Screw you Sprint store

[SAWYER]

So I got my replacement Pre back from Palm and I just realized I didn't get a battery with it. I call the Sprint store and they tell me me 40 dollars for a battery :| I get on ebay and get to new batteries with free shipping for 7.48

 

[pm]

I buy Ebay cell phone batteries all the time for family and friends, and with about a dozen or more battery purchases, I can say that all batteries are not equal. A lot of the cheap Ebay batteries have poor quality control on them and usually don't match the capacity or longevity of OEM batteries. They are so much cheaper, though that it's hard to plunk $40 for an OEM one when you can get a bunch of cheaper (and possibly crappier) batteries for a lot less.

Still, Sawyer, if the refurb guys took your battery, isn't it their problem? They just said "we lost your battery. tough luck"? That seems like something that I would spend a bunch of time on the phone arguing with them about. They owe you a battery.

 

[rudeguy]

This is why they tell you NOT to include your battery

I'd try a mom and pop place that sells Sprint. They probably have an extra one the can sell you dirt cheap.

 

[SAWYER]

Well my wife shipped it off so it's her fault!

 

[rudeguy]

lol...it happens.

 

[randomlinh]

well, this isn't the stores fault now is it if they said don't send the battery, heh.

 

[rudeguy]

Take it easy on the guy. Sure its all his fault but you don't have to keep reminding him....

 

[jjmIII]

#1 any cheap ebay bat is used...sold by cell store employees IMO
#2 anything but a $30+ OEM bat is a joke
#3 I hate #1, #2

My $30 SERO was up for renewal (a year ago!), and a LG Lotus Elite was $30 + shipping. Easy decision...new phone.

 

[boomhower]

Take it easy on the guy. Sure its all his fault but you don't have to keep reminding him....

He started ranting screw the Sprint store. It's not Sprint's fault and certainly not that stores fault. At any rate a lot of folks have had good luck with battery. http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...er-1400mah-extended-battery-for-palm-pre.html

I wouldn't trust an $8 ebay battery in my phone.