Is there any way to tell a real IBM battery from counterfeit, other than waiting for it to blow up? I haven't bought anything directly from Shentech, but that doesn't mean my company's IT shop hasn't gone looking for better deals!
IBM/Lenovo is and will for the time being only sell trough its limited and very controlled channels. They would never sell new products through a dodgy website.
I love calling the IBM helpdesk for Thinkpads, they are nice and competent. Wanted to point that out, I really like these guys. they sound like Miro/Turtle beach engineers in the late 90s, which was my reference before calling Lenovo (I am not implying they got bad, I am just not using their products anymore)
"The lawsuit asks the court to force Shentech.com to hand over all allegedly fake IBM batteries for safe disposal, along with all the profits the reseller has made from selling them."
If they need help disposing of all those profits, I'd be more than willing to help.
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IBM sues seller over alleged fake ThinkPad batteries
James R Curry
Bargain! #
Posted Friday 30th November 2007 14:59 GMT
...look at that! $48!
I better stock on on batteries before they're sued out of existence. ;)
CBarn
So ... how do we tell real from counterfeit? #
Posted Friday 30th November 2007 15:52 GMT
Is there any way to tell a real IBM battery from counterfeit, other than waiting for it to blow up? I haven't bought anything directly from Shentech, but that doesn't mean my company's IT shop hasn't gone looking for better deals!
The flame seemed appropriate ...
Ben DAMET
People are stupid... #
Posted Friday 30th November 2007 21:19 GMT
IBM/Lenovo is and will for the time being only sell trough its limited and very controlled channels. They would never sell new products through a dodgy website.
I love calling the IBM helpdesk for Thinkpads, they are nice and competent. Wanted to point that out, I really like these guys. they sound like Miro/Turtle beach engineers in the late 90s, which was my reference before calling Lenovo (I am not implying they got bad, I am just not using their products anymore)
heystoopid
As always #
Posted Friday 30th November 2007 21:48 GMT
As always everyone loves a bargain and the cheapest is the best!
You pays your money and takes your choice !
Or perhaps it was a dastardly conspiracy ploy by you know who behind the last great flaming battery recall to discredit it's more advanced rivals ?
Darryl
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Posted Saturday 1st December 2007 04:12 GMT
"The lawsuit asks the court to force Shentech.com to hand over all allegedly fake IBM batteries for safe disposal, along with all the profits the reseller has made from selling them."
If they need help disposing of all those profits, I'd be more than willing to help.
Doug Lynn
fakes are fakes #
Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 14:59 GMT
Hi, all laptop batteries have s/n so IBM will know if they produced it along with dates of manufacture.