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The battery on my Sony Cybershot was not taking a charge and after seeing the horrific price of a replacement (NP FC 10) at Jessops - £52.99!!! - I had a look on Ebay.
Managed to get 2 x infolithium batteries, which do show the power remaining in the camera display, a mains charger with a car lighter adapter for less than £9 post paid China and excellent communications and it all took 5 days to arrive over the Christmas holiday = the bargain bit :D
So I reckon Jessops would be about £110 minimum for items to do the same job.
Is this a record??
Rip off Britain going strong >:(
I am experimenting on a forced discharge of the `duff` battery with a resistor to see if I can coax it back to life. I am loathe to just chuck it!
I had the same expeience - wanted a spare camcorder battery for holiday and the price of Sony replacements (whether from Jessops or other places) was unreal (£70+ was about the best I could find).
I ended up buying one from a China Ebay listing (I was a bit worried at the time) but 7 months later everything is still going fine. I paid about £22 for TWO batteries which hold about 50% more charge than the original Sony ones !
The only drawback was that the batteries can`t be charged from the camera (but they supply a mains charger with UK adapter) and also I need a small cable when using the battery on the camcorder (between the camcorder and battery); but these were explained at the outset and are not a problem for me.
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but 7 months later everything is still going fine
Even from China, thats SOME long Postage time !??!
`K ( Smirks )
I bought a P200 year or so back and got a spare genuine Sony battery for about a tenner or so from ebay. Similar figures as you from Jessops etc. :/
Ste
We will pay the price but we will not count the cost..
Most batteries on ebay are fake and are lower powered than advertised. Be careful if you want to avoid fires at home.
Jessops are rip off merchants. Can`t believe they can get away with it, but they do.
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This item was edited on Monday, 7th January 2008, 16:29
The batteries I got are not fake as they don`t claim to be Sony but they do both appear to work.
If anyone can suggest how a retailer can justify £52.99 for one little infolithium battery, I`d like to hear. Personally, I think it smacks of blatant profiteering but I stand to be corrected.
Come on, Jessops, if you`re hard enough :B
Mine is real, hold their charge well and correctly report the time remaining in minutes. :)
Ste
We will pay the price but we will not count the cost..