Jeff Wisnia wrote:


gonjah wrote:
On 1/7/2014 9:52 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2014-01-07, gonjah wrote:

Best place I've seen for alkaline batteries is Costco. Kirkland
Signature AA are rated almost as good as Duracell and cost $.50 per.
Energizer Max and Gold are rated lower and cost more per Consumer

I bought a pack of Kirkland Signature AA batteries a couple of years ago
and started installing them in the 10 or so wall clocks in our office
when needed.

Now, when a clock stops and I go to replace the single AA battery in it
I find (every time) that the Kirkland AA has leaked chemicals out of one
or both ends, necessitating my having to clean off the contacts before I
put in a new (NOT Kirkland) battery.

I never ran into that kind of problem in recent decades with other
battery manufacturers' products. I suppose I could keep a schedule of
when I replaced a battery in a clock and put in a new one early enough
to prevent leaking, but I've got enough to deal with here already.

I wrote to Costco about this over a month ago and so far have received
nothing but an acknowledgement of receipt of that message.

Never again Kirkland batteries for me.

(You never get more than you pay for y'know.)

Jeff


Well, here it's only four days after my post and I just got a call from
a very pleasant lady in consumer relations at Procter and Gamble in
Cincinnati who told me they're the ones who make the Kirkland batteries.

I told her I'd sealed up two of those leaky AAs in a plastic bag just in
case someone cared to see them. She said that if I'd send them to her
she'd see that I received a check for twenty bucks to cover the postage
and time spent.

I'll take it....

Jeff

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