3 easy step to locate a real bargain on laptop batteries Published by jim panyavorachart Submitted: 10 May,2004 Copyright by Jim Panyavorachart Looking for a real bargain on laptop batteries? How do I know the batteries are running good as advertised? Which merchants are offering quality rechargeable cells? Where can I get the bargain? Where to buy? Many of you have some of these questions? Certainly!!. We surely want to saving our hard to earn $$ and only buy quality cells. Here are the simple 3 steps to to locate the real bargain. 1. Shop online Why? Most of suppliers/distributors are now targetting retail consumers themselves. The online store overheads are much less than retail stores. No store leasing, No utitlity bills and much less employee payrolls. With all these, they can pass the big savings to customers. Importantly, they have the same guarantee and warranty as retail stores..plus...it's convenient!!! Quailty merchants offer FREE shipping!! 2. Find the saving coupons This is the beauty!!...."saving coupons"....Online marketting is highly competitive. They are million of stores out there. Merchants want to get noticed, they want sales...they issue saving coupons for marketting.......buying your laptop batteries using "online saving coupon" is double savings. how to find?...here we go.... go to your favorite search engines "laptop battery coupon" as an example. you will find many coupons from many merchants.....now what...which one to buy?? ....let move to the next step. 3. Find the quality merchants (ONLY) Now we found many merchants selling online and offering saving coupons. Let buy...?? Nope...not yet.....please make no mistake - buy from the cheapest possible stores is NOT a real bargain. We also want quality. laptop batteries need to meet or exceed the original battery specification. Merchants need to own the following qualities... - Free shipping - Free handling - Free customer support - Well established in battery industry - 30 days return policy - Full manufacturer warranty - Guarantee to meet or exceed the original specification - 100% fully compatible with your laptops - Online FAQs for yor battery inquiries - Optional express shipping How do we know?.....Let brainstorm!!!!...Let hear from others!!!....Review customer comments....Most quality merchants are listing their customer testimonials, customer ratings from 3rd party rating system such as BizRate, epinion,Pricegrabber or Dealtime. You can normally locate the Bizrate reviews at the merchants' homepages. Simply click on the links they provide to review previous customers' comments. Simply follow these 3 easy steps, you will find the real bargain comparing to local retail stores. Have a pleasant online shopping experience!! About the Author jim is a veteran in battery industries. He publishes tips, knowledge and information on cusomter reviews and merchant raintgs @ http://www.laptop-battery-resource.com Join the newsletter - subscribe today http://www.laptop-battery-resource.com/laptop-battery-newsletter.html