microcosm
Senior Member
Mind if you share the photos of the batteries?
BEWARE! Fake Olympus Battery BLN-1 surfaces in SGP (Pics)
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Mind if you share the photos of the batteries?
Hinata76
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Timber Wolf
Senior Member
Olympus Singapore has replied to me on FB. They say that they will be doing some internal checks, and will let me know about their findings.
I will post the findings here.
I will post the findings here.
kel77
Senior Member
Just saw the fakes selling on ebay as well http://www.ebay.com/itm/Qty-2-Olymp...mcorder_Accessory_Bundles&hash=item3a896f7fcc
Timber Wolf
Senior Member
Dear all, I have received a reply from Olympus that the battery is fake.
From Olympus Imaging Singapore:
"Dear <me>, after much investigation, we have found that it is a counterfeit battery. Could you please bring it to our Olympus Studio for testing. Also, where did you buy the battery from? Thanks."
I have since returned the battery to the seller for a refund, and I will not be posting his name here because I believe that he had acted in good faith throughout.
From Olympus Imaging Singapore:
"Dear <me>, after much investigation, we have found that it is a counterfeit battery. Could you please bring it to our Olympus Studio for testing. Also, where did you buy the battery from? Thanks."
I have since returned the battery to the seller for a refund, and I will not be posting his name here because I believe that he had acted in good faith throughout.
Thanks for updating us. And kudos to Olympus for the quick action. And kudos to the original seller as well.
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Please READ the previous posts PROPERLY. It is a combination of factors that suggests the battery to be fake. Spelling error occurs from time to time, even with genuine products (packaging for genuine Hoya HD filters has a spelling error as well). It is in the COMBINATION of SEVERAL discrepancies that show that the battery is a fake.
Like we said before. If you want the community to take a look at your battery, post the pictures. Please check your attitude at the door. Treat this as a warning.
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You can post a link to it without actually linking it. Ie adding spaces or replace "." with "dot". I will help u link the photos here after.
May be worth while to let Olympus trace the source.
Since the seller you bought from may just be one of the links in a long chain.
Source -> A -> B -> C ->D - your seller -> you
After Olympus and you discover this, will the Source throw away all their fake batteries?
Of course not. It will just flow in a different direction to other buyers elsewhere in the word, who did not spot the difference.
Looks legit. Note the corret font for the 5 year recycle logo, as well as the correct UL logo. Also the correct Max charge current rating.
Guys, this is a thread about fake batteries and it's sticky to show people about that and how to identify. So please be mindful and respect the thread topic , if you want to buy 3rd party ask on regular threads. All OT messages will be cleaned up after this.
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firesong
Member
Hi all,
I had just bought a BLN1 last night from BnS for my dad's EM5. We charged it overnight and this morning, when he used it, he felt the battery life seemed shorter than usual. He just passed it to me and asked me if I had bought a dud, and upon inspection we realised the print on the batteries are different. Initially we assumed it was because it's from a different batch but when I came online to look around, I stumbled upon this thread.
Am attaching the photo I took with my iPhone of the batteries. Dad's EM5 original is on the left, the battery I collected is on the right.
Could anyone help us identify if perhaps the battery is a dud? We do not want to contact the seller and accuse him of selling a fake unless we are more or less certain, as it would be unkind.
I had just bought a BLN1 last night from BnS for my dad's EM5. We charged it overnight and this morning, when he used it, he felt the battery life seemed shorter than usual. He just passed it to me and asked me if I had bought a dud, and upon inspection we realised the print on the batteries are different. Initially we assumed it was because it's from a different batch but when I came online to look around, I stumbled upon this thread.
Am attaching the photo I took with my iPhone of the batteries. Dad's EM5 original is on the left, the battery I collected is on the right.
Could anyone help us identify if perhaps the battery is a dud? We do not want to contact the seller and accuse him of selling a fake unless we are more or less certain, as it would be unkind.
Lawrence Quek
New Member
Dude, it would be better to go down to the service centre to have it checked. From photo might be difficult to tell.
The tell tale sign of the J of Japan being spelt in small caps is there. You can read back to the beginning of the thread where a very detailed description of the knock off was shared.
But as you said , pls do bring it down to Olympus and have it verified to be authentic or fake and at the same time, it might be good to simply inform the seller so everyone is fairly in the loop about things.
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