Re: [AMC-list] 62 Classic Update

[Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:


>Cleaned some grounds tonight and installed a new battery.? Man, batteries are 
>expensive now.?? 


I thought so too until I went to a **local** battery shop:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=battery+express+22801&hl=en&ll=38.431253,-78.883642&spn=0.000632,0.001635&sll=38.431749,-78.882265&sspn=0.002635,0.006539&gl=us&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=38.431339,-78.883578&panoid=LsVcnPXq4GXUE8g_dirLgg&cbp=12,292.37,,0,13.29

I found that their prices were like what I remember all the chains charging just a few years ago.  I needed a battery recently for a 1980 Ford Fiesta I picked up, and their group 42 was about $60 when everyone else -- Advance, Autozone, Wal-Mart, NAPA, and others were all above $100.

I don't know why but all of the chains have jacked battery prices towards $100 each and more.  Maybe it's a function of the fact that they all get a lot of warranty returns on batteries because the counter people don't know how to figure out if a battery is just discharged or is actually bad.  Those testers most of them use don't really tell you anything.  I'm certain they replace under warranty a lot more than they need to.

On the othe rhand it could just be that our federal reserve notes are becoming more and more worthless.  ;-)



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