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Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on September 11, 2005, 2:35 pm
A year or two back I bought a Black & Decker 9.6V cordless drill that
came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
Can anybody explain the logic of this?
Perce
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Posted by SQLit on September 11, 2005, 11:53 am
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> A year or two back I bought a Black & Decker 9.6V cordless drill that
> came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
> months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
> little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
> drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
> originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
> with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
> Can anybody explain the logic of this?
> Perce
Marketing better to sell new products than parts for the old. True in almost
every industry.
I take my batteries back to Batteries Plus and have then rebuilt with a
warranty. Costs less than a new battery.
If you really want to go nuts look at the battery terminals and positions.
Some companies like Sears change styles and types at the drop of a hat.
Making the new batteries incompatible with the old drills.
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Posted by John‰] on September 11, 2005, 11:42 pm
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> > A year or two back I bought a Black & Decker 9.6V cordless drill that
> > came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
> > months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
> > little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
> > drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
> > originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
> > with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
> > Can anybody explain the logic of this?
> > Perce
>
> Marketing better to sell new products than parts for the old. True in almost
> every industry.
> I take my batteries back to Batteries Plus and have then rebuilt with a
> warranty. Costs less than a new battery.
>
> If you really want to go nuts look at the battery terminals and positions.
> Some companies like Sears change styles and types at the drop of a hat.
> Making the new batteries incompatible with the old drills.
That's why I stopped buying those cheap crappy Crapsman cordless tools.
I paid $39.95 on sale for a 14.4 screwgun with two batteries, charger
and case. When one battery quickly died I discovered they want $59.95
for a replacement, so I waited for another sale and bought another
complete kit for $39.95. It didn't last much longer.
While most companies have pretty much standardized the 12V, 14.4V and
18V tools, Sears wants to sell you a 15.785V tool so you are stuck
buying the batteries from them.
No more crappy Crapsman cordless tools for me.
John
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Posted by keith on September 12, 2005, 10:28 pm
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:42:47 +0000, John‰]
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> wrote:
>
>> > A year or two back I bought a Black & Decker 9.6V cordless drill that
>> > came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
>> > months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
>> > little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
>> > drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
>> > originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
>> > with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
>> > Can anybody explain the logic of this?
>> > Perce
>>
>> Marketing better to sell new products than parts for the old. True in almost
>> every industry.
>> I take my batteries back to Batteries Plus and have then rebuilt with a
>> warranty. Costs less than a new battery.
>>
>> If you really want to go nuts look at the battery terminals and positions.
>> Some companies like Sears change styles and types at the drop of a hat.
>> Making the new batteries incompatible with the old drills.
>
> That's why I stopped buying those cheap crappy Crapsman cordless tools.
> I paid $39.95 on sale for a 14.4 screwgun with two batteries, charger
> and case. When one battery quickly died I discovered they want $59.95
> for a replacement, so I waited for another sale and bought another
> complete kit for $39.95. It didn't last much longer.
>
> While most companies have pretty much standardized the 12V, 14.4V and
> 18V tools, Sears wants to sell you a 15.785V tool so you are stuck
> buying the batteries from them.
1) I thought you said you bought a 14.4V tool, above.
2) There is no such thing as a 15.785V battery
3) Because everyone makes a 14.4V tool, doesn't make the batteries in any
way interchangeable.
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> No more crappy Crapsman cordless tools for me.
Drop the "cordless" (and even "crappy") in that sentence, and I agree.
--
Keith
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Posted by Jimmy on September 11, 2005, 12:15 pm
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>A year or two back I bought a Black & Decker 9.6V cordless drill that
>came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
>months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
>little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
>drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
>originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
>with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
>Can anybody explain the logic of this?
Cordless tools are going the computer inkjet printer route.
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> came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
> months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
> little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
> drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
> originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
> with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
> Can anybody explain the logic of this?
> Perce