Why are batteries suddenly so expensive?

[number two]

Last I knew,East Penn batteries still had the little round dots that were removed to indicate the date sold/installed.
Don't think other ones have those anymore?
Seasons Greetings!

 

[grsthegreat]

Last I knew,East Penn batteries still had the little round dots that were removed to indicate the date sold/installed.
Don't think other ones have those anymore?
Seasons Greetings!

The Deka (east penn) I use have both date code labels and the punch out data.

 

[MossRoad]

You lead us into that one.

 

[MossRoad]

You lead us into that one.

 

[newbury]

As I stated in my original post, this is my BUSINESS. We SELL stuff to people in various states. Some states apparently feel that if WE are making money off their residents, THEY are entitled to a piece of the profits.

By the way I never said it was logical, or even constitutional(?), but it is the way it is. At least we get to claim the expense as a deduction, which softens the blow a bit.

But how did they charge INCOME TAX on an item? I can understand VAT, sales tax, tariff, but how much INCOME does the item make?
From google:

Income is any money or benefits received, typically in exchange for work, from investments, or through government benefits. It can come in various forms, including cash, property, goods, or services.

Or were they charging your business based on how much income you made?

 

[JESSWOH]

I noticed this with an older car I had. Today I'm trying to replace a 1979 VW Beetle battery and I'm seeing $200!
Are they filling batteries with gold now?


WTH ???

If you have a Rural King Store near you they have the best prices on batteries!

 

[dnw64]

Or were they charging your business based on how much income you made?

Yes. I never said anything about items. The income tax is based on the sales (dollars) we made in NH relative to our total profit.

Theoretically, they COULD base it off the profit of each item sold.

 

[DarkBlack]

I’ve never been afraid to do a little modification, to get a more common and less expensive battery to fit.
The $69 battery I fit to my tractor last year, also fit the wife’s car after removing the insulated box. The Oem battery was stupid small and expensive. Both batteries are still running strong. Price has jumped from $69 to $79. Outrageous

 

[dnw64]

Meanwhile, LiFePO4 batteries keep getting cheaper...

 

[DarkBlack]

Meanwhile, LiFePO4 batteries keep getting cheaper...

You’d need heaters for them to be any good in winters up where I live. More expense

 

[rontaki]

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Re-volting, even.

 

[dnw64]

You’d need heaters for them to be any good in winters up where I live. More expense

They're not for starting vehicles, they're deep cycle. I was just saying that not all "batteries" are getting more expensive.

 

[MossRoad]

Re-volting, even.

 

[Oaktree]

I was advised to replace my original Battery in my 2020 GMC Acadia. AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) was recommended. Little hope of warranty if I installed it my self. $650 Cdn. Dealer installed. $20 Core charge

Wow, somebody saw you coming! I have a '19, and when I replaced the battery in mine (also AGM) a couple years ago it was under $200. Car was out of warranty at the time, but I've never heard of a battery warranty being denied because you installed it yourself.
At least it's easy to get at in that car.

 

[grsthegreat]

Battery warranty is on the battery, not who installed it.

 

[charlessenf]

It was cheaper when we polluted our country.
Vermonter

Couple of points:

1. We've polluted "our" country?
2. "Cheaper" for whom?

White eyes speak with forked tongue and short sight!

 

[charlessenf]

Mineral rights were bought out en mass before I was born by . . .

Oh, that’s unfortunate. Hopefully there’s no plans to mine your property.

From what we know about the law 'back when' it is more than likely that the 'negotiations' for those rights were tainted - not in the least by a Congress little concerned with the rights of the original peoples from whom the land we call our own was appropriated or the 'ordinary' (white males) people by, for and of whom the laws were promised to protect.

As Momma said, "Oh, what web we do weave when first we practice to deceive."

 

[Eagle1]

From what we know about the law 'back when' it is more than likely that the 'negotiations' for those rights were tainted - not in the least by a Congress little concerned with the rights of the original peoples from whom the land we call our own was appropriated or the 'ordinary' (white males) people by, for and of whom the laws were promised to protect.

As Momma said, "Oh, what web we do weave when first we practice to deceive."

In my case -- back then was the early 1960's. The entire local town was built to support lead mining back then. The lead is 800-1200 foot under ground, the are now finding copper below the lead belt in many cases, just waiting for the price to be high enough to be worth mining, civilized living requires lots of destruction in remote places.

 

[charlessenf]

In my case . . . civilized living requires lots of destruction in remote places.

Really? If you imagine 'we' as crew members on the ISS or Starship Enterprise, how much destruction in remote places on our Starship or Space Station would you be willing to accept?

Hell, we don't allow smoking in the bathrooms of a 737. We might allow it in the luggage compartments - but you'd likely freeze before you could light a match down there.

You do realize, I hope, that the entire Midwest was a 'remote place' before we 'civilized' beings decided 'This land is your land, this land is my land from the New York Islands to the remote places . . .

We ship our trash to 'remote places,' and have literally built 'remote' islands out of the **** we throw away.

Our nuclear waste - no one remotely wants it anywhere and we dare not try sending it to space in one of Elon's rocket ships.

If you take a perspective of Earth from the viewpoint of some dumb guy on Pluto, we are a remote place. A veritable oddity of a 'remote place.'

And, to call us 'civilized;' well if we're the best example of that . . .

 

[Mtsoxfan]

So, can we say pollution started "back when" fire was discovered? I'm not a historian, so the when doesn't matter to me. I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't pollute in one form or another. It's a natural occurrence due to progress.