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Old 10-22-15 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
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.
Probably true, but it's their call, and it doesn't matter to me whether I get a new battery or a new unit.

Their instructions tell me to include the mount and USB cord, which I don't have. I hope they don't mind.
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