counterfeit battery from authorized HP part reseller?

[tobias23]

I ordered a replacement battery from an HP Authorized Parts Reseller (ITPAS) because it was no longer available from the HP parts store. I believe the authorized reseller has sent me a counterfeit battery as it does not have any of the labeling or packaging as indicated on this page: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/ish_1997174-1380137-16

 Where there should be an HP logo, someone has placed a black sticker.  I paid about 4x as much as I would have for a generic battery because I wanted to make sure I was getting an authentic battery. Was I ripped off?  If so, how can HP allow this company to be an authorized HP parts reseller?

The first photo below is the original battery that I took out of the laptop.  The following photos are of the new battery and the packaging it arrived in.  Any advice would be appreciated

[WAWood]

@tobias23 

We here have no control over anything sold to you by HP resellers.  Your only recourse at this point is to return the battery, demand a full refund, and buy from someone else.

[Huffer]

Its actually the opposite of counterfeit; its a battery originally made as an HP battery but somehow the seller lost the right to sell it as HP under HP's trademark or otherwise marked as genuine.Might be too old; the seller may have had the contract with HP expire, whatever. Its likely a useable battery apart from possibly having sat on the shelf too long but if you paid for a genuine HP product you did not get what you paid for.