Here's another example of how this trade system makes people lie and deceive. I have a 1000w electric scooter since like 2014 or so. Quite old. The battery started to not work anymore, of course, so it was collecting dust in the garage. I decided to fix it, clean it, and order a new battery just in case I may sell it. Or just to use it because I feel bad seeing a thing with a motor, wires, and all that, not being used at all.

The battery is 36v and 16Ah. 36v means the power of it, and 16Ah how much energy it holds. The more Ah the more you can drive it. Mine was ok, I could go for like 20Km max. Old battery. Anyway.

So I go to AliExpress, which is a world-wide very known online shop. And I find a fuck ton of batteries. Really really cheap. I thought that these new batteries got smaller and a lot cheaper since last time I looked at them (years ago). So I chose one for 50 Euros that was 36v and 100Ah. One HUNDRED! I was like "wow, I can drive this for like 80Km or some shit like that".

This is it:

And here's the link to it.

I found it hard to believe but AliExpress was full of such batteries. I thought that if they have it specified that is 36v and 100Ah then it must fuckin' be, right?

I contacted the seller and asked...I looked at their reviews....all looked good. They assured me it is indeed 100Ah. The battery was 5 times lighter and 3 times smaller than the old one I had, but naively I thought these new batteries can hold a lot more energy in a smaller form factor...

Anyway I ordered it - 50 bucks was ok.

Came after 3-4 months. In the meantime, since it delayed so much, I complained to AliExpress so I got my money back but the battery still arrived. Free battery! Great!

So these past days I have tested it. With my old battery that was 16Ah I could go for some 20Km. With this battery that they said was 100Ah (more than 5 times the capacity) I can ride for like 5-6Km max. hahaha. So this battery must be 6-7Ah, not 100. What a fucking difference! And yet they keep on selling them with the same specifications.

This is like ordering a 17inch laptop with a core i7 8cores cpu at 4ghz, and get one that's 11inch with a core i3 at 2ghz. Imagine if that would be the case...

So yeah. I got scammed, but at least I got my money back. It is unbelievable how gutsy these merchants have become....unbelievable, but not surprising.

#tromlive