Rayovac to slash battery prices

[PhotonBoy]

Good news!

But I won't be really happy until someone gives me a believable reason why AAA batteries cost a hell of a lot more than AA batteries.

 

[Saaby]

Cool!

 

[zmoz]

Wooohooo! Too bad I've got more NiMh's than I could possibly ever use... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PhotonBoy]

Good point.... maybe NiMH batteries are waking them up!!

 

[snakebite]

the reason aa cells are cheaper than aaa is simple
quantity.
i would guess ten times more devices use aa than aaa.


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PhotonBoy said:
Good news!

But I won't be really happy until someone gives me a believable reason why AAA batteries cost a hell of a lot more than AA batteries.

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[FreeBSDboy]

That and it costs more to make things smaller.

 

[Blikbok]

There is also the factor of percieved value. Something bigger or smaller than "normal" is accepted by the consumer as costing more. That's why a lot of advertising focuses on the (usually false) "effort" required to scale up or down from the central product line. They will concentrate more on superlatives regarding the size, instead of features. This is more of a factor in how much the consumer is willing to pay than how much it costs to manufacture.

Just like, for example, people percieve more quality in a product priced more than another comperable one. Take a $50 import DVD player, change the black chassis to silver-colored plastic, add a fancy, matching remote, and sell it for $300.

 

[BuddTX]

I am pretty sure that at Wal-mart, the AAA and AA cost the same, for the same pack size.