Jonathan Berry wrote:
Looking at the price for a genuine battery it is about half the price
a paid for the laptop itself.
Too expensive at £90 from amazon and Lenovo are doing them at £140
Ridiculous.
Why should the cost or perceived value of the main item (your T60) have any
bearing on the value of a consumable accessory? If someone gave you a car
for free, you wouldn't complain that $2.00/gallon is too much to pay for
petrel.
I agree, David, though instead of car - petrol, I'd
use car - brakes, or even razor - blades as examples.
There is a tendency among all of us to take the concept of a
bargain to absurd proportions.
That idea doesn't always make sense. Would you buy an old junker of a
car for $1100 and then, when it reached the mileage for the timing belt
change, take it to the dealer and pay $900 to have them change the
timing belt and water pump 'the right way'? Chances are you'd either
find a backyard mechanic to do it more cheaply or you'd hold off on the
service and take the gamble. Lots of times a person who is buying used
or looking for a bargain extrapolates that mindset to all related items.
There's nothing wrong with it, they just have to realize that, like
the used T60 with no warranty and a risk of system board failure, the
cheap battery is at higher risk of failure. It's all about priorities.
Rob
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