Re: Anyone else having problems with Duracell batteries?

On 2022-08-09 13:08:33 +0000, Wade Garrett said:
> On 8/9/22 8:37 AM, alan vincent wrote:
>> On Saturday, 18 December 2021 at 01:02:19 UTC, Your Name wrote:
>>> On 2021-12-18 00:11:19 +0000, Wade Garrett said:
>>>> On 12/17/21 11:14 AM, Larry Hornsby wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 4:31:09 PM UTC-5, Elaine Sigo wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 11:18:12 AM UTC-4, jtmpreno wrote:
>>>>>>> On 8/5/2020 5:51 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 8/4/20 11:08 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 2 April 2012 04:40:21 UTC+5:30, AS wrote:
>>> 
> :::::SNIP
> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes it happens to me, too, and has been for several years. I switched 
>>>>>>> to Duracell because Kirkland (Costco) batteries were much worse.
> 
> Not to be The Party Pooper, but Kirkland alkaline batteries are made 
> by..........Duracell :-)

As with many other products, there is an illusion of "market 
competition", but the reality is that different brands are often made 
and sold by the same company or parent company, and therefore very 
little actual competitiveness.

The same happens with store branding, with different brands actually 
owned by the same company (e.g. here in New Zealand the "New World" and 
"Pak n' Save" supermarkets brands are owned by the same company - just 
up the road there is one of each almost next door to each other, giving 
an false illusion of competition).