Can I buy a battery for a DELL laptop from anyone other than DELL?
Yes, EBAY is the best website but based on past experience ONLY BUY a genuine DELL battery, i.e. no generics manufactured in China even if it means waiting longer or paying more. Below are some of Lessons Learned experience regarding buying a replacement Notebook PC battery, as my 1st Notebook PC (Gateway Pentium IV) which I had rarely used on battery power later went dead and was NOT ABLE to hold a charge. For some unexplained reason, my wife’s Dell Latitude D600 during the same time never had a battery problem, I don’t know why? Anyway I first bought a so-called compatible/generic notebook battery (actually sold at TIGER DIRECT and manufactured in China) and I would strongly suggest you ONLY purchase an authentic genuine DELL Notebook PC battery with the DELL logo or P/N, otherwise you may experience incompatibility problems buying generic or supposely compatible batteries. If you buy on-line, always ask for guaranteed compatibility and their return/refund procedures IN ADVANCE like
