Any Discount codes for Die Hard Battery ?
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metaleltr
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Does the typical buy online pickup instore discount apply? FYI the die hard batteries are just re-stickered autocraft batteries. The stickers are applied in store.
No it does not.
Meursault74
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I hear if you walk into the store barefoot wearing a torn up and ****** wife beater, they give you a break on the price 
nope, they're received from the warehouse that way
dnschmidt
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Diehard isn't anything special. There are only two MANUFACTURERS of batteries in the United States. The one spun off by Johnson Controls (that now has a new name) and the guys in Pennsylvania that make Deka batteries (East something manufacturing). They call them Eveready, Duracell, Interstate, Champion (Pep Boys) Duralast (Autozone) Optima and about 1000 other names but they all come off of the same two lines mostly Johnson Controls'. All of NAPA's batteries come from Deka. Bottom line don't worry about the name worry about the CCA and the length of warrantee. Here in Arizona we're lucky if a battery lasts two years so we always go with the premium batteries as we keep warranteeing them out as the best have a three year free replacement warrantee.
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Was told by my commercial rep that clarios is the manufacturer for advance still
I bought a car battery a few months ago at Auto Zone - because I had a gift card. No discounts I could find anywhere. And the digital discount coupons on the websites excluded batteries for both Advance and AZ. And damn, are good batteries expensive!
battery prices going up isn't political. Neither are increasing rent costs, food prices... But you probably believe they all are.
The last battery I bought was $190 and made in Mexico. So the reason it was so expensive is because of the Mexican government's policies????
The last battery I bought was $190 and made in Mexico. So the reason it was so expensive is because of the Mexican government's policies????
theoldwizard1
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Costco - Interstate
Sam's - Duracell (East Penn)
Sam's - Duracell (East Penn)
dnschmidt
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There is nothing political about it. Here's what happened. The inflation we are now seeing is a unique form of inflation that America has never seen before. It's not caused by rising wages it's caused by scarcity and the profiteering that results from it. If you don't have an oversupply of anything you increase the price of that which you still have. Here specifically is what happened to battery pricing. AS MENTIONED, this is an oligopoly. When you only have two or maybe three suppliers and there is a sudden explosion in demand the price goes up. Well, why was there a sudden explosion in demand? Answer: COVID-19. When this was at its peak a lot of people parked their cars for an extended period of time. Nothing is worse for a battery than non-use so many a good battery died an early death. When things loosened up there suddenly was a massive demand for replacement batteries and only a few sources from which to get them. For a while even finding a battery was a major challenge. Well, with red-hot demand and limited production capability any reasonable capitalist is going to bend you over which they most assuredly did. In a year or two things will once again reach steady state where supply equals demand and prices will drop, but not to previous levels, the chip shortage caused the same situation in car prices. How the hell can used car prices increase 43% in one year’s time. Simple, production is down and demand is up. Neither Trump nor Biden can or could control any of this.
metaleltr
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Well counter guy must be lying (not surprised) When trying to purchase 3 identical Die hard marine batteries they provided on Diehard and two Autocraft claiming that they didn't have enough of the new stickers yet and that they were simply applying the Die Hard stickers to the Autocraft batteries.
Motown
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O'Reilly's is Deka also. The battery supply seems to be getting tight lately.
428PI
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I worked at a shop for 20 years that had Interstate. I work at a shop now that sells die hard. Guess what battery I'm buying now? Walmart. Close to home and way cheaper. Buy the best one. Cranks engine way faster than Interstate.
not necessarily. based on what you are stating above (you didn't mention the date) it's possible older stock. AA didn't start selling DieH until about 16 months ago. commercial customers got their battery stock rotated out after 6 months, while I've seen in-store stock kept up to a year. hll, my boss just sold a low volume group 51R AGM battery today with a date of 6/21, so it happens.
but regardless, we don't apply stickers at the store.
RAS61
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Costco/Interstate would be my recommendation for value and price - if you're a member. If not and tires are in the near future you might want to consider joining
nicks78camaro
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Wouldn't be the first time a parts store relabeled parts in store with a new/different brand. I've seen it many times over the years. The new stock from then on would have the new brand on the box.