Due to a mistake in their administration work Dell recently sent me a 6-cell battery for the mini 12. I cannot use this battery, as I own a mini 10 (and it really doesn’t fit in that one). Fortunately, a quick phone call sorted things out and they sent me a new correct one. No need to send back the old one, that’s not economic for Dell.
Therefore I’m offering it up for sale. If you are a free-software hacker who owns a Dell Mini 12 and you want a 6-cell battery: I’m offering mine, brand new and unused (I can’t anyway), for the bargain price of around 80 euro. These batteries usually sell for around 120 euro / 150 USD, so you’re getting about a third off (aint’t that nice?). With this purchase, you’ll also be sponsoring F/OSS development of a poor hacker, consider that the additional benefit.
The only problem will be how to get it: shipping these things costs quite a bundle, so unless there’s some way of hand-delivery, it probably won’t save you that much. I live in Belgium and I will be at the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit next week. If you are interested, contact me before Friday and I’ll bring it along.
Pádraig Brady
What are you getting batteries from Dell for? Much cheaper on ebay.
RubenV
Pádraig: Because I prefer batteries from the original manufacturer :-) That means: quality guaranteed.
Pádraig Brady
Yep, I always get Dell OEM parts on ebay. Getting accessories from Dell directly is a ripoff
Qball
I got a non original manufacturer battery for my thinkpad once. HUGE waste of money, the things was completely dead in less then a year.