[Mgs] Price Of Two 6 Volt Batteries

DON SCOTT rowdon at sonoma-county.org
Thu Aug 23 10:01:40 MDT 2007


The batteries we get in the US are made in Tijuana by children, so we US
consumers score big time.  Thank you NAFTA!


>>> David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> 8/23/2007 8:57:08 AM >>>
--- palte at gmx.net wrote:


> I was shocked to find that the cost of two 6V batteries is pretty
> steep.
> Last year, I bought two of them for an already hefty EUR 135,--
> (USD 175).

> Today, I was charged EUR 250,-- (USD 310) for two of them
> (in both cases including tax at 19%).


Holy cats!  And I whined when I had to buy a set this spring
(after three years) for $120!  That's before sales tax, which
in this state is close to 10%, but if I'd bought them through
the mail the total would have been just about the same with
shipping, and I'd have had to paid to get them filled, too.  

Either you're paying some nasty tariff, or ecology tax, or
something, or you found a terrible source.


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com 


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