I move the discussion from Mindstorms General Discussion thread to get a wider attention
I have recently bought two EV3 Education sets (45544) on allegro.pl, Polish analogue of eBay - from unofficial seller.
It turned out that the sets did not contain the rechargeable batteries - instead in each box there was a notice from TLG saying that they have found an error in circuit and removed the battery from all of the sets. And that they will provide it later...
I have called Lego support and the Support Lady said that they got some similar complaints already and that they are trying to solve this situation - I was asked to call in 2 weeks time.
So I did - and I got an information that those sets (with notice instead of battery) were not supposed to appear on Polish or even on European market - and that they will not provide batteries to those sets.
Now I ask you my dear Eurobrickers - what do you think about this situation? It is clear to me that TLGs distribution chain is malfunctioning - and I feel a little bit cheated - as I am the one (among many) that suffers.