Highway Freaking Robbery!!!

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Take a wild assed guess at what I just paid for this little dinky generator battery.

I’ll make room on the floor for whoever guesses close.

It dropped my jaw.

38 thoughts on “Highway Freaking Robbery!!!”

  3. Looks like the battery I used to put in my Yamaha 360… and they were about $15.00 bucks back then… Today, I could say $1000.00 and I believe wouldn’t be too far off.

  9. Looks like one I had to put in my snow machine a few months back.
    Around $135.00

  14. There are some pretty damn close guesses here, I’m going to have to make more room on the floor.
    Including the $5 core charge, that little battery cost me $80.01.
    A full size Group 24 car battery that we used to pay $29.99 all day long for twenty years ago now costs $140 plus a $20 core charge.
    This dinky little battery is about 1/4 the size of one of those.
    Eighty. Freaking. Dollars..

    • you got off cheap. ATV battery last month at interstate $125.00 because I got a bad one long ago from walmart. It was a gell type I think they are labelled AZM or something like that. Not sure if the other kind still available.

  16. I guessing the 5 bucks is the change from the 100 bucks ?
    batteries like everything else is going up in price.
    remember diesel is over 5 bucks per gallon damn near everywhere now.
    and everything moves by truck/diesel in this country . so expect two things to happen here soon. either there will be a shortage of everything or the price on everything is going to sky rocket here real soon.
    free shipping will be a thing of the past here soon as well.
    get what you can while you can as this only going to get a lot worse by summer
    the clowns running the country have pulled the plug and the water is draining fast. the way things are now, I be expecting food riots this fall as prices go thru the roof for basic stuff. this is no longer a idea they just dumb as fuck, no
    this is some evil plan the way it is unfolding now.
    remember the videos of clowns fighting over tv and other bullshit ? well, we be seeing that over food here soon as well.
    most homes in the country have at BEST a 2 week supply of anything anymore
    remember that.

  17. 89.00 On amazon more local.Had to get a rider mower battery at lowes was 56.00. Got a new battery for my Chevy truck 109.00 at Home depot. Doesnt seem fair that your generator battery was all most the same as a full size truck battery.(Exide brand)

  18. I go to Interstate Battery (not the truck) and always ask for a “Blem” battery. As long as I take the old one with me they have always matched up a “Blem” for me. I did work in garages some time back and back then it was supposed to be for garage mechanics to give them a break on a new one. Maybe they remember me or maybe they just give the deal to anyone that asks. They only charge $45.00 for any Blem… I just got one for my plow truck 4 months ago…

  19. Phil I think we talked about life realization that everyone needs to be a Teacher, and a Student, no matter where we are in life. Teach your Brother to restring the starter.
    He may not be a student to learn, but you’ll have at least tried, so he would have more of a chance the next time it goes sideways & you’re not there to CHA.

  20. Last year, in my neck of the woods, a battery like that for my atvs were $50 a pop. Could be more today. Eeeeverything is overpriced now. ‘cept my coffee. That’ll prolly change too.

    • The coffee is already overpriced. Pre-covid a 3 lb #10 can of Kirkland brand coffee was $6.99. The price jumped a buck during covid to $7.99 & hovered there until pResident Kidsniffer was installed & has been climbing steadily ever since. Last trip to Costcoland the price was $14.99 for the 3 lb can. 2 years to more than double in price and virtually all of that increase has been in the past 16-ish months.
      Stack a half-dozen cans in your basement if you haven’t already. When the world is reduced to mohawks & assless chaps would you prefer the murderous gleam in your eye be fueled by caffeine or desperation?

  23. That is the same battery that fits my Harley Sportster. I had an exchange core and paid $27 and change last week for sealed AGM (It will last about 2 years). The fiberglass mat version runs about $70 (lasts about 3 or 4 years and the Lithium Ion was $115 (It lasted 7 years). This is a 26 year old motorcycle that gets about 2k miles a year on it and after every ride it gets put on a battery tender. The cost per year on batteries the cheap AGM is the best deal.

  25. Just be glad you don’t have to get “Aviation grade” or milspec. My last battery for my Wichita spam-can (Cessna 172) was $240. Sold that thing in 2018 and don’t miss those headaches a bit.

    • Greg, why does a light plane need an “aviation” grade of battery? What is different from say a quality car battery?

      • Altitude/temp swings. Plus it has to be able to be flipped upside-down without leaking… just in case.

        • All that Igor, plus thinner lead plates to get the high amp kick from a smaller, lighter form factor. That and FAA regs. I tried to comply with all regulations as best I could. As an old instructor once put it: “Almost every rule that chaps your hide exists because somebody died before it was written”.
          I love flying, but the stress and $$$ strain of trying to keep a plane airworthy is something I do not miss at all.

  26. I’m with Rocky. I usually by the blemished batteries for my vehicles. They seem to work just as well and last just as long as the regular, at a fraction of the cost. Only a 30 or 90 day warranty, but a lot of the pro-rated warranties on the expensive batteries aren’t very good after the first year. I got six and a half years out of the last blem I replaced.

    • I have a 2000 Chevy C3500 with it came two batteries trays. It is a gas engine. I put in dual batteries of good quality and wired in series. I got 12 years out of them in South Dakota winters. I replaced them in 2019 and they are still going strong. I wired them with 1 gauge wire and 2 gauge wire to the starter, only reason I couldn’t get the 1 or 0 gauge on the starter mounting stud…

  27. I paid 69.00 – 5.00 for bringing in the old battery for my Toro riding mower. Would hate to think what a replacement battery will be for my backup for the sump pump.

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