Costco vs Sams Club 6V Golf Cart Batteries
Hi, I'm about to buy two new 6V golf cart batteries for my TT. I am choosing between the Costco and the Sams Club 6V batteries. Here is all the stats provided for each battery where I live: Co...
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Twomed has confirmed that things have not changed since I was in the battery business over 20 years ago. Golf car battery sales is cutthroat as hell. One time I had to spend 5 hours in Santa Fe Springs, convincing Trojan that the distributor I was contracted to was purchasing enough batteries to warrant a lower purchase price schedule which saved the distributor several thousand dollars a year.
While a person is at it, ASK THE GOLF CAR place or the pro, WHY they choose Trojan over slightly cheaper competitors. Larger courses use computers to keep track of battery life, charging power consumed, and short cycle events (when battery capacity indicates the 6 batteries cannot cycle the course to their satisfaction.
I had a heck of a time convincing some courses that the red and white case Trojan T-105's I picked up in Santa Fe Springs were genuine Trojans. The company ran out of their burgundy colored embossed jars and substituted the standard red and white jars. The courses refused to purchase the red and white batteries thinking they were not Trojan T-105's.
Keep in mind, the above is what I experienced. I am twisting no arms.
While a person is at it, ASK THE GOLF CAR place or the pro, WHY they choose Trojan over slightly cheaper competitors. Larger courses use computers to keep track of battery life, charging power consumed, and short cycle events (when battery capacity indicates the 6 batteries cannot cycle the course to their satisfaction.
I had a heck of a time convincing some courses that the red and white case Trojan T-105's I picked up in Santa Fe Springs were genuine Trojans. The company ran out of their burgundy colored embossed jars and substituted the standard red and white jars. The courses refused to purchase the red and white batteries thinking they were not Trojan T-105's.
Keep in mind, the above is what I experienced. I am twisting no arms.
