PSA: Laikeet.com

Public service announcement: Don’t order anything from laikeet.com unless you can wait several weeks for it. The registration address for the domain is in Pennsylvania, and they say your battery will ship by USPS, but what they actually mean by “USPS” is Hong Kong Post via the proverbial slow boat from China. Their advice for the resulting two-to-three-week delay? “Wait patiently.”

Don’t shop there. Don’t go there. Pay a dollar or two more and find an honest vendor who’ll get it to you this side of the Second Coming of Nikola Tesla.

By way of contrast:

More on the earlier PSA:

Sterlingtek.com, Las Cruces New Mexico: Canon BP511-“equivalent” battery, for values of “equivalent” meaning 2000mAH vs. original 1100mAH. $11.99 vs. $90 for OEM battery. Fits, uh, about fifty different Canon cameras including the Powershot Pro90 IS. Ordered Friday with USPS first-class shipping, received today. Two thumbs UP.

Laikeet.com, domain registered in Pennsylvania, ostensibly based in Bradenton Florida: Nokia BLC-2 battery, $2.99, fits about 18 different Nokia phones including the Nokia 6010. OEM-equivalent 875mAH. Ordered Thursday with allegedly USPS flat-rate shipping. Will probably receive it sometime this month... you already know my opinion of these wankers.

I'm probably going to have to go ahead and order another phone battery, because I need a working phone this week, not three weeks from now. So my laikeet.com order is a total loss.