Radar
08-25-2007, 10:45 PM
When you next go to buy batteries be very aware of the price per battery, buying in bulk is not always the cheapest, in fact with almost all of the top brands "Duracell, Energizer etc" it is better to buy some of the smaller packs than the larger.
I'd read this recently in Consumer Reports and so today while at Walmart decided to check it out, Hmmm...Consumer Reports was right.
It was 10 cents per battery more expensive to buy a 16 pack of batteries than it was a 12 pack. I talked to the manager and he just laughed, he said he has know idea why it is, it is the way Duracell & Energizer market them, but he was aware it was more expensive per battery.
He said that people are conditioned to think that buying in bulk will save them money and to his knowledge I was the first person to go through the battery aisle and figure out the cost of individual batteries rather than just looking at the cost for the package and thinking buying more would be cheaper.
I also checked out the per battery price on the larger packs and it worked out that there was no savings buying in bulk in almost all cases it cost you more!
Go figure, just thought I'd pass it on and may be help you save money in future.
I know some people are going to say I use rechargeables, I do as well, but rechargeables are not as dependable as alkaline in some devices due to the way rechargeables hold their charge. Give me alkalines for my GPS every time.
Hope this helps someone!
I'd read this recently in Consumer Reports and so today while at Walmart decided to check it out, Hmmm...Consumer Reports was right.
It was 10 cents per battery more expensive to buy a 16 pack of batteries than it was a 12 pack. I talked to the manager and he just laughed, he said he has know idea why it is, it is the way Duracell & Energizer market them, but he was aware it was more expensive per battery.
He said that people are conditioned to think that buying in bulk will save them money and to his knowledge I was the first person to go through the battery aisle and figure out the cost of individual batteries rather than just looking at the cost for the package and thinking buying more would be cheaper.
I also checked out the per battery price on the larger packs and it worked out that there was no savings buying in bulk in almost all cases it cost you more!
Go figure, just thought I'd pass it on and may be help you save money in future.
I know some people are going to say I use rechargeables, I do as well, but rechargeables are not as dependable as alkaline in some devices due to the way rechargeables hold their charge. Give me alkalines for my GPS every time.
Hope this helps someone!