Hong Kong batteries

[VectraMan]

My old Dell laptop needs a new battery. Looking on ebay, there's lots of cheap ones from Hong Kong, with longer life than standard too.

Any reason to avoid these? Seems a bit too good to be true.

[Pondlife]

Not sure if it'll be the same but I've bought cheap camera batteries off ebay and they're not worth the postage paid.

Pays yer money, takes yer chance I suppose.

[BrilloPad]

Is the seller rating ok?

[Fishface]

DO NOT BUY FROM HONG KONG with eBay.

There has just been a big bust out there - a group selling goods that do not appear/exist - seller ratings are faked.

[daviejones]

Personally I try to buy all my EBAY items from UK. I did buy an item from US once and it was ok.

HTH

[Waldorf]

I've bought a few items from Hong Kong and been ok so far

[fzbucks]

I bought a psp from hong kong and it was ok - just be prepared to wait longer than buying from a uk seller - and as already said by another poster check the feedback - you can tell if its fake by clicking on the feedback left for others also

[Spacecadet]

DO NOT BUY FROM HONG KONG with eBay.

There has just been a big bust out there - a group selling goods that do not appear/exist - seller ratings are faked.

I fell for one of those, found something I was after and bidded straight away as it was 5 minutes to the end of the auction. I won, then checked out the sellers profile. Decided not to pay, alerted ebay (feck all response from them as always), sent the seller an email explaining why I wasn't paying and a few days later the sellers profile no longer existed.