Laptop chargers

imho

I bought a dell battery charger from a Amazon seller. It only charged the battery up for 2 months now doesnt work.

My friend has the same laptop as me and her original charger will charge my battery up ok .

notakid

I had the same problem with the same computer.

I brought a lead from ebay but as its been said they don't work, at best they will give power but won't charge the battery.

I brought a cable from an independent computer shop in Brum. He said they were as rare as hen's teeth but he'd just got some in. I paid around £30.00. It was two years ago, after that the computer like McKneffs mother board went and it died.

Bowling_4_Gold

blahblahdoh wrote: »

Chinese counterfeiting is endemic. Convincing moulding and stickers are not particularly difficult or expensive to fake.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19742_the-5-most-insane-examples-chinese-counterfeiting.html

As said it's your cash so you spend it how you like. There are a million and one sellers selling this Genuine charger on eBay- I picked the one linked to at random.

The word "genuine" seems to be meaningless to sellers - reading Amazon reviews shows many sold as such are not original products, regardless of what they look like. I don't really mind who makes the charger, as long as its cheap and works safely, but a product that uses a different plug coupler from the original suggests to me that they haven't copied it very carefully.

If you're a chinese manufacturer, would you really invest heavily in buying plastic mouldings and Dell branded stickers (with individual serial numbers) in order to make an extra £3? It just doesn't make sense. Please provide a link showing how "Convincing moulding and stickers are not particularly difficult or expensive to fake.".

It seems pointless me arguing my case anymore. If you're happy going to your local independent and paying £20-30+ for a charger they have bought off eBay for £6 then go ahead. You could even try your company's IT department. We sell power adapters to staff for about £5 2nd hand and £10 new. Haven't had one back yet (apart from where the user has broken it themselves).

blahblahdoh

Bowling_4_Gold wrote: »

As said it's your cash so you spend it how you like. There are a million and one sellers selling this Genuine charger on eBay- I picked the one linked to at random.




If you're a chinese manufacturer, would you really invest heavily in buying plastic mouldings and Dell branded stickers (with individual serial numbers) in order to make an extra £3? It just doesn't make sense. Please provide a link showing how "Convincing moulding and stickers are not particularly difficult or expensive to fake.".

It seems pointless me arguing my case anymore. If you're happy going to your local independent and paying £20-30+ for a charger they have bought off eBay for £6 then go ahead. You could even try your company's IT department. We sell power adapters to staff for about £5 2nd hand and £10 new. Haven't had one back yet (apart from where the user has broken it themselves).

Your case is, go and pick one from ebay? Surely I've mentioned that I tried ebay? I did exactly what you did - looked at feedback like you did - and then I actually bought one. This thread was created due to my ebay experience and subsequent surfing on Amazon and elsewhere.

The link you provided was to a supplier doing what you think "doesn't make sense" - they have all the attributes you claim need "heavy investment" (moulding, stickers, individual number) - yet it isn't a genuine product, because the genuine product uses a different plug socket. Looking closer though, this is for a PA-10 charger, whereas the 1525 uses a PA-12, so it may be that this has a correct socket but is for the wrong laptop.

So here's some more links for similar products which have all your "heavy investment" items and claim to be "genuine" yet are identified by buyers as not genuine:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Dell-Original-adapter-Inspiron/dp/B0036A8Y6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348341844&sr=8-1


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Dell-PA-12-Latitude-Precision/dp/B004HQX9TM/ref=pd_cp_ce_0

So, whether it makes sense or not, it's happening, and given that it is so widespread, it's logical to assume that it's not particularly difficult or expensive. In any case, it's certainly something buyers should be aware of.


Here's a recent article about problems with counterfeit electrical items:

http://www.businessinsider.com/counterfeit-parts-from-china-raise-grave-concerns-for-both-us-companies-and-national-security-2012-6

Thanks for the info about your workplace power adaptors: that option isn't available to me, but may be useful to others.