Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
If we're worrying about environmental impacts of throwing things away instead of replacing them. Have you considered the carbon cost in sending it back? That's probably pretty hefty.
J.
Also consider that they're complete idiots if they actually replace the battery. The cost of the blinkie without the battery shouldn't be more than about $3 (I actually have done small run development of LED based gadgets, and even in quantity 50 I can hit $2.50 with stuff of a comparable complexity).
If they have any sense, they just chuck it and ship you a new one. You can't afford the labor to crack a blinkie open just to put a new $3 battery into a $3 device when it's probably RF welded anyway.