Very Strange Battery Deal

Jim Blackwood · July 14, 2020, 09:09:21 AM

They blamed it on Covid 19, right?

Jim

My shoelace snapped this morning, guess it was infected with covid 19

freds · July 14, 2020, 09:31:53 AM

Quote from: Lin on July 14, 2020, 07:56:13 AM
Just got an email from Walmart saying something went wrong and they will not be able to deliver the order. I've been robbed!

Not unless they don't refund you your money LOL!!

luvrbus · July 14, 2020, 10:37:06 AM

Walmart is going to need fullfillment centers like Amazon to stop that BS,I toured the new Amazon center in Nampa Id a friend is building 650,000 sf on the ground and 5 stories high with miles of conveyer and robots

DoubleEagle · July 14, 2020, 06:23:40 PM

Quote from: Lin on July 14, 2020, 07:56:13 AM
Just got an email from Walmart saying something went wrong and they will not be able to deliver the order. I've been robbed!

Looks like it was too good to be true, or they realized someone made a mistake setting the price.

Dave5Cs · July 14, 2020, 07:29:56 PM

So ask them when you can pick it up?

Lin · July 14, 2020, 08:17:01 PM

I emailed the vendor and asked if they weren't delivering because they did not want to honor the listed price. I got an answer saying USPS said it was an incomplete address. I told them the address was accurate and Fedex, UPS and others deliver all the time. I also asked if they were actually shipping these things by USPS, which seemed doubtful to me. I don't expect much to come of it but no harm trying.

Jim Blackwood · July 15, 2020, 08:42:40 AM

For some reason shipping for batteries has gone WAY up. My guess is a new hazmat reg. Shipping can now equal the battery price easily enough. I found that out about a month ago. I don't think it has anything to do with covid but what do I know?

jim

richard5933 · July 15, 2020, 09:30:06 AM

Quote from: Jim Blackwood on July 15, 2020, 08:42:40 AM
For some reason shipping for batteries has gone WAY up. My guess is a new hazmat reg. Shipping can now equal the battery price easily enough. I found that out about a month ago. I don't think it has anything to do with covid but what do I know?

jim

That's why I always buy mine local. There are battery dealers in nearly every city that can often times get some great prices.

chessie4905 · July 15, 2020, 03:55:19 PM

Battery warehouse, Battery whosalers, Battery outlet. Consider the ones used for mobility scooters. They're good for about 5 years, no need to add water. Better batteries; AGM,Gel, ect, of course will cost more. Find a dealer that has been around several years. Usually their reputation is better. ( not always )😐

Lin · July 15, 2020, 04:25:16 PM

As mentioned in the original post, the last set of batteries were Interstate "refurbished" batteries for $50 each and they lasted 5 years. One of them is still fine. They were sealed batteries but not AGM. The attempt to buy these was merely because they came up while checking at Walmart. I assumed that it was a mistake since shipping would certainly cost more than the $67, but sometimes companies will honor the sale anyway. I was doubtful they would really ever arrive.

Otherwise, I buy batteries locally. I have gotten some good results for deep cycle batteries on Craigslist getting used AGM's from UPS systems that still have years of my type of service left. However start batteries are a different animal.

Dave5Cs · July 16, 2020, 03:42:53 PM

I get NAPA brand Legends Grp 31 starts 12 volt for 78.00 2 years ago and I think they still have them. My last ones lasted 7 years CCA was around 1100