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I am on my second battery now. entourage replaced the first. I am really interested in having a spare. I felt crippled when the first failed, and I was unable to use t the device on the road.

Originally Posted by lorenzoens

"Use once-and-throwaway", "Planned obsolescence"

I hope instead that in three years we will develop something like a first idea about how are we damaging our planet with this way of life.
We dont need more powerful devices, we need a policy to dramatically reduce non recyclable waste

I absolutely agree. The planet is not disposable.
Why should we live on the premise that everything else should be, and the more disposable, the more efficient? (Has anyone seen "The story of stuff" in the web?)

This is self-criticizing, of course. I handwashed my elder children linen diapers when they were babies, and then turned to disposable diapers with the younger ones. (Sigh)

This forum has been busy with a **** of developments recently, so I doubt there is room now to think of developing a Good Practices Guide to Eventual Edge Disposal, or thinking of a Planet-Friendly Edge Batteries and Devices Cemetery.
But just for the records...

Originally Posted by thorne

I am on my second battery now. entourage replaced the first. I am really interested in having a spare. I felt crippled when the first failed, and I was unable to use t the device on the road.

Perhaps you've said this someplace else, but are you using an EE or a PE? Last week I bought a back-up EE battery from an Ebay seller, so perhaps you should keep an eye out there.

Originally Posted by thorne

I am on my second battery now. entourage replaced the first. I am really interested in having a spare. I felt crippled when the first failed, and I was unable to use t the device on the road.

I'm not sure where you are located but I ordered stylus packs and a battery last Sunday at www.ereaderstore.nl. It delivered on Tuesday. They have more sites in Europe and they may ship internationally.

Mellon

thanks for the replies.
I'm using the EE.
checked out ebay-no dice.
I'm in the US, so I'm not too sure how wise ordering from another country might be.
I'm still in disbelief that the thing is nowhere to be found.
I guess I'll just keep looking and hope to get lucky.

I've checked every site I know in North America, and none are listing the battery.

Your next best bet is to order from England (http://www.ebookreaderdiscounter.com...l-battery.html) while they still have it.

While I'm biased as a Canadian, I don't think you should worry about ordering from the UK. At least it's more or less the same language

Originally Posted by borisb

While I'm biased as a Canadian, I don't think you should worry about ordering from the UK. At least it's more or less the same language

I've heard that there's a office in Ottawa where they flip coins to determine for each particular word whether to go with US or UK spelling.

thorne, have you tried simply emailing Entourage support and asking if they have a battery lying around that you can pretty please buy? I know that in earlier times, they've been known to help people out for things you weren't supposed to be able to do through them, but that they could manage to get done.

If anyone has a stack of these things lying around, it's them. I would think if they did have any stock, they'd be more than happy to offload it.

Originally Posted by gecko

I've heard that there's a office in Ottawa where they flip coins to determine for each particular word whether to go with US or UK spelling.

But it's a fixed coin. Vowels (and random g's and h's attached to vowels)= UK, consonants = US.

Originally Posted by sarah11918

thorne, have you tried simply emailing Entourage support and asking if they have a battery lying around that you can pretty please buy? I know that in earlier times, they've been known to help people out for things you weren't supposed to be able to do through them, but that they could manage to get done.

If anyone has a stack of these things lying around, it's them. I would think if they did have any stock, they'd be more than happy to offload it.

I opened a ticket with tech support a little while ago, but no one ever got back in touch with me.
thanks for the advice. i will give it another go.

thanks to everyone for their help.

Originally Posted by sarah11918

But it's a fixed coin. Vowels (and random g's and h's attached to vowels)= UK, consonants = US.

...Unless they're using the one with the 'loonie' on one side...

Originally Posted by borisb

I've checked every site I know in North America, and none are listing the battery.

Wow. I ordered a battery and styli from journeyed on April 1. Been so busy, I forgot all about them and went to check today as I haven't received them, yet. They don't seem to have anything left. But mine have been shipped so I guess I just squeaked in.

Then I must have gotten one of the very last batteries. I ordered one March 28 and it arrived a few days later.

Because it's been two weeks, I called JourneyEd. They weren't all that helpful, other than to assure me that they had been shipped. They told me they couldn't track it because it was ordered through their Canadian department/site. Kind of peculiar, because I could swear I was listening to a French Canadian accent....

Seems to me if you went to the JourneyEd.ca site and called the number there you would get the info you're looking for...