean squat - in fact I expect a large amount of BS - and in the end no matter what they say to close the deal, you will get what they have in their warehouse. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. I started getting better quality product when learned to stopped extorting promises that nobody would be around to support or service, and I would never buy my full order all at once, especially on a new, unseen product. Given the way events proceeded with the 42s packs etc, I'd bet donuts to dollars that VictPower is the middleman in the transaction, and has little control over the supply. I have not heard of anyone recovering money from an international PayPal claim, if it works for you then there is hope for all of us in future transactions.
Sutho said:
Xin Wang and the owners of Victpower have no morals and do not stand by their claims, assurances and promises.
A business is completely self-interested, and never-ever-ever has a moral component - which is why it drives me nuts that the US Supreme court decided business need to have "freedom of speech", expressed ny unfettered political contributions. The desire to attract repeat customers can give the appearance of morality, but Chinese vendors disappear and start new companies, so repeat business is not really a concern for them. Investing for a high return, and buying for a steep discount, have commensurate risks.
If you end up with dead modules you want to dump, I can use them for the module parts.
-JD