Is that with sales tax included?
220 x 99 = 21,780
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When you try to hit on someone but your charisma is −5.
Being a shitty warlock is a hard life.
The price per battery goes up if you buy in bulk? WTF?
1: This girl seems cool.
2: BATTERIES ARE $220 NOW?!?!
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.
Just got (today!) a brand new battery for $85 (from the factory store, so not a purchasing option available for most people)
Another reason to love Costco.
Just paid 350 canuck bucks for an AGM battery for a regular old RAV4.
Can confirm, am also RAV4 owner who had to pay $350 for an AGM battery.
A new rav4? Crazy there are enough electronics running that a lead acid battery wouldn't be up to the task!
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!
This world is cruel
I replaced my car battery a few years ago thinking it was just going to be $50. $175 later...
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.
Fun fact: -40c = -40f
It's a couple of hunks of lead, copper, and sulfuric acid. You got robbed.
Stop buying stuff from the dealership!
Newer cars call for more expensive types of battery.
They're still lead acid batteries. That hasn't changed.
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…
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
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).
Every EV I've seen has separate 12V battery, same as fuel cars do.
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.
I feel the math is wrong but maybe I just don’t know enough about car batteries
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The math is wrong in the wrong direction. 99 batteries at $220 is $21,780
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
You've got core charges depending on locality (I assume. Maybe they're universal?) and potentially taxes or other local fees
Wait that’s more expensive per unit than one
Ya gotta they’re a dog a bone at bulk
She’s seems cool tho
This comment has "what English sounds like to non-english speakers" vibes.
*you gotta throw a dog a bone at bulk
Lol
Shit English speakers say lol
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.
"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.
i remember when the same fucking battery was $80
Seriously though, have there been battery advances that warrant that price increase or is it just capitalism rearing its ugly head again?
no. they'll rip you off because you can't go without a battery
Infinite growth, homey!
If it was a modern lithium battery it would have some merit. However there has not been a single advance in lead batteries.
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
I think it was 5 years ago.
I used to drive to the bad side of town and buy a refurbished battery for $25. That battery would last at least 2 years.
Nah, these ones are sprinkled with fairy dust. You don't want to know how much the organic fairy dust version costs.
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
I don't know why this is so funny but I'm cackling like a fool.