Using 3rd-party battery or battery charger will void the warranty on my laptop computer?
ANSWER: No, it will not. Laptop manufacturers and retailers have a vested interest in perpetuating such blatant misinformation, because batteries, laptop chargers, and replacements contribute a great deal to their bottom lines. Thus, you will often find these folks using statistical flummery to inflate the notebook battery life of their products A recent Newsweek article explained this. The truth is, that there is no significant difference in the functional life of a AussieBatt.com compatible replacement—other than the very real differences in cost to the consumer.
You haven’t answered my question though. Will using, say, a AussieBatt compatible replacement battery void the warranty on my laptop?
Absolutely not. Two pieces of legislation, prohibit companies from voiding warranties when an end user wants to use a third-party battery or laptop power adapter that has not been made by that company. The laws are referred to as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act and the Sherman & Clayton Antitrust Act, both of which are referenced below.
The Magnuson-Moss Act
The MMA, in particular, states unequivocally that a company cannot sell a product under the pretense that the consumer must purchase replacement laptop parts, add-ons, etc., from only that particular company. This includes batteries, chargers, and power supplies that do not have the manufacturers’ “blessing”.
MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY IMPROVEMENT ACTUnited States Code Annotated Title 15 Commerce and Trade Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 Section 2302 No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer’s using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection be waived by the commission if:
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If you’d like more information you can contact the Federal Trade Commission at (202) 326-3128.
Simply stated, manufacturers cannot threaten to void your warranty simply because you didn’t use their overpriced batteries in your laptop. Nor can any company, sales associate, or service technician deny you warranty service for work that would otherwise be covered under warranty, simply because you chose to use a 100% compatible laptop batteries or charger that did not bear the manufacturers’ names from, for example, AussieBatt.com
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act gives you that freedom, the freedom to use third-party, factory-tested, 100% guaranteed compatible equipment without fear of having your warranty voided.
Does your batteries function as well as the name-brand batteries and laptop chargers?
ANSWER: Yes, they do. In fact, they function so well that AussieBatt.com offers full 1-year warranty for every laptop battery it sells against defects. And, we defy any similar company in the industry to do better than that.
