What I have noticed......duh

[recycled sixtie]

Well u don't have to be a rocket scientist to have noticed that to replace a battery in a basic laptop is about 25% of the cost of a cheap laptop or to replace the glasstop on an electric stove is $500 versus a new stove about $700 on sale.
Where do u draw the line between buying another say laptop vs. buying a replacement battery?

[porsche4life]

Get on ebay, chances are you can find a battery for $30-50....


It's just a battery, not rocket science

[azasadny]

I buy replacement batteries on eBay and they are significantly less than the manufacturer's website prices. AC adapters are really cheap, too. I just paid less than $20 for an AC adapter for a laptop that never gets used away from the outlet...

[JoshB]

Just bought a replacement battery on Amazon with 1 year warranty for $25 for a Toshiba Satellite.

I hear you on the glass stove though. Wife broke the last new one I bought and it makes way more sense to buy another new one at $462 than replace the glass in the broken one.

[fanaudical]

BAtteriesPlus also has good deals on laptop batteries. I've bought several laptop batteries through there for less than the cost from the laptop manufacturer.

Batteries Plus battery store - All your battery needs for Laptop, camera, cell phone, camcorder, SLA, batteries recycling and much more

[flatbutt]

whenever I am faced with a repair or replace decision I also consider how long the repair is likely to last before needing to be repeated.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

Well u don't have to be a rocket scientist to have noticed that to replace a battery in a basic laptop is about 25% of the cost of a cheap laptop or to replace the glasstop on an electric stove is $500 versus a new stove about $700 on sale.
Where do u draw the line between buying another say laptop vs. buying a replacement battery?

The issue is retail vs. what you can find on the internet. A new battery can be found much cheaper than retail. A new glass top can be had from a parts wholesaler for far cheaper than $500.

Look around. That is what search engines are for...

[onewhippedpuppy]

Many modern products are designed to be disposable. Sad but true. If I'm looking at 1/2 the price to repair vs replace, I'll start thinking really hard about just replacing it.

[Scott Douglas]

I'm with Matt on this. When you factor in the warrantee that a new item comes with it is hard to justify the time/price of working on the replacement.