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Do you ever find sometimes the harder you try to get something done the less likely it is going to happen, some time back I had the brain storm to modify my Sovereign Gt to run on a li ion type battery as I found that the stock batteries would always be flat when I wanted to use the detector, as mostly I would suddenly decide that I had an opportunity to get in some coin detecting, and then find the batteries were not charged so either wouldn't go or decide to go at another time which for one reason or another would not happen.
Anyway long story short I decided that the li ion batteries would be the go as they would stay charged longer than the standard batteries and I could just grab them and go when I wanted to, anyway I decided on some 12v 3000ah batteries that are common on ebay, blue casing type in all different capacities, I decided on the 3000 ah one due to the size of it and that it would be more than enough for a days detecting and so on, and I made a pouch that fitted on to the side of the arm rest and the battery just plugged in to a socket that I wired in and mounted to the front of the control box, easy peasy right.
Initially I bought two batteries and it worked really well, before I got the opportunity to go out for a detect and as I had just used it briefly here and there for testing and in the back yard, some time later I discovered that one of the batteries crapped itself without warning, by this time I had them for awhile and just though no issue I would just order another one, simple solution right?
And this is where the drama began, and this is what I discovered, and made a complaint to fleabay to no avail of course, I ordered one which was the same but a bit more expensive than the originals ones that I bought from a seller in Hong Kong I think?, as it was from supposedly a seller based in Australia and I thought no worries I should get it in a week or so, as the weeks went by and still no battery I complained to the seller who said that they did not know where it was ???wtf, anyway I asked them to send another one as I wanted it asap, they came back to me and said that they checked their stock and the batteries they had were faulty so they would just refund me the money which they did but this was some three of four weeks after I ordered it, but on checking I discovered that the rats were still adverting them for sale and reckoned they were based in Australia, but of course they were just drop shippers and the things were still being sent from an overseas supplier.
oop:
Ok then went on to round two, ordered another one from a supposed Australian supplier, messaged them and asked, are you based in Australia and where is your stock, the answer was Australia to both questions, so gullible me orders another battery, and bugger me dead the exact same scenario unfolds, the weeks go by and still no fiipping battery shows up, the seller has no idea where it is and wont send me another but refunds the money wtf is going on with these clowns I am thinking and am now extremely pissed wit it all, , so heres what it is, it seems there are a bunch of sellers operating on fleabay in Australia that it seems are all probably the same person or group, and judging from my experience with them they are making money and not actually sending the items to the buyers, they stretch out the time until its unlikely the buyer will be able to get a refund as fleabay will not take quick enough action against them, I made a complaint and got a negative and totally unhelpful response from them, then they had the gaul to ask for feedback on how did we do (bet they dont ask me that again) :argh:
Anyway round three, as I still really wanted a battery as I have modified the detector right, so like a lamb to the slaughter I again troll fleabay and decide maybe I should just again order it from an overseas seller with a good feedback rating of course, this ones in Honkers so should be here in a couple of weeks max, anyway waiting , waiting, waiting, and still waiting, more than three weeks almost four, have a tracking number but it says its been sent but not where it is now???, wtf not again, you have to be kidding right what is going on?, maybe it will have a happy ending :argh: but right now I am not convinced.
Anyway the moral of the story avoid buying from these sellers if you can and just save yourself some money and grief, fleabay has no interest in protecting you from these sorts of clowns and could not care less as long as they get there percentage, how do you say up yours in mandarin anyone know?
cheers
stayyerAU
Do you ever find sometimes the harder you try to get something done the less likely it is going to happen, some time back I had the brain storm to modify my Sovereign Gt to run on a li ion type battery as I found that the stock batteries would always be flat when I wanted to use the detector, as mostly I would suddenly decide that I had an opportunity to get in some coin detecting, and then find the batteries were not charged so either wouldn't go or decide to go at another time which for one reason or another would not happen.
Anyway long story short I decided that the li ion batteries would be the go as they would stay charged longer than the standard batteries and I could just grab them and go when I wanted to, anyway I decided on some 12v 3000ah batteries that are common on ebay, blue casing type in all different capacities, I decided on the 3000 ah one due to the size of it and that it would be more than enough for a days detecting and so on, and I made a pouch that fitted on to the side of the arm rest and the battery just plugged in to a socket that I wired in and mounted to the front of the control box, easy peasy right.
Initially I bought two batteries and it worked really well, before I got the opportunity to go out for a detect and as I had just used it briefly here and there for testing and in the back yard, some time later I discovered that one of the batteries crapped itself without warning, by this time I had them for awhile and just though no issue I would just order another one, simple solution right?
And this is where the drama began, and this is what I discovered, and made a complaint to fleabay to no avail of course, I ordered one which was the same but a bit more expensive than the originals ones that I bought from a seller in Hong Kong I think?, as it was from supposedly a seller based in Australia and I thought no worries I should get it in a week or so, as the weeks went by and still no battery I complained to the seller who said that they did not know where it was ???wtf, anyway I asked them to send another one as I wanted it asap, they came back to me and said that they checked their stock and the batteries they had were faulty so they would just refund me the money which they did but this was some three of four weeks after I ordered it, but on checking I discovered that the rats were still adverting them for sale and reckoned they were based in Australia, but of course they were just drop shippers and the things were still being sent from an overseas supplier.
oop: Ok then went on to round two, ordered another one from a supposed Australian supplier, messaged them and asked, are you based in Australia and where is your stock, the answer was Australia to both questions, so gullible me orders another battery, and bugger me dead the exact same scenario unfolds, the weeks go by and still no fiipping battery shows up, the seller has no idea where it is and wont send me another but refunds the money wtf is going on with these clowns I am thinking and am now extremely pissed wit it all, , so heres what it is, it seems there are a bunch of sellers operating on fleabay in Australia that it seems are all probably the same person or group, and judging from my experience with them they are making money and not actually sending the items to the buyers, they stretch out the time until its unlikely the buyer will be able to get a refund as fleabay will not take quick enough action against them, I made a complaint and got a negative and totally unhelpful response from them, then they had the gaul to ask for feedback on how did we do (bet they dont ask me that again) :argh:
Anyway round three, as I still really wanted a battery as I have modified the detector right, so like a lamb to the slaughter I again troll fleabay and decide maybe I should just again order it from an overseas seller with a good feedback rating of course, this ones in Honkers so should be here in a couple of weeks max, anyway waiting , waiting, waiting, and still waiting, more than three weeks almost four, have a tracking number but it says its been sent but not where it is now???, wtf not again, you have to be kidding right what is going on?, maybe it will have a happy ending :argh: but right now I am not convinced.
Anyway the moral of the story avoid buying from these sellers if you can and just save yourself some money and grief, fleabay has no interest in protecting you from these sorts of clowns and could not care less as long as they get there percentage, how do you say up yours in mandarin anyone know?
cheers
stayyerAU
