Batteries for old thinkpads (batteryrefill.com?) was Re: [ltp] Bad news for us ...
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BTW, has anyone tried www.notebook-battery-for-less.com? They showed up in
a GMail ad while viewing this thread. The site links to PowerMega.com.
Thanks.
On 6/4/06, 'Charles E 'Rick' Taylor IV' (rick@rickandpatty.com) (Emailias:
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> On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 09:13 -0400, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 14:57 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
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> > > And by the way, as most of you apparently have missed it: Lenovo
> > > announced it won't keep the change-batteries stock anymore, as IBM did
> > > (one of the reasons of their losses btw). So, if it was me, I wouldn't
> > > purchase a too old type anyway.
>
> > Perfect opportunity for another third-party vendor of these batteries to
> > enter the market here and make a killing, selling replacement batteries
> > to everyone who has one of these "legacy" (1-year-old or older)
> > laptops.
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> Quite a few places DO sell replacement batteries for "legacy" Thinkpads.
> (I suppose my X31 would count as a "legacy" machine, since it has a few
> years on it.) I'm not sure about the quality of these third-party
> batteries, but I'd assume they would beat an original battery that's so
> dead that it will power the laptop for about twenty minutes.
>
> But this seems as good a time as any to ask - anyone reading the list
> have any experience with batteryrefill.com? I was considering getting
> my old X31 battery refilled with new cells rather than throwing it away.
> The refilling costs a little less than a third-party replacement battery
> for the X31.
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BTW, has anyone tried <a href="http://www.notebook-battery-for-less.com">www.notebook-battery-for-less.com</a>? They
showed up in a GMail ad while viewing this thread. The site links
to PowerMega.com. Thanks.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">'Charles E 'Rick' Taylor IV' (<a href="mailto:rick@rickandpatty.com">rick@rickandpatty.com</a>) (Emailias: REPLY-MASKED)
</b> <reply-51622-71a9-linux-thinkpad-admin=-<a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad.org@emailias.com">linux-thinkpad.org@emailias.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Original Sender: <<a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org">linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org</a>><br>Given To: Linux Thinkpad mailing list<br><a href="http://www.emailias.com/mailclick/?id=51622">
http://www.emailias.com/mailclick/?id=51622</a><br><--------------------end emailias header--------------------><br><br>On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 09:13 -0400, David A. Desrosiers wrote:<br>> On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 14:57 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
<br>> ><br>> > And by the way, as most of you apparently have missed it: Lenovo<br>> > announced it won't keep the change-batteries stock anymore, as IBM did<br>> > (one of the reasons of their losses btw). So, if it was me, I wouldn't
<br>> > purchase a too old type anyway.<br><br>> Perfect opportunity for another third-party vendor of these batteries to<br>> enter the market here and make a killing, selling replacement batteries<br>> to everyone who has one of these "legacy" (1-year-old or older)
<br>> laptops.<br><br>Quite a few places DO sell replacement batteries for "legacy" Thinkpads.<br>(I suppose my X31 would count as a "legacy" machine, since it has a few<br>years on it.) I'm not sure about the quality of these third-party
<br>batteries, but I'd assume they would beat an original battery that's so<br>dead that it will power the laptop for about twenty minutes.<br><br>But this seems as good a time as any to ask - anyone reading the list<br>have any experience with
<a href="http://batteryrefill.com">batteryrefill.com</a>? I was considering getting<br>my old X31 battery refilled with new cells rather than throwing it away.<br>The refilling costs a little less than a third-party replacement battery
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