Dell Inspiron 1525/PA-12 Power Adapter repair

[HFultzjr]

Originally Posted by AlaDes

I would do as a few other techs have suggested and sell them a new one. You can usually pick one up on eBay for about 7-8 bucks, which I've never had any problems with, although I'm extremely picky about who I buy from. I've had pretty good luck with these cheap chargers and usually sell them for about 25 bucks. Out of the 100 or more that I've bought and sold, I've only had two of them that were defective; And at 7-8 bucks each, I don't even bother with a warranty claim, although the buyers I routinely purchase mine through offer a 3 year warranty.

AlaDes,

Would you mind sharing the info on what ebay buyers you prefer?

I have not had good luck with the ones I've bought....about 50% chance they last 6 months. Yes, they had warranties, but for the low price not worth bothering.

PM me if you would like.

I understand if you would rather not.

Thanks,

[AlaDes]

Originally Posted by HFultzjr

AlaDes,

Would you mind sharing the info on what ebay buyers you prefer?

I have not had good luck with the ones I've bought....about 50% chance they last 6 months. Yes, they had warranties, but for the low price not worth bothering.

PM me if you would like.

I understand if you would rather not.

Thanks,

I don't mind sharing. I don't really recall the exact buyers off the top of my head and am forced to resort to new buyers all the time, depending on what I am ordering and whether or not the buyers I regularly buy from have what I need.

Personally, I will not buy from ANYONE with less than a 99.5% positive feedback score. I prefer higher than that and will even pay a few more bucks for an item if I can find one with a higher rating. They must also have no less than 250,000 sales. I also narrow my search results to new items, buy it now, and US only. There are rare exceptions to my policy, such as a hard to find part, but they must still have at least a 99.5% or higher rating, otherwise I call my customer and inform them of where I have to get the part and let them know that it's "at their own risk" and let them have it at cost due to me giving them a printout of the eBay receipt.

I've had an eBay account for over 13 years and have only had two bad experiences so far. The first was a personal purchase and was before I implemented a policy as described above and was from a seller who had at least a 99% rating but very few sales (I think under 100). The other was a purchase for a customer who I informed where I was getting his parts from and the seller had a least a 99% rating but very few sales (I think under 10,000). Although the second one did sort of pan out because the seller agreed to refund part of my money, which made my customer happy.

It's difficult, to say the least, to describe how I decide to make a purchase on eBay, because I hate doing it to start with, but I know it's part of my business at times. Most of the time, I will even read thrugh the negative feedbacks, even if they have a 99% rating, just to get a clue as to what kind of seller I am dealing with.

[HFultzjr]

Originally Posted by AlaDes

I don't mind sharing. I don't really recall the exact buyers off the top of my head and am forced to resort to new buyers all the time, depending on what I am ordering and whether or not the buyers I regularly buy from have what I need.

Personally, I will not buy from ANYONE with less than a 99.5% positive feedback score. I prefer higher than that and will even pay a few more bucks for an item if I can find one with a higher rating. They must also have no less than 250,000 sales. I also narrow my search results to new items, buy it now, and US only. There are rare exceptions to my policy, such as a hard to find part, but they must still have at least a 99.5% or higher rating, otherwise I call my customer and inform them of where I have to get the part and let them know that it's "at their own risk" and let them have it at cost due to me giving them a printout of the eBay receipt.

I've had an eBay account for over 13 years and have only had two bad experiences so far. The first was a personal purchase and was before I implemented a policy as described above and was from a seller who had at least a 99% rating but very few sales (I think under 100). The other was a purchase for a customer who I informed where I was getting his parts from and the seller had a least a 99% rating but very few sales (I think under 10,000). Although the second one did sort of pan out because the seller agreed to refund part of my money, which made my customer happy.

It's difficult, to say the least, to describe how I decide to make a purchase on eBay, because I hate doing it to start with, but I know it's part of my business at times. Most of the time, I will even read thrugh the negative feedbacks, even if they have a 99% rating, just to get a clue as to what kind of seller I am dealing with.

Thank you very much for the info.
It's quite similiar to what I do, except for you prefering a higher number of sales. I'll give it a try.

Thanks,