Does anyone have any experience with this? It would save me a lot of money but I also don’t want to flush it down the toilet.
Does anyone have any experience with this? It would save me a lot of money but I also don’t want to flush it down the toilet.
One of the problems with used laptops is that batteries degrade over time. If it has been heavily used, you might only get an hour or two out of it.
You can buy replacement batteries for many laptops that would solve this problem, but they are often $100 or more. Still, it may be worthwhile for you.
Try $20-$30. I do this for a living.
You were right, I am seeing batteries between about $25 and $60 (Canadian) on Amazon. I’m pretty sure that the last time I looked for one, which was, granted, about 10 years ago, the one I needed was significantly more expensive.
That’s really good to know.
Which bit? Refurb used hardware to sell? Purchase used hardware for business use? Genuinely curious.
Yeah this is my only issue with refurb electronics. Imo they are often a fantastic option because people are too scared to purchase something used. BUT the biggest problem is battery degradation. For that reason, I would actually avoid most refurbished phones, laptops, and tablets. That is…unless they are either relatively new release models (within about a year) or if the seller states the battery has been replaced.
Laptop batteries seem to vary wildly in price depending on the model. Some can be very cheap as the people responding to you say, but still others are very expensive like you say. Also, when most people sell a particular battery for $100, if you happen to find a seller from China that sells the same specced battery for only $20, the quality becomes a bit suspect. Battery safety is not something I’d really want to play with too much.