Battery Buying: Part III of the Jukebox Saga
When last we left our intrepid adventurers, ddmerillat's jukebox was left bereft of batteries so that mine might live. Tonight, ddmerillat and I went shopping to remedy the situation. We contemplated Kmart and Wal-Mart, but settled on Radio Shack on the premise that they would have better batteries than Wegmans. Better, in this case, would mean more milliamp-hours. I choked when I saw the price on the batteries: $19.99 for a four-pack. This was double the price we'd seen at Wegmans two nights previous. Wow. We bought them anyway, figuring it had to be better to justify the cost. They rang up at $17.99, which was small consolation for the price doubling. On a whim, ddmerillat went to Kmart next door while I got gas. When I pulled up to Kmart again, I could see through the window that Dave was at the checkout. Kmart was selling 2500 mA-h batteries for $5 less than Radio Shack's 2000 mA-h batteries. We were back in Radio Shack tout de suite to return them. I would ask what kind of fool Radio Shack takes me for, but the answer is apparently "one who doesn't go next door to Kmart to comparison shop."