battery costs rising [RE-wrenches]

[Warren Lauzon]

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That is one of several reasons why we no longer stock Trojan also.

Not that there is any problem with the batteries, it is the sales and 
distribution issues.

You might also check into the Crown batteries, we have had good luck with 
their flooded

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From: "John Raynes" <john at raynes.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: battery costs rising [RE-wrenches]


>
> We've had multiple issues with Trojan.  We've had to deal with the pricing 
> problems like everyone else, but we now have major distribution issues as 
> well.  2-3 years ago, Trojan eliminated competition among dealers in the 
> state of Utah, giving exclusive distribution rights to one dealer in Salt 
> Lake.  Figures, they picked the worst of the two distributors, so pricing 
> became an issue and they won't stock the L16 varieties that we wrenches 
> prefer.
>
> OK, so we go over the border to CO (same travel distance) and get what we 
> want, at good prices.  Then, this past year, the same lousy distributor 
> managed to wrangle exclusive Trojan distribution in CO, so now we're 
> totally screwed.  I've sold 4 T105 this year, everything else is going to 
> other brands, mostly Deka.
>
> Our Deka 8L16 and GC15 pricing has gone up, but we're doing noticeably 
> better than the prices I'm seeing quoted in this thread.  Relative to the 
> Trojans, we're now probably about %40 cheaper, (as best as we can tell 
> what our Trojan price actually would be, if the Trojan distrib stocked 
> what we wanted).  We've found with batteries you really have to jaw to get 
> the best prices, not the way we like to do things, but...  And at least 
> with the Dekas we get to deal with the old Trojan distributor that we 
> preferred.
>
> Both the Deka and Trojan distribs out of Salt Lake will give us free 
> delivery for orders of 8 L16 batteries or greater, we just have to work 
> around their once every two week truck run.  Which we gladly do, since 
> pick-ups are a 450 mile round trip for us.
>
> I agree, Deka carrying handles aren't up to snuff at all.  And we're 
> getting some squirrely terminal orientations, not like the spec sheet 
> shows, meaning cabling isn't as clean.  But, that's where the market in 
> the intermountain region has driven us.
>
>
> John Raynes
> RE Solar
> Torrey, UT
>
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