πŸ”‹ [US] Bulk Battery Group Buy - Gauging Interest

Hey all!

I am currently looking at ordering some cells in bulk for Duck Battery Systems. Not to retail individually, but for complete battery packs I want to keep in stock as well as potentially selling welded p-groups.

Since I want to order a bunch and get the best price possible, I figure maybe there are others out there who want to put our collective dollars to work for the common good!

Details

I will be ordering from 18650BatteryStore (I am negotiating with a wholesale rep over there), where I have ordered thousands of cells from before.

I am very confident that they do their utmost to confirm the quality and legitimacy of their cells. For that reason, and for the reason that I simply dont have the time or the financial headroom for it, I will not be testing any of the cells that I redistribute for this group buy, nor will I guarantee against any bad cells you might get in your order. I will be trusting 18650BatteryStore, and if you order then you will be too.

I recommend this standard practice when ordering cells for a battery pack; order a couple extras. When I order cells for a 12s4p, I get 50, not 48.

I dont have enough money to bankroll this myself, so payment will be collected and then the battery order will be placed. All payment will be done though PayPal, G&S fees covered by the buyer. Shipping will also be covered by the buyer, and will be assessed once I get your cells and pack them up. If you want a specific quote for a specific number of cells, contact me and I can give you an estimate!

Contiguous United States ground shipping only

Pricing!

Of course, as with nearly all group-buys, this is going to depend on the total quantity which we can order. Base prices before quantity discounts for the cells that I am considering ordering are:

  • Molicel P42A - $4.65
  • Molicel P26A - $3.65
  • Samsung 30Q - $4.15
  • Samsung 40T - $4.75
  • Samsung 50E - $4.45

These are slightly below the normal listed prices on their website, and the regular quantity breaks go down from there:

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(This was taken from their wholesale website. I will hopefully be able to negotiate lower quantity breaks. No promises though. These are already pretty generous.)

To find out more accurate pricing, I need to give the wholesale rep, you know, the actual quantities :joy: So I am gauging interest with some polls!

**Please only mark the polls if you think there is a really good chance you would actually buy that many. **

Molicel P42A 21700
  • 0~49
  • 50~99
  • 100~149
  • 150~199
  • 200~299
  • 300~399
  • 400~499
  • 500+ (please comment amount)

0 voters

Molicel P26A 18650
  • 0~49
  • 50~99
  • 100~149
  • 150~199
  • 200~299
  • 300~399
  • 400~499
  • 500+ (please comment amount)

0 voters

Samsung 40T 21700
  • 0~49
  • 50~99
  • 100~149
  • 150~199
  • 200~299
  • 300~399
  • 400~499
  • 500+ (please comment amount)

0 voters

Samsung 30Q 18650
  • 0~49
  • 50~99
  • 100~149
  • 150~199
  • 200~299
  • 300~399
  • 400~499
  • 500+ (please comment amount)

0 voters

Samsung 50E 21700
  • 0~49
  • 50~99
  • 100~149
  • 150~199
  • 200~299
  • 300~399
  • 400~499
  • 500+ (please comment amount)

0 voters

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Update 3/9/2021:

Here’s the order form:

50G > 50E

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Spreading the word in my local groups! Also @ZachTetra @Skyart off the top of my head

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50G = Carmen San Diego

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I need more p42a’s in these next few months and this base price is better than liion wholesale which I’ve previously bought from.

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I’m the wrong coast for this, best case is a $0.282 discount per cell for me so shipping 100 cells costs the same as the savings, and I don’t have the money or the space to buy 300 cells, sorry guys

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We’re close by , I go to DC often, I could use more DIY friends

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Haha I might come by for some group rides one day :yum:

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I’m in the same boat as Zach but I’m definitely interested.

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@BenjaminF can you check what 200 cells is to mid Atlantic?

Heya duck, I may be interested in this. Any idea what shipping to San Diego for around 100-150 cells would be? 21700 cells that is.

200 P42A cells shipped to:

133 E Delaware Ave
Newark, DE 19711

we are looking at $48.27 for shipping + $1000 insurance.

150 P42A cells to:

713 63rd St
San Diego, CA 92114

would be $30.21 for shipping + $700 insurance through ShipBikes.



I shopped around a lot, and the cheapest I could find for both of these was ShipBikes.com. ParcelMoney is a couple bucks cheaper, but only without insurance. With insurance shipbikes is still cheapest. Unless I want to use USPS flat rate boxes, which I’m pretty sure is illegal.

If anyone knows of a better/cheaper method for shipping heavy stuff, let me know!

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Oof, a whopping savings of $8.12 across 200 cells :joy::joy:

(Assuming shipping to you is about the same as shipping to me)

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If this GB doesnt make financial sense for everyone, then there’s a possibility it wont happen. I’ll have to find out about shipping cost to me and final cell cost.

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I was looking back at the GB that @ahrav ran last year, and wondering how it all worked out for a decent price for everyone. I guess the answer is just that those cells were more expensive back then, so $4.50 a cell was a much better price than it is now. :man_shrugging:

This might have to be a high-rollers only group buy :joy:

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You can ship to yourself for free over $500. Something like an hour and I’ll edit a screenshot with the discount code in. added below @BenjaminF

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maybe @BenjaminF you could ship all the cells required to the coast and then distributed from there
so maybe @ZachTetra will recieve them and hand out/ship to people near him

@ZachTetra @jack.luis I need to build a 8s 20-24p pack of p42a the three of us should combine shipping.

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why???