Re: Cache battery replacement cost - curiosity

I had a very interesting experience with Batteries Plus regarding cache batteries. I have two near me, one older and established and one a new tiny storefront in a strip mall. The new one is much closer so I went there and asked if they could put together a battery pack. They hemmed and hawed, made a phone call, and told me sure, for $54. I promptly drove to the other one where they did it in ten minutes for about twelve bucks.

The shortage was government induced. The U.S. FAA declared (without
warning) that most batteries can no longer ship on aircraft. Thus
supply lines which relied on that suddenly were stuck waiting for
batteries to arrive by other means. Since Trains, Trucks, and pack
mules do poorly on the ocean that left ships to bring the batteries to
the U.S. from (mostly) China. In addition to the delay the fact that
we're looking at vastly slower transport this meant a short term
shortage at manufacturing as well to fill this much longer pipeline.

With the pipeline filled the problem is now limited to spot shortages
here and there.

You may notice when on a plane that if you are asked to check your
carry on due to 'lack-o-space' they ask you to remove ALL batteries
from it and keep them with you. This is a result of that rule.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com

On 1/15/2015 7:57 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I tend to keep a close eye on batteries. A couple of years ago there was
a serious battery shortage and you had to wait a couple of months for
replacements. However, since I've moved to Power 8

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Rob Berendt