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[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is that with sales tax included?

220 x 99 = 21,780

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[–] [email protected] 184 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (15 children)

When you try to hit on someone but your charisma is −5.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

Being a shitty warlock is a hard life.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

I don't know why this is so funny but I'm cackling like a fool.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel the math is wrong but maybe I just don’t know enough about car batteries

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The math is wrong in the wrong direction. 99 batteries at $220 is $21,780

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

You've got core charges depending on locality (I assume. Maybe they're universal?) and potentially taxes or other local fees

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's the joke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXDxNCzUspM

Edit: Oh shit, this is the right video where they explain how they make money (53 seconds): https://youtu.be/KodqIPMbyUg?t=56

[–] [email protected] 198 points 5 months ago (23 children)

1: This girl seems cool.

2: BATTERIES ARE $220 NOW?!?!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (4 children)

To be fair, they seem to be better than they used to. My car hit 200k not too long ago and still has its original battery. I have no problems with it but I remember having much newer batteries where it was a gamble on cold mornings if it would start. Purely anecdotal though.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Just got (today!) a brand new battery for $85 (from the factory store, so not a purchasing option available for most people)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they're all 200+ now, I was told it's because only a few companies make batteries and with the rise in popularity of electric vehicles now they are in shorter supply.

I don't know if that's true, but that's what some mechanic told me when I went to get a new one recently

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

with the rise in popularity of electric vehicles now they are in shorter supply.

This doesn't make much sense at first glance, because the battery in an electric vehicle uses completely different technology and chemistry compared to a classic car battery (lithium-ion Vs lead-acid).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Every EV I've seen has separate 12V battery, same as fuel cars do.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Sure but that wouldn’t increase demand for those separate batteries regardless of the technology.

Unless there are a lot more cars on the road or EVs consume them faster for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Another reason to love Costco.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I just paid ~650usd for a new battery for my Toyota. Though I bought an extra expensive one to have good enough amps for starting in -40c and colder.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Fun fact: -40c = -40f

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's a couple of hunks of lead, copper, and sulfuric acid. You got robbed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can get AGM or even lion batteries which cost a little more and are a bit more involved but 600 still sounds high.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Newer cars call for more expensive types of battery.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I don’t know about that, it kinda paints a picture that the general public is being priced out of cars and their maintenance….

Wait…

[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Just paid 350 canuck bucks for an AGM battery for a regular old RAV4.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can confirm, am also RAV4 owner who had to pay $350 for an AGM battery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

A new rav4? Crazy there are enough electronics running that a lead acid battery wouldn't be up to the task!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Mine is a 2017 model. It is a hybrid so there are more electronics. The battery is stored in the trunk and that may be why it’s AGM, if I remember correctly the lead acid batteries can let out some pretty toxic fumes while charging!

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

I replaced my car battery a few years ago thinking it was just going to be $50. $175 later...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

I did something similar in the early '90s, but it was a carved wooden eagle at Busch Gardens. When I hit the sub total button the P.O.S. system for the whole park crashed because it was around a million dollars. lmao

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (4 children)

i remember when the same fucking battery was $80

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nah, these ones are sprinkled with fairy dust. You don't want to know how much the organic fairy dust version costs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Seriously though, have there been battery advances that warrant that price increase or is it just capitalism rearing its ugly head again?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it was a modern lithium battery it would have some merit. However there has not been a single advance in lead batteries.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Yeah that's what I was thinking. So it's either cost of materials increase, increased environmental regulation, or greed.

Hmmmm I wonder which one contributes the most

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

no. they'll rip you off because you can't go without a battery

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I think it was 5 years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Wait that’s more expensive per unit than one. Ya gotta throw a dog a bone in bulk.

She’s seems cool tho

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

As a native english speaker this

Ya gotta they’re a dog a bone at bulk

is just [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

*you gotta throw a dog a bone at bulk

Lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Shit English speakers say lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I assume it's some kind Australian slang? Or perhaps maybe some kind of slang from one of the deep Yankee states like Maine, or somewhere up in Canada.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

"they're" is "throw" (possibly an autocorrect error)

Translation of idiom: You should offer a discount for the customer who's purchasing in large quantities. Not charge more per item than for a single purchase.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That was awesome

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