Re: Anyone else having problems with Duracell batteries?

On 1/12/23 1:53 PM, Marc M wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 1:39:37 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:
>> 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).
> I bought a large pack of AAA Duracell batteries from Costco.  Expiration date: 2028.  They were stored properly (with all my other batteries).  After about six months I went to open the package and HALF the batteries were corroded.  The other half lose their capacity very quickly - they are essentially trash.  I contacted Duracell for a replacement under warranty.  They sent me a couple of coupons, but had the nerve to tell me this was a "goodwill gesture" and sent two pages of instructions on how to use and store batteries.  They clearly suggested this was MY fault and they were doing me a "favor" by sending me the coupons.  I will never buy Duracell batteries again.

Last year I had a similar problem with a 60-pack of Rayovac AA batteries 
datd good till 2028 that I bought from the Home Depot.

They corroded/leaked and trashed a $100 Apple wireless keyboard. And 
15-16 of the batteries still in the retail package had corroded/leaked 
and were covered with a white pastey powder. The ones in the keyboard 
were wedged in there so tightly they could not be removed.

Rayovac (owned these days by Energizer) eventually sent me a check for 
the keyboard and the pack of batteries-- but dragged me through hot 
grease for about two months with numerous requests for additional 
seemingly irrelevant info and pictures of the batts and the keyboard 
from many different angles. I had initially submitted 11 clear pictures 
and a lengthy detailed description of the damage and circumstances. We 
traded a couple of dozen emails before they paid me.

Four other batts from the same package also leaked/corroded in a $40 ATT 
desk phone. But I was able to remove the crud and restore it to function 
and decided not to go around with them again. They got off cheap!

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