A cell resting at that low of voltage would have normal been considered by most junk. But that is apparently not the case. They were several people including me, that got in on some cheap laptop packs with Panasonic 2900mah cells inside that where never used. They were 3 1/2 years old and had never been charged but maybe by the manufacture. Once charged up they seemed perfectly fine in all our test. They where resting around 1.9v for most that received them. I have one that’s been setting charged since the day I charged it. The voltages after a month of setting where exactly as expected. The cells act as if the just rolled off the assembly line. So I don’t tell someone a cell should be tossed anymore from just the measured cell voltage. It must have more to do with the life of the cell and how its been treated. Even heat a little above room temperature can effect cell degradation.
This is the thread with the low voltage laptop pulls.