Originally Posted by
bigbadwullf
Slightly off-topic but not really.
I have a medical device that uses rechargeable batteries. After they went bad I looked up replacement packs for them. they wanted $130 for them!!. I took the pack apart to see what precious metal these things were made of
. Basically just basic batteries. took the pack to a local battery place and had them make me one. $12 later.....
Yeah you take the cartridge apart see that inside is a standard cell, and you wonder why the heck a battery costs $100, when the parts cost $5
... What gets me though, for my Camera, the battery from Canon is $149, a third party equivalent is $49... What really burns me though, you can buy a replacement battery for $13 in the US, and here with our dollar worth US$ 1.05, it costs me, $49 for that replacement battery....
