Q: CR2032 Battery
Terrence Huey
Where do you people buy your CR2032 batteries? Many people say: "Go walk
into any store and get them for about $2". I've heard other people getting
these batteries for $1 apiece. But everywhere I go, they're almost $4
apiece. spending $7-8 per VMU every few months really does not seem
appealing to me...
Are there places you can buy CR2032's online?
Are there any specific chains in which you found these "inexpensive"
batteries?
Btw, the only two stores I checked were Radio Shack and Longs Drugs. Both
were above $3.
Joe Ottoson
<th...@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> Ok, this is pissing me off.
>
> Where do you people buy your CR2032 batteries?
K-Mart, Wal-Mart, student bookstore... Hasn't run be over $2 yet.
mkt
"Terrence Huey" <th...@ucdavis.edu> wrote in message
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> Ok, this is pissing me off.
>
I'd check stores like Target, K-Mart, Best Buy, etc. I think I bought mine
at Target,
and I don't remember them being too expensive. If you want to buy online,
try
http://www.batterywholesale.com/ they've got a 10 pack for $10.50 I've
never dealt with them so I cant say if they're reliable.
-mkt
Benjamin
>
> Ok, this is pissing me off.
>
> Where do you people buy your CR2032 batteries? Many people say: "Go walk
> into any store and get them for about $2". I've heard other people getting
> these batteries for $1 apiece. But everywhere I go, they're almost $4
> apiece. spending $7-8 per VMU every few months really does not seem
> appealing to me...
Spending _any_ money per VMU every couple of months doesn't appeal to
me. I'd suggest just removing the battery, and when that urge to pilot
Falcon's plane comes along, go ahead and pop in the battery. It takes
all of 15 seconds to change, and this will surely prolong your batteries
usage (by how much, I dunno). Since batteries aren't required for the
VMU's controller functions, this seems acceptable since I doubt many
play their VMUs much (especially with the battery drain problem).
> Are there places you can buy CR2032's online?
> Are there any specific chains in which you found these "inexpensive"
> batteries?
>
> Btw, the only two stores I checked were Radio Shack and Longs Drugs. Both
> were above $3.
I find Radio Shack and other smallish and specialty stores tend to be
more expensive when similar/equal parts are available at large discount
stores. Try a Wal-Mart or Big K or similar K variant. There's no Target
or Best Buys near me, but I'd assume those prices would be similar.
Benjamin
pfri...@clotho.obsessive.net
>Ok, this is pissing me off.
>
>Where do you people buy your CR2032 batteries?
I got mine off of eBay - there's a battery wholesaler who sells the
CR2032s for like $.30 each.
Let's see:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=ptron1
There he is. I've bought 10 from him, and aside from a pretty
obnoxious shipping fee ($3 or so), it's still a good bargain.
(Not _really_ advertising - I'm sure there're other jabronies selling
CR2032s on eBay, but this guy I've dealt with.)
Black Lion
for $15 shipped. Now I have a lot of batteries, and I'll definitely be
looking for his auctions again when I run out.
The funny thing is, the batteries are sony brand batteries, yet I'm
using them to power my Sega VMUs and my sega saturn... kind of
ironic...
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Romar Armas
"Black Lion" <blac...@juno.com> wrote in message
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> I got mine from this seller as well - I ordered 30 batteries from him
> for $15 shipped. Now I have a lot of batteries, and I'll definitely be
> looking for his auctions again when I run out.
>
> The funny thing is, the batteries are sony brand batteries, yet I'm
> using them to power my Sega VMUs and my sega saturn... kind of
> ironic...
I guess like Crazy Taxi where all the music is licensed from Sony
Records. :)
Black Lion
>
> I guess like Crazy Taxi where all the music is licensed from Sony
> Records. :)
Heh - I don't have crazy taxi (yet), but I also noticed that Captain
Super Pop's song in Popn3 was licensed from Sony...
jim
> Btw, the only two stores I checked were Radio Shack and Longs
> Drugs. Both were above $3.
PartsExpress.com has the CR2032 for $1.25 a piece, or $1.15
a piece in quantities of ten or more. The only downside?
They've got a $20 minimum order requirement.
Rodrigo Andrade
There's a dude on eBay selling lots of 10, 20, or 30 batteries.
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