Batteries expensive in England?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sat Oct 13 13:48:41 2001

Panasonic (?) batteries, D-cells, sell for $1.00 a pair at the "dollar store"
next door to my local post office. These are about as low-priced as I've seen,
but $5 for 4 of them seems a bit high.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "charles hobbs" <chobbs_at_socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 12:15 PM
Subject: Batteries expensive in England?


>
> I needed about 4 D-cells for my radio (didn't want to mess around with
> adapters and such), so I looked around the various shops, supermarkets, etc.
>
> All seemed to be high...4-D cells, which would cost about $5 or so in the US,
> was UKP 8, or about $12 in London.
>
> Did I miss anything here?
>
>
>
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