Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Be advised that a particular seller (that claims to be the actual distributor for Baofeng) claims that their lower capacity 3600mAH generic battery will work with the UV-5RA radio - it DOES NOT. It will work with the original UV-5R (of which I happen to own), but when I ordered more radios from this "distributor/seller" they switched my order from the original UV-5R to the UV-5RA unit (without any prior contact or approval) and then proceeded to ship generic lower capacity batteries (with that same order) that won't work with the new units that they (not me) chose to ship as (in his words) an "upgraded unit". What good is an upgrade if the batteries shipped with them won't fit? In addition, when you (as an Amazon customer) point out their listing error (shipping a non-Baofeng battery, shipping a less than advertised 3600mAH model (vs. the actual Baofeng 3800mAH model that was advertised on the listing), and shipping an Extended Battery that won't work on the UV-5RA radios that they shipped with them in the same box), they claim that: a) Baofeng doesn't even make an Extended Battery (funny since I own several already with Baofeng Electronic's label on the inside of the case and Baofeng's name imprinted into the back of the plastic battery case), and b) if I'm not happy I should pay to ship my order back to them (this is how they treat a customer that ordered multiple radios, extended batteries, and programming cables all at once and paid over $117 in shipping fees?). I'll be out of town on business during the next few days, but when I get back rest assured that I plan on contacting Amazon and reporting their anti-customer and extremely RUDE behavior. That's when I'll post their actual seller review, but I wanted folks out there considering what battery to buy to be aware of this seller's bait and switch tactics. The actual Baofeng OEM 3800mAH Extended Battery (offered by other sellers) works very well and in my opinion, is well worth the extra few pennies the "smaller" sellers charge vs. this "distributor in KY". The actual Baofeng battery also has a small DC jack in the case for what appears to be designed for a cigarette lighter charger/adapter, although I have not tried it yet.