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Originally Posted by Octane
Considering how many thousands we spend on gear, why is it such a hard proposition to spend (perhaps up to $100) on a legitimate second battery?
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Because the extra cost is just the manufacturer jacking up the price for often the same product.
Plenty of manufacturers have been caught out by this. Sony products and IBM laptops (or were they already Lenovo?), were the worst offenders which made the news because of wide spread issues causing fires or even fireworks, but I have thrown away legitimate Samsung and LG batteries which also bulged.
Or perhaps my most relevant anecdote, I checked my telecopse one night during an imaging session and windows had and error on the screen saying "problem with battery" the battery was making a screetching noise, and I nearly burnt my hand when I yanked the official Dell battery out of the laptop.
And quite on the flip side my cheap Chinese after market batteries have outperformed and outlasted Nikon's official equivalents.
It's not a money thing, some of us just don't like getting screwed by companies.