Bargainoutfitters AA Kodak EnerG's are used batteries, not new

[what4]

I ordered the 100-pack of "Kodak Ener G" AA alkaline batteries from Bargainoutfitters. What I got was a box of used batteries.

The Bargainoutfitters.com ad does not indicate that the batteries are pulls, but they arrive in a box with this disclaimer:

"Batteries are tested and packaged with minimal previous use..."

Looking at them, I find marks of wear and scratch-marks on a great many of the batteries. It is my impression that they do not perform as well in my camera as new batteries I bought at the grocery store.

I contacted them nicely. They replaced the shipment with one just like it. I contacted them nicely again, telling them their ad was not for used batteries. Now I expect they'll give me a refund after I return both boxes of batteries.

But will they change the ad to indicate that the batteries are not new? It's at:

http://www.bargainoutfitters.com/net/cb/...x?a=380642

Many of the scratches on the batteries are quite definite. These are marks of use, or age, or of seconds that have been handled and banged around. Not new batteries.

Until they change that ad, be advised. Maybe used batteries are just fine. But if that's what they're selling, they need to say so.

[JoeH]

Look like the "industrial" grade battery, usually sold in bulk to operations with large amounts of battery powered devices. Used to get boxes of "lightly used" ones my ex brought home from the hospital. They would be from portable heart monitors and the like, used for a day and fresh batteries put in for the next patient. Sounds like they get "recycled" batteries from a similar source, but they should be listed that way. A disclaimer on the box you get does not count if the original listing says nothing about "minimal previous use".

[Jack D.]

The price is low enough to make me wonder what exactly their 'story' is but nowhere does it say anything about used. I'd be on them like white on rice to give me my money back and even mention fraud and Attorney General in the same sentence.

[DRR]

FYI, bargain hunters,

Costco's Kirkland Batteries are about $13 for 48, (so $26 for 94) and work as well as any brand name battery I've used. That's only a couple of cents more per battery than this offer from bargainoutfitters.

I'm convinced you can't find a better value AA battery. I'd rather spend $26 than waste $17 any day.