Re: Anyone else having problems with Duracell batteries?

On 2023-01-12 23:54:46 +0000, Wade Garrett said:
> 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!

When you buy the batteries, you have no idea how long or how well 
they've been stored by the warehouse, delivery, and shop. Buying huge 
bulk packs is often not worth the supposed savings over buying smaller 
packs more often.