The playbook is not charging

More than likely the power cord/charger is dead or the battery is. Bring it to a tech store and see if you can test out a new cord/charger and battery...

I had the same problem and have commented on another post, the answer turned out to be for me was that I had been putting the charger cable in upside down the blackberry symbol on the lead should face up...because I had done it the wrong way, the little metal tab inside the housing on the playbook had moved slightly stopping me from putting it in the right way, I used a very thin nailfile and a magnify glass and carefully moved it down a touch allowing the charger to go in properly, so after a year of having a " dead " playbook it started to charge.......looking on line I see there has been a problem with the battery housing, mine was easily solved once I new the lead has to be used symbol side up and realigning the tab,...