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dav1965
When did they go up in price?

The last time i bought a battery they were about 85 dollars.

In the last 3 weeks i have bought 2 batteries for about 400 dollars. Thats crazy. 189 dollars each plus tax.[:(]

I heard it was because we stopped making lead.

Any ideas?
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  • droptop
    Where do you live? It's less than $2.00 in Houston, many stations are $1.89 but that's "cash".

    If I could run no fat milk in the car it'd $1.88.
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  • babun
    For "normal" cars and trucks.....Walmart= $49.99
    Throw it away in 3 years and buy another.
    I have one in a fully optioned Bravada, going on it's 3rd year.
    And one in a 1996 Dodge Ram farm truck used only every so often, going on 2 years.
    Batteries CAN be made cheaper, but why would they if you are going to
    buy one every 4 to 6 years. They want your money.

    https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=car battery
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  • bpost
    Because you NEED them and THEY have them. WTH kind of battery costs 200 bucks?
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  • spasmcreek
    as a small farm i usually had around 25-28 batteries ...it has got out of hand lately since our beloved EPA made life so miserable for lead recyclers they closed and it all now goes to china/india ??? STOOPID
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  • dav1965
    https://www.autozone.com/batteries-starting-and-charging/battery?filterByKeyWord=battery&fromString=search&isIgnoreVehicle=false

    The other is for a 2008 Mustang for the same prices.
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  • dav1965
    WalMart was 109.73 but i have had terrible luck with their batteries.

    When they did they die then. I have been left in to many parking lots to get a walmart battery.[:(]
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  • remingtonoaks
    I just bought 2 interstate batteries at Costco about a month ago that has 850 cranking amps ea. for $100 each... That has a 42 month straight replacement (not pro-rated) warranty...

    AutoZone wanted $400 for the pair. You just got to know where to buy them
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  • jimdeere
    My friend who owns the tire and brake shop I frequent is an Interstate battery dealer. He gets a few blemished Interstates and sells them about half the cost of a new one.
    No warranties but if one craps out within a year or so, he will replace it. I?ve never had one fail prematurely.
    That?s another reason to find a good tire place and give them as much business as you can.
    I also take him any old auto batteries that I find. He gets money from the distributor for each one.
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