eBay for spare Black Berry batteries? Bad?

[thatsright]

I just got a Bold 9700 from Tmobile and need a spare battery. I want a quality battery, but not the $70 tmobile wants for one. Anyone have any luck on eBay with batteries? Wast of my time or a nightmare?

 

[Bignate603]

I bought a cell phone battery for my wife's cell phone a few years ago when hers died. We replaced the phone a year later and the battery was still going strong. It cost a fraction of the battery from the cell phone maker and seemed to work just as well. If I need another one I'd have no problem buying one off ebay again.

I'd just recommend going with someone with a good rating that sells a ton of batteries. I wouldn't risk it on some guy that's only got a single battery for sale.

 

[lupi]

i had an 8700 that was starting to have charge problems. bought 1 battery from ebay. couple months later i was having charge problems so i bought a pair of batteries this time. never needed the second battery in that set as the first worked fine till i stopped using the phone. given how cheap you can get the batteries on ebay i'd say go for it.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Just get genuine BB batteries from ebay, which will be less than tmo. I wouldn't trust the copies.

 

[herkulease]

I bought like 3 and they work great. find a seller that's in the US with very good feedback.

search by battery model #.

 

[boomhower]

Just get genuine BB batteries from ebay, which will be less than tmo. I wouldn't trust the copies.

Agreed, buy an OEM battery and you'll be fine. Just don't get one of those dirt cheap Chinese batteries.

 

[foghorn67]

OEM Battery should be 30 bucks at the most.

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