[kwlug-disc] Volunteer help wanted: save some laptops!

[William Park]

That's a thought.  Instead of keeping those batteries in stock, a
referral to local battery shop.  I have ThinkPad T43 with dead battery
and dead harddisk. :-)
-- 
William

On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 05:45:30PM -0400, Chris Craig wrote:
> How about:
> 
> without battery: price $X
> with battery: price $Y
> 
> With $Y - $X large enough to offset the price of the battery,
> procurement costs, etc. Maybe Computer Recycling can negotiate a
> better bulk purchasing price with some local battery supplier than the
> end customer.
> 
> On 3 October 2014 15:56, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 03:12:33PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 02:30:28AM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> >> > - We cannot charge much for them (because most of them have dead
> >> >   batteries)
> >>
> >> If you offer new batteries as an option, would you be able to charge
> >> more for them?
> >>
> >> Just a thought.  Laptop+battery is a really nice computing experience.
> >>
> >
> > How could we offer new batteries as an option? We don't have new
> > batteries, and purchasing new batteries would double (or more) the
> > price we charge. People would be welcome to order batteries on their
> > own, of course.
> >
> > I agree that laptops with batteries are better than laptops without.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
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