Thanks Battery Bob!
The other day, my wife calls me and asks “What did you want me to buy again?”. She was at Target and earlier in the day I asked her to buy an LR44 watch battery. I think these go for $3.49 at The Shack (but they were out of stock when I checked over the weekend). Anyway, the Target employee helped her find one (#357 is the same size) and she said they’re $7.99. WTF? I said forget it and immediately Googled LR44. The top ad had a URL of www-LR44.com so I clicked on it. I usually don’t click on ads, but this one looked different so I clicked. And I’m glad I did. I found a set of five 357s for, are you sitting down, $5.89. Yes, FIVE batteries for less than the price of one from Target. I added it to my cart, then proceeded to look for a couple other popular sizes like the CR2032 and the #377. When I go to check out, I notice that Bob’s offering me FREE SHIPPING. Sweet! Seeing that he’s in Florida and I’m in California, I figured it’ll be here in a week, but to my surprise, it made it cross country in 2 days.
OK, so before I ordered them, I actually went to Bob’s “About Me” page to see if there was any mention of the quality of batteries. I was expecting no such information and I thought these would be some cheap, imported cells with expiration dates within the next few months or even already expired. This is what happened when I bought some CR2032s a few years ago on eBay. Well, when they arrived, I was really impressed. They’re Maxells (name brand) and are fresh – expiration dates well into 2010. Very nice, Bob.
All in all, I’m a very satisfied customer and will definitely return to Bob for my future battery needs. Now go buy your batteries. http://www.batterybob.com/default.asp
SteveO
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