My Dell Vostro 1700 battery is pretty bad now, I've had the Dell warning for a while that I need to replace it. The typical running time now is less than half an hour, making it not overly portable!
It's a big old beast and not exactly cutting edge - on the Dell site it seems a genuine battery will cost me £107 (that's reduced too with Dell's 20% off this week, yes, 107 reduced!)
On eBay a battery of claimed identical spec could be had for about 30 quid delivered, a considerable saving I'm sure you'd all agree.
BUT... is there any risk in purchasing a compatible battery rather than genuine? - I'm not overly bothered if it mean it's going to run down quicker and die quicker than a genuine one - as I said the laptop isn't a brilliant spec - 107 quid would be 1/4 of the original purchase price iirc and probably 1/2 the resale value if not less!
Thoughts guys?