Canon BG-E13 Battery Grip

I bought a used Canon BG-E13 in supposedly 'Mint' condition for my Canon 6D. First of all I was surprised by the price since it sold for about half of what a Used one would sell and about a third of what a new one sell ? In any case I took a chance. The seller is based in good old California, but the item took about a month to arrive. I wondered why ? Well when the Item arrived it was wrapped in that yellow paper that usually means China. Sure enough the return address read "Peking China". Well at least it got here, so I decided to try it out on my camera...

 

The thing did not fit ! It was almost like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. There was this gap between the camera and the battery grip that prevented the contacts in the camera and the contacts in the grip to come together. I tried everything but I don't remember having these problems with the grips for my 7D and 5D. I called Canon Technical service and they told me to return it because technically they could not do anything . I was thinking about having it serviced, but then I said what the heck and pushed the [RETURN ITEM] on the eBay page. I asked Canon if there were any counterfeit products floating around ? But this thing looked legit. It came in a Canon Box with Warranty card. It had all the Canon stickers it just did not fit my camera ?

There are (as you apparently have discovered) a number of variants on the Canon EOS battery grip. I don't have or know anything about the 6D, but I know that perfectly legitimate battery grips I have for some earlier EOS cameras don't quite work on newer ones. Often, the problem seems to be that the tripod mount is not exactly in the same place relative to other parts. But that is not the only issue.

I would say you have bought a fake or counterfeit BG-E13 based on the price alone.

 

Do a google search and you will find many examples. Here is is one: Canon BG-E13 - Counterfeit or Authentic? - al-land

Thanks Mike the grip did feel kind of plasticky compared to my other grips but it was pretty good quality if only it would fit. The paper work was photo copied i remember that, but the box looked pretty original. In a way this is getting dangerous. I purchased a Drone recently thinking that it came from England, but that was just a front. The drone took a month to get here and I'm still trying to decipher the broken-English instructions. The Drone came without the front foot. When I called the company they wanted to see a picture. I sent them a picture and about a month later in a little yellow envelope came a pair of plastic propellers not the foot I was looking for. Edited June 10, 2019 by hjoseph7

I bought a used Canon BG-E13 in supposedly 'Mint' condition for my Canon 6D. First of all I was surprised by the price since it sold for about half of what a Used one would sell and about a third of what a new one sell ? In any case I took a chance. The seller is based in good old California, but the item took about a month to arrive. I wondered why ? Well when the Item arrived it was wrapped in that yellow paper that usually means China. Sure enough the return address read "Peking China". Well at least it got here, so I decided to try it out on my camera...

 

The thing did not fit ! It was almost like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. There was this gap between the camera and the battery grip that prevented the contacts in the camera and the contacts in the grip to come together. I tried everything but I don't remember having these problems with the grips for my 7D and 5D. I called Canon Technical service and they told me to return it because technically they could not do anything . I was thinking about having it serviced, but then I said what the heck and pushed the [RETURN ITEM] on the eBay page. I asked Canon if there were any counterfeit products floating around ? But this thing looked legit. It came in a Canon Box with Warranty card. It had all the Canon stickers it just did not fit my camera ?

 

Well...you took a chance.

In case you DON'T want to take another chance - here it is: B&H Photo Video Digital Cameras, Photography, Camcorders

Canon make a big stink about counterfeits, as clearly it is a problem. FYI. I have used Vello BGs for the 5DII and the 5DIV, and both have been excellent and at least half the price of the Canon.