On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:05:48 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> This is based on my observations of what happens with laptops.
>>> Typically if you buy, say, a £300 laptop, a replacement battery costs
>>> £280 - which is obviously absurd. The manufacturers are simply preying
>>> on the fact that nobody else can supply this part.
>>>
>> That is because, usually, by the time the battery needs replacing,
>> nothing uses it any more, so keeping them in stock isn't cost
>> effective, but your laptop is now, itself, worth $100. lol
> 
> I'm pretty sure as soon as you tear open the seal on the shipping
> container the laptop came in, its value plummets to about 5% of the
> original purchase price. I mean, who would buy a second hand laptop that
> may or may not work, when you can just buy a new one?

I repaired a broken laptop (my stepson's) for about $100, including 
replacing the battery, and used it until I needed something more powerful.

Then I bought something more powerful.

I still use the older laptop, in fact I've got both sitting on the desk 
here with me right now.

Jim

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