Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I noticed that many of the negative reviews were written by people who purchased "discount" batteries, while those who bought directly from Amazon were positive. The reason is simple, the cheap batteries are cheap for a reason: they are either counterfeit or so old that they have discharged in storage. In contrast, many who got good batteries bought them directly from Amazon; so I did that, and they are all fresh and fully charged. As soon as I received my batteries in the mail I did two things. I checked the manufacture date, then I tested them. My batteries have a manufacture date from only 5 months ago, with a "use by" date 5 years in the future. And, when I tested them they were all fully charged. (See photographs) So yes, I will continue to buy batteries from Amazon, but only those sold directly by Amazon. The cheap batteries are cheap for a reason: they are duds, not deals.