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Old 26th Jul 2006, 10:24 pm   #1
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Default PP9's cheap

PP9's being sold at your local TLC Wholesaler for £1.95 +VAT
There the panansonic jobs, so they should be OK.
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Old 26th Jul 2006, 10:41 pm   #2
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I also noticed Spanish (?) PP9s in B&Q for £2.38 (inc. VAT) yesterday
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Old 26th Jul 2006, 11:00 pm   #3
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Excellent stuff chaps, let's hope ASDA drop their prices again, theirs were £3.18 yesterday for the red Ever Ready ones with metal outer casing. I had thought these obsolete, but they were dated well into 2009!
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Old 27th Jul 2006, 3:35 pm   #4
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Default Re: PP9's cheap

Just bought some PP9's from B&Q, 5 in fact, going by the brand name of Cegusa. I've had to take 3 of them back with terminals that fell off as I removed the clear plastic wrapper. Very sad. These ones cost £2.24. Hopefully it's only a one-off. Never saw any in Asda.
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Old 27th Jul 2006, 9:54 pm   #5
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Just bought some PP9's from B&Q, 5 in fact, going by the brand name of Cegusa. I've had to take 3 of them back with terminals that fell off as I removed the clear plastic wrapper. Very sad. These ones cost £2.24. Hopefully it's only a one-off. Never saw any in Asda.
I bought a Cegusa PP9 from B&Q and it was completely flat Avoid them like the plague!

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Old 27th Jul 2006, 10:08 pm   #6
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I bought a Cegusa PP9 from B&Q and it was completely flat Avoid them like the plague!
I agree! The ones I bought didn't last long. They are much lighter in weight than Eveready ones.
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Old 28th Jul 2006, 2:59 pm   #7
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Thought I'd try these cheapies for myself by way of an experiment, judging by the way they discharged when I drop tested them the cells inside must be of sub-AAA proportions..

However, good old Messrs Block and Quail exchanged that pair without question (might have neglected to mention my high-rate discharge test as that could have scuppered the chances of replacements being issued ) and I presently have two in the Sovereign that are still looking ok on the meter and work up to a point but cannot withstand having anything more than a current of some 42mA taken out of them for more than a half hour or so at a time.
AAAs? Make that CMOS cells!

I phoned them though, and they have promised to replace these with their slightly dearer Varta ones, strange as they weren't on the display when I went looking initially......
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