[TriLUG] laptop battery replacement, where to buy?

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Sun, 27 Mar 2011, John Brier wrote:

> so Trilug, can you recommend a reputable place to find a 
> replacement battery for less than what Asus offers 
> directly?

Not exactly an answer...

Make sure you know the expected mAH for the battery you do 
buy (ie ignore the adjectives "super long lasting" etc). 
It's a defined number - you can check it with acpi when the 
battery arrives (it will be on the label too). Some of the 
ads on ebay don't state capacity.

I used to get batteries from ebay, but the last batch of 
batteries came from China (there were none offered from the 
US), were wrong and didn't fit. The vendor promised to pay 
shipping back, but after they arrived back at vendor's, I 
had to hound them for a refund and never got the shipping.

ebay and paypal weren't helpful, and said that it was my 
responsibility to ship them, even when they were wrong. They 
weren't interested in the vendor's e-mail saying they'd pay 
for the return shipping.

So I don't know where I'm going to get my next batteries. I 
get my UPS gel cells from Batteries Plus. Even though 
they're twice the price as the ones from ebay, they last 
twice as long, and I save the replacment time. However their 
laptop batteries are twice the price on ebay and they don't 
even have the high capacity batteries. I'm not real excited 
about paying $200 for a battery for a $400 laptop. However 
with the cost of the batteries from China (return shipping, 
aggravation), it still might be better to buy from Batteries 
Plus.

Good luck.

Joe

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