N size batteries on sale

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(06-01-2020 08:14 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Counterfeit electronic parts are well known in the industry. Large companies have component engineering staff whose sole function is to identify counterfeit parts, sometimes by examining the mold marks on the component bodies.

Note the list of known counterfeit battery sellers on eBay near the end of this article.
https://www.microbattery.com/counterfeit...-batteries

Curious about the packaging details, as this is the method to determine the fakes, I tried to look at the detailed photos that showed original and fake packages side-by-side, using the links on the page. None of them work. Seems it's all dated material, quoting sellers in 2016 and page copyright still listed at 2018. A shame, it may have helped. And I've definitely seen some of the listed sellers while searching for batteries on eBay, though they weren't Sony batteries, so it seems these are equal-opportunity counterfeit battery sellers, also selling clones of other brands.