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similarly when I needed to replace my smoke alarm batteries I considered buying replacements off amazon (9V ones are pretty expensive) I decided against as I d
by blibble 7y ago
similarly when I needed to replace my smoke alarm batteries I considered buying replacements off amazon (9V ones are pretty expensive)
I decided against as I didn't want some counterfeit ripoff with weird failure modes
if this sort of consumer behaviour becomes common it will be the death knell for their retail business
- zifnab06 7y agoI debated Amazon for this but decided to go to a hardware store instead. Found out they make smoke alarms with 10 year lithium batteries now, and they're not that much more expensive.
- astura 7y agoIn some states (NY is one) those 10 year battery ones are the only ones legal to sell. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/04/01/new-york-smoke-detector-law-need-to-know/3329632002/ https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/04/01/n...