M24 long fan, get from Lenovo or Ebay (from CHina mostly)?

[CZOLG]

My T43p fan after three years of admittedly noisy service has become very noisy and it is time to replace it.
No questions regarding the part, it will be the M24 FRU26R9074 fan discussed here million times.
The problem is the origin?
I can get the fan bot from Lenovo at a steep 43 pounds (I am UK based) or ebay alternative from China at 23 pounds.
I suppose the China ones might be the same as Lenovo part, but then again those may be units that did not pass some strict QC procedures and ended up with provate sellers?
What is general opinion/experience around here? Should I order from Lenovo and shell out the extra cash?
Or maybe someone here does have fan in question to sell?

[ajkula66]

Post a WTB ad in the forum's Marketplace...

What you'll get from Lenovo is a "serviceable used part" with a 90-day warranty.

You'd have to be pointing a Webley at me to pay 43 quid for it...and I currently own 4 T43/p units that I love dearly...

No personal experiences with Chinese fan sellers on my part.

My $0.02 only...

Good luck.

[CZOLG]

Thanks!
Will post the WTB and most kikely walk away from that Lenovo killer deal:)
I thought they were brand new fan units.

[FTC]

Hi, yes, another vote for the ebay part. I've bought through the years several T4x fans and all worked fine. I tended however to get parts from US or Germany sellers, but most likely the ones from China are OK, as long as you buy from a serious seller (good feedback)

[CZOLG]

Got this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

Will post the results.