Garden variety NG poster wrote:
> Frankster wrote:
>> Yeah, would hate to take a chance like that with $1.99! LOL.
>>
>> -Frank
>>
>> "Jack Daniels" <gator@mighty.co.za> wrote in message
>> news:45b1e590_2@newsfeed.slurp.net...
>>> I loved my 9155, but as things go it finally
>>> after years of tough usage died. A caveat
>>> about e-bay. You can be had. And, asking
>>> for help from e-bay or PayPal can be
>>> onerous and unrewarding. There are some
>>> tempting buys including batteries, but getting
>>> your battery from the expensive source could
>>> be the surest way to go. PayPal does not
>>> process disputes without charge..If you can
>>> use a credit card, at least you can dispute
>>> the results of a scam..My opinion FWIW..
>>> Luck!!!
>
> Those other posters have one good point, if everyone sent the guy $1.99
> + shipping cost (they all inflate the actual shipping costs so they make
> money here too) he'd be rich in no time at our expense. The only thing
> that caught my attention on these ads was the term "Custom made to fit
> your phone perfectly." If it's original equipment, it was custom made to
> begin with. Their wording strongly suggests they make it. (Which means
> ALL vendors of batteries like these replace them!) All batteries have a
> limited shelf life. These can't be "the" original Verizon/manufacturer
> supplied batteries, they have been replaced. Hopefully by quality
> batteries. But I would hate to be scammed even for just 1.99 + 7.49.

Yes and no...

With the 9155 theres no real magic to the battery pack as the battery
cover is not part of the battery pack itself. Making a liion pack thats
equal performance to the original pack isn't rocket science.

What amuses me is people actually think the phone makers internally
manufacturer crap like batteries and chargers. For example - the 5v/1A
charger that came with my LG cellphone has the exact same molded shape
as a d-link branded 5v/1a psu feeding an ethernet switch under my desk.

The D-link mentions "Made in China", the LG (a South Korean company)
charger says "Made in China by Sunlin".

The LG VX9800's battery out says "Cell from Japan - Manufactured in
Korea"... So, possibly, LG molded the plastic - in the vx9800's case,
the battery is also the case cover itself. Its also appears to be a
snap-together battery case, so realistically you could buy a new
similar-capability lipo "sack" and replace the battery assuming its not
super-duper-glued together to the point of total destruction to disassemble.

Me? I've had equal experience with aftermarket and branded accessories.
It all depends on who *really* made it, and how much effort they put
into design and testing. It also comes down to the ability to buy 3-4
of something for half the price of buying the name brand accessory. I'm
entirely more likely to destroy or lose an accessory on accident... No
amount of oem branding can save a car charger from being crushed in your
passenger door, or accidentally leaving your data cable in a parking
lot. Been there/done that, and in both cases I had spares on-hand due
to the outrageously cheap price of accessories (vs shipping costs).
That savings starts to disappear if you're only buying one piece at a
time, though.

Now, personally, since I owned a 9155GPX about 3 years ago, I'll say I'd
be pretty anxious to replace it by now. Its RF performance is seriously
outclassed by newer chipsets. It also didn't have the greatest audio
quality around. The AMPS works well if you really need it, but its
getting progressively more useless as more AMPS sites "fail" and are
taken out of service. For me, its better to have solid CDMA service
than progressively-worse AMPS service, but that more depends on your
local situation.