Duracell charger was £44.99 now £9.99 (merged)

lynseyjones

Thanks feed_me_chocs - this is the best bargain I've had from MSE! There were 2 left at our Merry Hill branch - and even the checkout girl was shocked at the price
... Happy New Year too!

feed_me_chocs

No probs lynseyjones, glad to have helped and glad you managed to grab 2 before they all went.

adrian2000

Hi, Popped in to my Boots store at Fosse Park in Leicester today to see if they had these chargers, but could not find any. As I went to the till to pay for something else I picked up a leaflet that said Duracell charger was £29.99 now £9.99.

I think this is the same one,it is not a miss price but an offer advertised sale.

Regards

Adrian

LesD

I have to admit being totally bemused by this thread. I recently bought a charger, 4xAA, 4xAAA, and adapters for 'C' cell and 'D' cells in our local market for £12.99.

OK, the batteries are 800mAh and the charger takes a long time, but what on earth can be worth £44.99 (or even £29.99) that makes this offer such a great deal?

aj2001

i am returing mine back as i have 1 hour charger from maplins that came with 4x 2400 and i then orderd 8x aa battery of the 7dayshop when they offerd me free p&p so pointless keeping this as i allready have one.

( i know i will waste the tenner on food but,,,)

dc

Anyone wanting more batteries, the 7day shop has 4 x 2500mah AA in a carry case, or 4 x aaa900mah for £3.99 post free at mo.


dc

996ducati

LesD wrote:

I have to admit being totally bemused by this thread. I recently bought a charger, 4xAA, 4xAAA, and adapters for 'C' cell and 'D' cells in our local market for £12.99.

OK, the batteries are 800mAh and the charger takes a long time, but what on earth can be worth £44.99 (or even £29.99) that makes this offer such a great deal?

You're not comparing apples for apples here. What is actually being offered is a fast charger & 4 2050mA (NiMh) Nickel Metal Hydrate batteries for £9.99.

What you have been sold is a slower charger & much lower capacity 800mA (Ni-Cads) Nickel Cadnium batteries which will struggle to power a Digital Camera for more that a couple of hours. Also we are aware that Ni-Cads suffer from memory effect if not fully discharged which Ni-Mh dont.

The deal definately isn't worth £44.99 or possibly even £29.99 but a tenner? :xmassmile

m_will

dc wrote:

Anyone wanting more batteries, the 7day shop has 4 x 2500mah AA in a carry case, or 4 x aaa900mah for £3.99 post free at mo.


dc

Does not seem to be post free any more.

photome

I have just bought 1 from boots in castle mall norwich, no price on shelf scanned at £9.99 and they had 7 left at 9.30 today

ianonline

m_will wrote:

Does not seem to be post free any more.

Nope - ended 31/12/05 but you can get batteries just as cheap (or even cheaper) on eBay including delivery:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=1310270&postcount=15