Show me your dodgy batteries I'll show you mine

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Powercell batteries are being sold twenty for four pound on the corner of TCR and Oxford Street. Powercell is not a company that is known for anything. Do you trust them? Of course not - these batteries will last about two minutes.

But when you get a TV with free batteries you have never heard of the company. So can we list some please.

― Pete, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This board has hit rock bottom.

― RickyT, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom needs to buy a TV for our front room.

― Sarah, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

and be a TV for the cellar. har, do you see.

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

After seeing that administration charge it's orange crates for me.

(Alternatively, "It's all gone a bit radio rental(ist)".

― Tom, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

When I was there, it was sixteen for £1, you manboob.

― Graham, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Varta?

― Pete, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Varta is a respectable brand, albeit undermarketed in the UK for obvious reasons.

― N., Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

battery-powered teevees -- surely this is a joke

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Obvious reason?

― Pete, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

TVs are no longer allowed to run off the mains in the UK, Tracer. It's something to do with lightning and earthing.

― N., Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

also watering and airing

― mark s, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I couldn't resist trying some Powercell batteries. They last maybe 10- 20% as long as Duracell. That actually makes them reasonable value, but when they don't power one day's normal walkman use, they're intolerably annoying.

― Martin Skidmore, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My remote control has Maxell Super Power Ace batteries...I like the name!

― jel --, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I like to steal batteries from every remote control for any device in the house (it's only 4 or so really) and replace them with my old discman batteries. They tend to work for a few weeks.

― Ronan, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

thread revival!!

― geeta, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

thirteen years pass...

Steorn

― broderik f (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 22:56 (nine years ago)

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