Re: Anyone else having problems with Duracell batteries?

On 1/12/2023 3:54 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
> 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!
> 

I would wonder in cases like this, how the problem batteries have been 
treated. Maybe they spent a week in the car trunk during hot summer days.