wtf AAA Batteries Cost €11.50!!!

conjamuk · 13-04-2009 4:33pm #1

I went to the shop to buy a pack of AAA batteries for my mouse and they were €11.50. :eek:. Last week they were €5.00. How the hell can a pack of batteries cost €11.50?

humbert · 13-04-2009 4:34pm

Buy them somewhere else.

javaboy · 13-04-2009 4:35pm

Shop around: http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?pp=20&s=Price:+Low+-+High&x=21&y=3&storeId=30001&catalogId=1500001501&langId=-1&q=AAA

jancav · 13-04-2009 4:35pm

order them from Viking - about 3.50 a pack

Ghost Train · 13-04-2009 4:40pm

feed it some cheese

Vain · 13-04-2009 4:41pm

Are this the ones you got?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9800304/Trail/searchtext>AAA.htm Seen them in shops for crazy prices too.

silverharp · 13-04-2009 4:43pm

conjamuk wrote: »

I went to the shop to buy a pack of AAA batteries for my mouse and they were €11.50. :eek:. Last week they were €5.00. How the hell can a pack of batteries cost €11.50?

Buy rechargables

Run_to_da_hills · 13-04-2009 4:47pm

e4 in Power City.

Overheal · 13-04-2009 4:48pm

I can find a pair of rechargeable D's for less than that - you're not looking in the right places.

Plastic Bari · 13-04-2009 4:48pm

3.50 in tesco!! Think you got ripped off!!

bleg · 13-04-2009 4:48pm

a rip off? in ireland???? no way!!!!!

Overheal · 13-04-2009 4:52pm

You could have also bought them from a wholesaler. Costco ftw.

thealltimelow · 13-04-2009 4:54pm

the 2euro shop

Jet Black · 13-04-2009 5:04pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

e4 in Power City.

e4? Sky news is always on when I go in..:D

redout · 13-04-2009 5:21pm

You probably bought the Energizer bunny instead of the Tesco knockoffs.

wylo · 13-04-2009 5:25pm

you sure you buy those really good lithium ones that last 7 times longer or something, cause if so then you got good value

wylo · 13-04-2009 5:26pm

Vain wrote: »

Are this the ones you got?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9800304/Trail/searchtext>AAA.htm Seen them in shops for crazy prices too.

just saw this post, those batteries are worth the price

Lump · 13-04-2009 5:33pm

Did you buy them in a petrol station?

AlmightyCushion · 13-04-2009 7:15pm

I fúcking hate AAA batteries. They have less power than AAs, cost more and you never have a spare set lying about the place. I've tonnes of AA batteries, but when I need AAAs I don't have any. Bah!

RoundyMooney · 13-04-2009 7:44pm

Rechargeables ftw people.

cashback · 13-04-2009 8:03pm

Don't understand why you would spend that much on batteries, especially as they're just for a mouse.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-04-2009 1:50am

On Holidays I tried them new lithium batteries in my camera, and no they didn't seem to last any longer than the alkalines

But rechargables just seem to get better all the time, the newer ones hold their charge for much longer too.

Don't buy NiCAD they are toxic and only have 1/3-1/4 the charge of NiHM

NiMH AA
2000mAhr Aldi 4 for a fiver or wait till they do eight AA's + charger for €20

Alkaline AA
http://www.duracell.com/oem/Pdf/MX1500.pdf
If I read this right then if you draw 1/4 A you get a little over 8.5 hours
which works out at 2150 mAh
Which is the same as rechargable

Lithium AA
http://data.energizer.com/PDFs/l91.pdf#search=%22AA%20site%3Aenergizer.com%22
this is the lithium ones that give 3000mAh - that's only 1.5 times the alkalines for a lot higher cost

Rented Mule · 16-04-2009 7:54am

Support the Peace Process

Shop in the North !!

16-04-2009 8:42am

We have a supply of all battery sizes at work so needless to say I just take batteries when I need them!:D

Insect Overlord · 16-04-2009 8:46am

Nicolas Prehistoric Grenade wrote: »

We have a supply of all battery sizes at work so needless to say I just take batteries when I need them!:D

It's people like you who caused this recession,
rabble, rabble, rabble :pac:

kierank01 · 16-04-2009 9:14am

If they were for Li Ion batteries, €11.50 sounds about right.

bobcar61 · 16-04-2009 9:14am

You just got ripped off..like that doesn't happen in Ireland.

Were the batteries gold plated or something,for that price I'd want them to scroll the mouse and do all the clicking automatically.

Lump · 16-04-2009 9:37am

www.7dayshop.com ftw

silverharp · 16-04-2009 9:44am

thealltimelow wrote: »

the 2euro shop

how much do they cost there?

partyatmygaff · 16-04-2009 9:53am

silverharp wrote: »

how much do they cost there?

About €20 in the end as the batteries they sell over need to be replaced every 10 minutes because their so crap and thats not even on a digital camera.
I put two of those batteries in a camera and they died when I pushed the capture button.

m@cc@ · 16-04-2009 10:32am

conjamuk wrote: »

I went to the shop to buy a pack of AAA batteries for my mouse and they were €11.50. :eek:. Last week they were €5.00. How the hell can a pack of batteries cost €11.50?

Why did you not buy them when they were €5?

Gran Hermano · 16-04-2009 10:50am

If you're looking for AA or AAA batteries your best bet is to invest in
Low Self Discharge rechargeables
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_self-discharge_NiMH_battery

Main brand name is Eneloop but I have also bought GP Recyko+
and Gsyuasa Enitime and they all work the same.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8746
http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19277

wtf AAA Batteries Cost €11.50!!!

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