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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Thanks for your response, Kralik. Buying a reader which I know will be worthless down the road due to a dead battery is an idea I'm going to have to get my head around.
Does the company offer to change the battery for a price?
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Worthless because you cannot turn a few screws and put in a replacement battery?
geeze, it will take the right screwdriver and like 5-minutes to install a new battery when the original stops lasting over 50% (I never keep LiIon or LiPoly batteries after the original 50% run time point, they are too cheap not to just replace new)...I bet the OEM battery would cost around $5-$10 new today. Small device batteries are very in expensive if you know where to buy and can use google.
I just cannot understand this fear of doing anything yourself these days here in the US...heck people do not even know how to change a washer in a faucet, another 5-min operation).
Nope, we might as well come out with devices we just throw away once the power runs out...
Seriously, I am teasing, but it is super simple to replace these batteries in any device...might take some patience the first time...but I think the point about the 4yr thing was that better options would be out so it might eb a good excuse...errr, I mean justified reason, to buy a new reader...
