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Used Canon batteries from MPB?

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nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,076
Re: Used Canon batteries from MPB?
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StrugglingforLight wrote:

I noticed mpb has a few used Canon LP-E12 Batteries for $23 and under. Some are listed in "like new" condition. Is that regarding the cosmetic condition or the capacity remaining? Do they even test that? Also what does the 6 month warranty cover for a battery?

Has anyone purchased a battery from them, how was it?

I would never pay good money for unknown quality used batteries.  Especially when you can get 2 new third party parties for less than the price of a single used battery.  It is just too difficult to know what kind of treatment that battery has had.  For example, you could have a battery that was only used in the camera once, but spent a year sitting on the charger constantly getting topped up to 100%.  The battery would look like new with barely a mark on the contacts, but performance would be dramatically degraded.

If MPB had the equipment to do a full load test on each battery and reported a % for remaining life, then they might be worth considering.  As it is, you are buying a complete unknown.

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