Ive got an inspiron 1720 in good condition and working well... Until recently when the battery has just packed in and stopped working. So after 20mins of no phone contact I came onto this site and used the talk online feature. So the person helped me and pointed me in the direction of the battery i could buy to replace my broken one, this would cost me a shocking £116.......

Yes, thats £116, for a battery.... i know right, so if i bought 3 of these batteries it would be the same payment as for a nice new spec Tosiba! now im not saying this to get to Dell on a personal level but im quite serious about that. The problem is that i would be throwing out a perfectly decent laptop just because it isnt battery powered. Im appalled that Dell are asking me for a further £116 after already paying them for a laptop in the first place, im a customer and i want some customer service! Fair enough if I had dropped it and broke the system as a whole, then id expect to be charged for a new system.... But  £116 just for a battery!?

My thoughts on this is that obviously once the Dell company has you buy a laptop from them, your a customer good for milking money off.

Anyone else had hideously high prices for such a minor problem?