 Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
kudos:18 | reply to Lurch77
Re: Higher cost of car battery and theft of catalytic converters »www.dealerservicewarehouse.com/d···tery.pdf
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 Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
kudos:4 | The dealer cost for the model the OP purchased is $44.25, according to your sheet. That leaves them $103.43 for tax, install labor, and profit. They must have billed a full hour of labor. 
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sailorPremium
join:2003-10-21
Long Island
kudos:6
1 edit | Well it was my choice to replace with the AC Delco name. ( see above post I just made ) The same battery was $95-$100 just about a month ago but prices have gone up as mentioned.
Sure there are cheaper batteries but one needs to keep in mind they go by size..The Firebird takes a 75 size series and some of them are not that cheap to begin with...( not taking in the recent price increases )
And as you can by this chart, that they are also highly rated.
Keep in mind the prices on this chart are from last year. |
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Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
kudos:4 | That's fine. It is your money, your car, and your choice. But for that money, I would have stepped up to a gel type battery.
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 SplitpairPremium
join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne
kudos:3
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Add shipping and you are up to $70 per unit the Arabs need to get their cut of the action too.
Wayne
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Count me in as lost... What do Arabs have to do with batteries? |
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SplitpairPremium
join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne
kudos:3 | said by CylonRed:Count me in as lost... What do Arabs have to do with batteries? Batteries are made of lead think heavy. They are moved on large trucks and freight trains that burn fuel that is getting more expensive by the day in fact with items like batteries the transportation costs can match or exceed the manafacturing costs. Just ask the battery importers who where bringing them in from China by the container load a few years ago and who are now moving to domestic suppliers as even with higher manafacturing costs here the overall price is lower than dealing with China as transport costs are so uch lower.
As for the Arabs think oil.
And that is how the Arabs have a slice of the battery distribution process by proxy.
Wayne
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Ooooooook....  |
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