jannusguy Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 somebody snag it! http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/msg/1586024192.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 WTF?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 somebody snag it! http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/msg/1586024192.html MAN! You don't see those for sale just anywhere!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 somebody snag it! http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/msg/1586024192.html Damn I was in Tampa yesterday for business, I coulda' picked it up and saved on the shipping. That's if I could've gotten it past security at the airport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I think it is a Chinese fake scam! I am surprised it wasn't described as a "Rare" or discontinued model. lol..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 What was it? It's been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 What was it? It's been removed. A duracell 9 volt battery for $4.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 A duracell 9 volt battery for $4.00 yeah, but it was a really nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 A duracell 9 volt battery for $4.00 Is that some kind of secret, Craigslist code I'm not hip to? Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Is that some kind of secret' date=' Craigslist code I'm not hip to? Red 333[/quote'] Nope. A genuine used battery for four bucks. The guy was just making a funny. And besides, $4.00 for a 2005 Duracell is way too much. Everyone knows they stopped using genuine beeswax to seal the cells together in 2003. But I hear they're going to have Vintage Reissue Duracells with genuine beeswax and chrome plated terminals, not the crummy zinc blue of later years. They'll still have the modern line at the regular price but the Vintage Reissues will retail at about $26 for a 9V. There's some talk about pre-aging them for the relic look by letting them run in a vintage National Panasonic six transistor radio (with Civil Defense markings on the dial), then kicking it around a gravel parking lot for an hour. Quality control will be monitored by a third grade boy who will personally stick his tounge over the terminals of each one. Of course that will drive price up more. When my grandfather passed away he left me his old smoke detector that has been in the upstairs hall for many years. Inside was an old Ray-O-Vac with no UPC code stamped on it but it does have a zip code on the company address, so that would date it sometime between 1963 and 1971. I'd like to sell.. .er, what I meant to say was that it has great sentimental value and I'd like to place a value on it for insurance purposes. Any idea what it might be worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Nope. A genuine used battery for four bucks. The guy was just making a funny. Everyone knows they stopped using genuine beeswax to seal the cells together in 2003. But I hear they're going to have Vintage Reissue Duracells with genuine beeswax and chrome plated terminals' date=' not the crummy zinc blue of later years. They'll still have the modern line at the regular price but the Vintage Reissues will retail at about $26 for a 9V. [/quote'] In a couple of years, they'll issue an upgrade to the Vintage Reissue Duracell called the Masterful Recreation. This one uses Japan wax (which comes from berries and sumac) instead beeswax. Beeswax is a good substitute and all, but if you want a 9V that looks and performs like it was just found in a RadioShack stock room 52 years after it fell behind a file cabinet, Japan wax is the way to go. Expect to pay $42 for these. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 But the Japan wax has to have been imported prior to the Organic Sumac Protection Act of 2007 or the corporate headquarters will be raided by the FBI and rumors will abound about the Energizer Bunny buying them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 This thread really has gone flat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I mean someone should recharge it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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