Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >,
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> > On 23 Nov 2010 12:04:00 GMT, sandi > wrote:
> >
> > >"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in
> > :
> > >
> > >>
> > >> "Sky" > wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >>> On 11/22/2010 10:19 PM, sandi wrote:
> > >>> (snip)
> > >>>
> > >>> That's smart shopping Not many folks know to do that!
> > >>>
> > >>> Sky
> > >>>
> > >>>> I've gone in to Wal Mart, taken a pic then taken the
> > >>>> camera/cell pic
> > >>>> to Home Depot and they will match the price +10%. :-)
> > >>
> > >> Because it is not a very efficient way to save a few pennies.
> > >> It would have to be a very expensive item to justify the gas
> > >> to make the trip to another store.
> > >
> > >The local Walmart is about one block away (or less, just a
> > >guestimate) from Home Depot in a strip mall area.
> >
> > The Walmart I go to shares the parking lot with Lowes, the stores are
> > separted by about 500' of landscaping... but no one is going drive
> > from store to store hunting for a parking spot and wait on lines to
> > try and save 8¢ on a pack of AA cells... and if it's an expensive item
> > (like a vacuum cleaner) with a substantial price difference customer
> > service will phone over for a price check. Anyway, they have
> > employees whose job it is to constantly price shop other stores, they
> > all know each other store's prices and price appropriately. And
> > almost always the sale items are not identical; with AA batteries
> > Walmart sells twelve packs and Lowes's sells 24 packs, and usually
> > Walmart sells Energizer and Lowe's sells Duracell.
>
> Lowe's sells Energizers (made in China) for the same price as Wal-mart.
> I've checked. But Lowe's also sells the large multi-packs of generic
> Alkaline batteries from China that are 30% cheaper and work just as well
> (I've tested them in my EMS unit for pain control using the 9 volts) as
> Energizers which have always lasted longer than Duracells.
>
> You pay extra moola for name brands.
>
> Wal-mart is a slave to name brands and does not sell those.
>
> Lowe's does.
>
> The difference in a 30 pack box is a good $10.00. More than worth the
> walk across the parking lot.
>
> But then, ordering REALLY cheap is just a click away:
>
> <http://www.cheapbatteries.com/>
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Well, if the label is to be believed, my Duracells, the only battery
brand I buy, are still made in the U.S.