On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:26:47 UTC, "JoeJoe" wrote:

Despite using it only on the very rare occasion, one battery is now
completely dead (wouldn't charge), and the other discharges after about 10
minute work.

So the batteries have been left to self-discharge, and have rarely been
charged? Probably hasn't helped at all.

I am not particularly please to say the least. It was £90 - hardly a cheap
and nasty one I would have thought, and I believe that I have the right to
expect it to work beyond 3 years.

The drill - perhaps. The batteries - perhaps not.