Feel Ripped off

[GuyH08]

i baught a battery for my micra k11 today, it was £65!! i feel reli ripped off but apparently all car batterys have gone up because the price of led has gone up, my dads mate baught a battery for a ford mondeo and it was £85! it seems ridiculous i was expecting to pay about 40 quid

 

[frank]

guy

like most commodities, the price of lead has gone up
with oil nearing $125/barrel and wheat up 130% in 12 months, i think the poo is gonna hit the fan

 

[whipit]

yeah the price of batteries shot up by 30% in November. Not a huge loss to me since i get trade price plus discount. lol

 

[Corbs]

You could go to a scrappy and get one?

 

[GuyH08]

too late now lol iv already bought it

 

[Arnold]

You can't be ripped off if you know the price before you buy it lol

 

[curtis]

You can take it back.....just clean it up......

Then go to the scrappies and get one for £10

 

[Ed]

Keep with the new one, if one from the scappies has been totally flat - even once, it will have damaged the battery permanently.

 

[NeX]

Keep with the new one, if one from the scappies has been totally flat - even once, it will have damaged the battery permanently.

that is very true that lead/acid batteries have a bad memory effect but i have found that if you daily drive a car and don't leave it standing for more than a couple of days, you can still get by on a dodgy battery. tho personally i would carry one of those jump start packs.

 

[wilsonian]

I think I paid about £45 for one 2 year ago. Best shopping around as I too was quoted up to £80.

 

[Antony]

aaah the joys of the motor trade. mine was £23.....haha

 

[Ed]

that is very true that lead/acid batteries have a bad memory effect but i have found that if you daily drive a car and don't leave it standing for more than a couple of days, you can still get by on a dodgy battery. tho personally i would carry one of those jump start packs.

Its not really a memory effect. Its damaged caused by sulphation of the plates with the cells.

 

[joesouthgate]

Not a huge loss to me since i get trade price plus discount. lol

Yer I love my helfrauds tradecard. 60% off batteries

 

[Cheef]

When i got my K11 two days ago, i lifted the bonnet and noticed the battery caps were off. But the fluid was full. It had been parked up for a year. So today im gonna find a battery too!

 

[Manny]

i bought mine for about neally 30 its about neally two year ago from a local part shop. it has indicators to tell you if the battery is finnished, needs filling up lol

you should have shopped around?

 

[Suze]

I paid £59 at kwik fit which included fitting, could have done it myself but that was the best price I found anyway, Halfrauds was about £75 / £80 I think [don't have a trade card].

I paid £59 at kwik fit which included fitting, could have done it myself but that was the best price I found anyway, Halfrauds was about £75 / £80 I think [don't have a trade card].

 

[K-rusader]

@ halfords you can also buy the battery conditioner tablets-if you find the price of batteries appalling-worth a try first?

 

[K-rusader]

@ halfords you can also buy the battery conditioner tablets-if you find the price of batteries appalling-worth a try first?