Where to buy a replacement battery?

I have a 17" MacBook Pro with the dreaded exploding battery. Apple is unwilling to replace the D E F E C T I V E part.
Where can I get a GOOD replacement battery, preferable not from Apple?
After 7 home apple computers (about one every two years - that is not quality), base stations, ipods - I think I'm done with their products. In the last few years I had two logic boards go, broken hinges, I've just accepted the fact and went and got a new one.
These defective batteries are a real problem.

Hi JCHall,
Can you tell us more about the battery? How old is the computer? Is it the original battery? Does the unit have Applecare on it or did it recently expire?
From my experience, Apple is usually pretty flexible when it comes to batteries. Typically they'll decline a replacement if the unit is outside of the one-year limited hardware warranty (no Applecare) or outside the 3-year Applecare coverage window. That seems pretty reasonable...
Another scenario is if the battery is considered depleted/consumed. I've had three batteries that as a result of high cycle charges began to expand because they were depleted, not defective.

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