MacBookPro batteries...buy from Apple or third party, ebay pc shops ect...?

HI guys, My battery on my MBP 15' is on it's way to battery heaven after 1.5 years of use. Now buying a replacement one is straight forward at the Apple shop but costly.
I have seen various offers of "genuine replacement batteries for 15' MBP's'" on eBay, online battery shops, pc shops and the like. They all claim to sell a genuine apple A1175 replacement battery, however the model-numbers all seem to vary, ie: MA348G/A, MA463LL/A, MA464LL/A, MA466LL/A, MA600LL/A, MA601LL, MA680LL/A, MA681LL/A A1175
So the questions are:
1)Are there any battery dealers out there that sell reliable A1175 replacements?
2)Are they the genuine thing? ie A Sony produced battery for Apple?
3)Are there fake batteries out there? with apple branding and all!?
Many Regards,
:-D
Message was edited by: Baron Paul

Hi Baron,
I've yet to come across a battery that is branded with the Apple markings that was "fake" but I've only purchased a few batteries outside of Apple for older machines. I did purchase a battery for an older PowerBook once on eBay and it was total garbage. I got maybe 2 weeks of good use out of it and the seller on eBay suddenly wasn't so prompt to responding to my emails when I had an issue. He was quite prompt when it came to collecting my money. What ended up being a 45% off MSRP battery turned out to be a much bigger expense as I then ended up just buying an Apple branded battery.
The key to buying any battery, outside of Apple, is to be aware of what return/exchange policies are available to you (if any). The majority of these battery resellers/retailers I've found on eBay do not offer any return/exchange process, even if the battery is DOA.

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