6v batteries from Costco (or somewhere else)

Too many successful meaning large meaning many members meaning decades old insist on Trojan. In other words if it's a weed patch don't look for Trojan.

There are good restaurants that use Heinz catsup and greasy spoons that use ACME faint red sweet liquid. If you stumble across a cockroach palace it does not mean the sickening pink paste is the standard of the industry. These big guys use computers and kilowatts are analyzed down to the cent. They cannot be bamboozled.

dpgllg wrote:
Samhain,

I live just outside of Pittsburgh. If you tell me where you will be staying I can look up places close to you and let you know.

If your South of Pittsburgh I could meet up with you and go to Sam's Club. I have a membership there.

Let me know!
Dave

Hey Dave!
Thanks for the generous offer.we are staying at
2785 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
True value is only established when you divide the number of kWh conducted into the retail price at time of battery failure. In effect "who declares length and number of vacations and full 50% DOD discharges?" And yet there is a further part. The CEF. Charge efficiency factor. The amount of energy (gasoline) needed to recharge a depleted battery.

Many people have a distorted sense of economy -- like driving all the way across town to save ten cents per gallon of gasoline.

Money is money and auditing the true value of a battery purchase is fraught with peril if only one of the components is shown (distortion).

Again I will state this: WHY OH WHY DO MOST GOLF COURSES INSIST ON TROJAN BATTERIES?

Are they spendthrift? Are they stupid? Do they get a fantastic discount that makes their T105 purchases cheaper than running down to a club warehouse? Does Trojan bribe them with free batteries for their personal cars?

May I suggest a reality check and a harder search than just calling one vendor?

Mex, I highly respect your opinion, BUT..

Not ALL golf courses "insist" on Trojans.

In spite of the fact that most golfers have no objection to dumping a hundred $ or better on one round of golf, many golf courses operate on a shoestring budget that simply is not going to afford expensive batteries..

I grew up with a golf course in my parents back yard, was a private club for many years, fell on hard times and to attract more business they opened it to the public for nearly 15 yrs.. Recently a couple of yrs ago, the original private share membership finally sold their interest to a another exclusive club membership and went private once again..

The course eventually closed down after a couple of yrs and now is nothing more than grown up weeds.. I go by it nearly every day.

GREED.

My parents neighbor when I was growing up was at one time a fantastic golfer even did well on some pro tours back in the 50's and 60's.. He had his back yard setup with putting green and even a shooting range.

He used to have me help him go get broken golf carts so he could fix them for the golf course in the 1970s.

The golf course wasn't willing to pay for golf cart dealers to fix their stuff..

True value is only established when you divide the number of kWh conducted into the retail price at time of battery failure. In effect "who declares length and number of vacations and full 50% DOD discharges?" And yet there is a further part. The CEF. Charge efficiency factor. The amount of energy (gasoline) needed to recharge a depleted battery.

Many people have a distorted sense of economy -- like driving all the way across town to save ten cents per gallon of gasoline.

Money is money and auditing the true value of a battery purchase is fraught with peril if only one of the components is shown (distortion).

Again I will state this: WHY OH WHY DO MOST GOLF COURSES INSIST ON TROJAN BATTERIES?

Are they spendthrift? Are they stupid? Do they get a fantastic discount that makes their T105 purchases cheaper than running down to a club warehouse? Does Trojan bribe them with free batteries for their personal cars?

May I suggest a reality check and a harder search than just calling one vendor?

wa8yxm wrote:
Best: Trojan But are they worth the price?
Best Price: Traditionally Sam's club, then Costco

Very few places advertise the price of their Trojan T105 batteries.

"Bang for the buck", you can not beat Interstate (from Costco) or Duracell/Deka/Penn East (from Sams).

Samhain,

I live just outside of Pittsburgh. If you tell me where you will be staying I can look up places close to you and let you know.

If your South of Pittsburgh I could meet up with you and go to Sam's Club. I have a membership there.

Let me know!
Dave

Have had fantastic service from two Costco 6v GC’s, 3+ years now and still running...

donn0128 wrote:
Your best bargain in a quality battery is probably going to be from a golf cart dealer. They buy and use lots of them every year, so getting fresh quality batteries is a lot better chance that other mass marketers.

NO, that isn't true in my area..

When I contacted a golf cart dealer, they quoted me THREE TIMES the price of what Sam's club GC2 batteries were going for.

Yep, Even when figuring in the cost of a Sam's membership I paid only $170 for a pair of Sam's 6V GC2 batteries at that time.

Golf cart dealer price was $500 for ONE PAIR of 6V G2 batteries, yeah, no thanks, I am not stupid.

As far as golf cart dealers having "fresher" batteries, that isn't always the case. You might find that they will sell you the OLDER junk that they bought a year or more ago that has been sitting on pallet from last season.. Most golf cart dealers in my area are real seasonal, they DON'T have ANY golf courses open through winter..

I would bet you will find just as "fresh" if not fresher batteries at a Sam's or Costco. They have them priced right and lots of folks privately own their own golf carts which means they WILL be turning over stock often in a retail environment.

I have never found a battery at Sam's that wasn't dated only one or two months before I bought them, can't get much fresher than that.

Not ALL golf cart dealers wish to deal with folks off the street and they are more than happy to beat you up if you are dumb enough to buy from them.

OP, there are plenty of Costco and Sam's club stores in the Pittsburgh PA area. Those are the most reasonable priced GC2 batts you will ever find.

Puddles wrote:
Think about 1400 K from home... suddenly you need to use the warranty... is there a "x brand" dealer nearby? In the US, Sam's are everywhere... don't know about Canada

This is going to sound unreal. But I am about 2 hours from the boarder. And if the batteries fail I could drive back to the states and get a new set and still be saving money by not buying in Canada. So it’s worth the risk.
So a store here. 2 6v batteries - $791 tax in.

Best: Trojan But are they worth the price?
Best Price: Traditionally Sam's club, then Costco

What I have DEKA. which by the way are made in the USA!!! No imported content.