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Cypress
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Bought a 12 volt battery for my truck this morn in Mulege for $88. The truck now starts and I'm heading for La Purisima tomorrow. Let the good times
roll!
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MrBillM
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Interstate
I used the Interstate brand Golf-Cart Batts solely for many years prior to 2004 and had no complaints. No premature failures. Good price.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
So at $88.00 in the USA then add (what?) 27 % duty at the border, that's about $112.00 in Mexico. Are they that expensive at a Mexican outlet????
Seems like it would be cheaper to get them below the border. |
That's 17% duty at the border by the way, but why declare them? Not cheaper in Baja, they're getting $200 a pop for Trojans in San Felipe.
You can get twelve batteries wide in a full size bed up at the front, cut two peices of plywood to cover top and side, stack with your regular camping
junk, bags, chairs, whatever on top, head south.
Also a good deal on batteries at Powerstride on Kurtz St. in San Diego.
[Edited on 12-16-2007 by BajaWarrior] |
Or just cover them with toys for the orphanage 
CaaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
Groovy.
But what about the US Battery vs. Interstate?
OH, and who really shot JFK? |
what do you expect Mexray to say??? He already told you what he sells!
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vgabndo
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Perhaps the inclination to suspect government collusion might just stem from the fact that there is so much of it going on at present. That is an
argument for off topic and you won't find me there.
Another big reason for the rising cost of lead in the USA is that there is virtually no recycling of lead in this country. The old batteries are being
shipped, mostly to asia, where the standards for acceptable pollution are even less enforced than here.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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MrBillM
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UH ?
I would expect that the cost of lead or any other resource is determined by whatever ANYONE in the world is willing to pay for it. In this case, the
demand by China and others is the largest continuing stress on material prices.
I'm unaware of any statistics showing to what extent wholesale lead prices in the U.S. are affected by reclamation strategies. Perhaps someone has
references available rather than opinions.
However, the fact that we ARE sending materials abroad for recycling would seem to add rather than subtract from availability of Lead as a resource.
The rules followed by those other countries is a different question other than it would seem to LOWER overall costs.
[Edited on 12-18-2007 by MrBillM]
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Mexray
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Soulpatch....
...I don't believe Interstate makes any batteries...they have several battery Mfg's make them under private brand contracts...I could be wrong about
other areas of the country, don't know for sure...but...
Get this...In California, and maybe some other western states, US Battery makes 'Interstate' brand batteries! For years, we used to get most of our
batteries delivered on US Battery's truck, and there would usually be several pallets aboard with Interstate batteries to be delivered to their
warehouse in Santa Rosa, CA. US Battery would put their plates and separators into the cases with the Interstate markings and assemble the completed
product to their specifications.
As to your question...I would say that the US and Interstate 6 volt golf cart batteries are very similar inside the case....
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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