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Who not to buy batteries from.

Dillinger-63

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I bought a "Hi-Capacity" battery for my PowerBook G4 15 from eBatts.com last year. The battery lasted not as longer as the origional battery from Apple, and shortly after the 1 year warranty expired the battery would charge no more than 66%, and die in about 55 minutes. I called eBatts and explained what ocurred and I told them I understood that my battery was out of warranty about 1 month. The guy said there is nothing they would do, not even a pro-rating discount off of another battery. I find it interesting that the origional Apple battery is still going strong, it is 14 months old and this so-called "Hi-Capacity" is junk. Just FYI for those of you thinking about buying a a battery from eBatts.com, I'd look elseware.
 
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:radioacti DONT EVER BY A SONY BATTERY!! Cause it will explode :bandage: :radioacti
 
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Dillinger-63 said:
I bought a "Hi-Capacity" battery for my PowerBook G4 15 from eBatts.com last year. The battery lasted not as longer as the origional battery from Apple, and shortly after the 1 year warranty expired the battery would charge no more than 66%, and die in about 55 minutes. I called eBatts and explained what ocurred and I told them I understood that my battery was out of warranty about 1 month. The guy said there is nothing they would do, not even a pro-rating discount off of another battery. I find it interesting that the origional Apple battery is still going strong, it is 14 months old and this so-called "Hi-Capacity" is junk. Just FYI for those of you thinking about buying a a battery from eBatts.com, I'd look elseware.
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I have just replaced my iPOD 3G battery at Other World Computing, so I'll see how that does. As my iPOD battery was only lasting about 2 hours, it can't be any worse. However I did buy a 'hi capacity' battery for my Sony Ericsson phone and it was no better than the original.

imacmatt09 said:
:radioacti DONT EVER BY A SONY BATTERY!! Cause it will explode :bandage: :radioacti
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They has a single bad batch, all of which have been recalled. AFAIK, Sony make the batteries for all current MacBooks.
 
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Dillinger-63

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My point was don't buy from eBatts.com they won't work with you even if you are a short time out of warranty. Most places I have dealt with in the past will work with you if your warranty recently went out, like pro-rating on a new item so they can make a sale, they have lost me as a customer. I bought a replacement battery directly from Apple, I will not buy an aftermarket "Hi-Capacity" battery again, they are no better than the origional.
 

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