I can't confirm it here Todd. I have gotten most of my batteries from them. They are about 2 miles from my house so I stop by. Always pleasant and friendly and go out of their way to help. I had a bad cell in a Hobby store pack in my Evolution XL the day before I left for the NATS. I called about 5 minutes before they closed and they stayed and built 2 packs for me. They both charged over the rating. Every battery I have gotten from them charged to their rating or over. I have used them for my camera, cell phone and iPod batteries too.
Their old shop burned down about a year and a half ago now and it is good to see them still around. BTW..They don't know me or Isthmus Models from Adam. I buy retail from them because I like them. I have suppliers I can get batteries from cheaper but I do not get the service or quality from them. I'm not saying you are wrong or right. Just passing along my experience as you have yours. Mark Miller ----- Original Message ---- From: Todd Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 2:35:12 PM Subject: [RCSE] BAD VENDOR REPORT!!!!!!!!!!!! I should have listened to a LOT of your guys' advice regarding BATTERIES AMERICA.......what a JOKE of a company. Past experiences were nominal like "wrong items shipped" only to have me ship back to wait and wait to finally get what I originally ordered.....dealing with RUDE people on their phone......receiving a couple RX packs that didn't even SNIFF the capacity level AFTER a 24 hour charge with my Sirius Pack former......get the runaround over the phone about NOT PROPERLY CHARGING, etc. Like a Dumb-dumb I keep loyal and try to give them the benefit of the doubt. Recently (the past 2 and 1/2 years) I have had THREE painful surgeries on my FEET that has hampered me to do much flying...or anything at all at that. Prior to my second operation I purchased servo's and batteries for upcoming projects once I am back on my feet. Well a THIRD operation was necessary, unfortunately.....and am now getting projects completed. I cycled a 2100 mah pack , recently, which I purchased roughly a year ago and have not touched IT or the other products like Volz servo's and another RX pack from a local hobby store, and it cranked out a wopping 510mah after a 24 hour trickle charge. I then re-cycled it for another 24 hours and it really jumped BIG TIME to 710mah!!!!!!! Its a 2100 mah pack!!!! The other pack I purchased from a hobby store cycled up "close" to where it should be and has been working quite well. I asked a friend regarding this matter and He felt one of the cells went bad. I phoned BATTERIES AMERICA to have someone tell me "I am a big boy and I NEED to accept "REALITY", in that, its been over a year and thats that." I told them I understand , BUT, the pack has NEVER EVER been cycled...EVER. They claimed that I am not being realistic, as I agreed it has been a year BUT I am honest and have NEVER touched the battery or cycled it EVER. I re-coiled and stated back at them "then your telling me that NONE of your packs haven't sat on the shelves for a year...TWO...or more?????? How am I to know they didn't ship me a 2100 mah RX pack that hasn't been collecting dust on their shelves for a year or two or three???? He said "THAT is immaterial"...I asked how? I asked can you tell me right now that ALL your packs are LESS than a year old and all cells used to put the packs together????? He bobbled about only to say how its NOT THE SAME POINT , its immaterial to my point and matter and He can't state they ONLY have batteries put together in less than 12 months. What a joke of a company...I have had other problemss and have read some of your guys' NIGHTMARE dealings with these people. I am the one to blame as i should not have done any business with these people after the humiliating conversations and lack of prodcing a product accurate with its description and expected performance. For a measely 20-30 bux they lost a LOYAL and HONEST customer. BTW...the VOLZ servos and the DS368's from Johnny Berlin fired up GREAT and the other battery I purchased that sat around until I recovered from my painful nightmare cycled up and is working very well. I just don't get it. How petty are these people and what TERRIBLE business practices they have. I recently sent in a $30+ servo I bought from JR that stripped out and they replaced it with a NEW ONE...no questions asked. How can a 2100 mah battery that was NEVER cycled by the buyer be so bad after sitting in my drawer awaiting my recovery????? I wonder how much people like this TIP a WAITRESS or WAITER after dinner........how straight-up LAME and CHEAP! I will NEVER buy a THING from them EVER AGAIN. Thanks for the bandwith and sorry you guys had to hear me piss moan and groan! :O) For what its worth there has to be a better place to find GOOD quality batteries at competitive prices....BATTERIES AMERICA has a serious problem with "QUALITY" of some of their products....I know because THIS is not the first time a complaint has been logged on here reporting this kind of situation. What babbling idiot I sound like....yikes! :) Thanks for reading/listening to this pathetic story! RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. 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