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Eveready Gold AA Battery 16pk @ Masters for $3.74 Usually $14.99 (Nationwide)

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Eveready Gold AA Battery 16pk @ Masters for $3.74 Usually $14.99 (Nationwide)
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Found this absolute bargain at Masters in Cairns, Eveready Gold AA Battery 16pk @ Masters for $3.74 usually $14.99!!!!! Plenty of stock. Offer valid until the 26th of April. I checked the website and it is available nationwide.

Just an update, looks like they have taken it off their website however if there is still stock left at your local Masters it should still scan at $3.74. Not sure when they will fix the pricing error but they still have it for $3.74 at Cairns with plenty of stock today (7/4/14). The guy at Masters said it was suppose to be half price ($7.49) in the catalogue but it looks like they accidently halved it again on the computer system to $3.74

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  • kingmoron on 05/04/2014 - 23:42

    edit
    didnt realise werent rechargeable

  • drjoe27 on 05/04/2014 - 23:45
    +11

    And use BWS15 for 15% discount

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/139273

  • Gordon84 on 05/04/2014 - 23:54
    +1

    thanks drjoe for the tip!

  • tztong on 06/04/2014 - 00:02
    -4

    thanks mate, I brought 8 packs

    • NotJustChickenDinner on 06/04/2014 - 00:16
      +2

      i am 'positive' there is an error here…
      but i might get 'charged' with 'negative' votes if i touch this one….

      • moo on 06/04/2014 - 00:19
        +4

        Quite possibly. However tztong may have 'brought' along to the zoo the 8 pack of batteries he/she recently 'bought'.

      • eug on 06/04/2014 - 01:55
        +3

        aa.. aaa… aaaa! that was terrible!

        • shmahoo on 06/04/2014 - 05:31

          you're a bright spark

    • pmupsinep on 06/04/2014 - 00:38
      +16

      I brought 8 packs

      Hopefully to power an electronic dictionary.

      • PinzVidz on 06/04/2014 - 01:11
        +3

        Probably to power adult toys.

      • johnn on 06/04/2014 - 05:56
        +9

        Wow, you try way too hard buddy.

        Didn't even bother to neg you.

      • cloudy on 06/04/2014 - 05:57
        +4

        May God be among us and these batteries have expiry of days, in which your selfish act bares no fruit.

        Amen.

  • Repstar on 06/04/2014 - 00:20

    Thanks!

  • DDDynasty on 06/04/2014 - 00:43

    Good work man. cheap batts are always a bonus

  • Michaelangelo on 06/04/2014 - 00:53

    Also remember to use your staff discount card if you have one. That's an extra 5% off the total.
    I went with click and collect. Postage would cost more than the fuel to drive there.

    • ol mate on 06/04/2014 - 01:38
      +1

      Thanks for the reminder :)

      Hope these have a long expiry, bought a few packs because they'll eventually be used anyway.

  • cheepwun on 06/04/2014 - 00:59
    -2

    Disposable batteries in 2014. Really?

    • DJ on 06/04/2014 - 01:25
      +4

      Lots of things still need 1.5 volt cells. 1.2 volt cells just don't cut it sometimes

      • cheepwun on 06/04/2014 - 01:35

        In what devices?
        I think people are still stuck on the old style rechargeable batteries that used to lose their charge quickly if they weren't used. Those days are well past gone. I can buy a set of 4xAA eneloop batteries and charger for about $25. I have yet to encounter a device that takes AA or AA and can't use rechargeables (and I use AA and AAA a heck of a lot).

        A freshly-charged Ni-MH is just under 1.5V anyway, and the bulk of its voltage drop happens later and more suddenly than disposables, which tend to do it far sooner and cope worse with high currents.

        • outlander on 06/04/2014 - 11:08
          +3

          Not in my experience. Eneloops only get as high as 1.3v, while a new alkaline can be 1.7v. I have a cheap travel shaver, and I notice the difference.

          Alkalines don't have to be single use either. If you buy a Rezapper battery charger, you can recharge them and reuse a couple of times.

        • DJ on 06/04/2014 - 11:19
          +2

          Firstly, the bulk of voltage drop happens very quickly once the voltage starts being drawn. Yes technologies such as LSD batteries means they can have low loss while on a shelf, but this doesn't mean any active draw doesn't reduce their voltage output level quickly and considerably.

          To answer what devices - some LED night lights and torches, high draw motors can get burnt out, some toys have performance considerably reduced.

          As an owner of no less than 140 eneloops , plus some other LSD batteries, I can assure assure you I am not "stuck on old style batteries"

        • cheepwun on 06/04/2014 - 11:20
          -5

          A freshly-charged eneloop is about 1.45V, and this is normal. Anyone can verify this easily with a multimeter or simple battery tester (or in their smart charger which shows the voltage). The voltage drop with many disposables, like alkalines, happens over a longer period of time and is more gradual, and especially bad under high current loads. Like I say, I have yet to use a device that doesn't work well with rechargeables.

          People who think they are saving money use that an as excuse but they are hard-pressed to bring up a device that doesn't work well with a rechageable. I use them heaps and have yet to encounter one problem.

          • Wii remotes
          • regular remotes
          • guitar tuner
          • graphing calculator
          • wireless flash trigger for camera flash
          • camera flash unit
          • wireless mouse / keyboard
          • portable shaver
          • kitchen timer
          • bike lights / torches / headlamps
          • toys
          • electronic scales

          etc.

          To answer what devices - some LED night lights and torches, high draw motors can get burnt out, some toys have performance considerably reduced.

          High-draw motors get burnt out? I bet you can't name one specific example. Which toys have performance considerably reduced? If anything, Ni-MH batteries can cope with higher current draw than alkalines and other disposables. So I find the opposite to be true.

          A lot of the voltage drop in a Ni-MH battery happens more suddenly at the end of its charge as opposed to more gradually with disposables over the course of its usage. You rarely ever see 1.5V for long, regardless. And again, which devices get burnt out using a Ni-MH?? Which toys have performance considerably reduced?

        • DJ on 06/04/2014 - 15:11
          +1

          I too, have most of those devices you listed, most of which work fine.

          My eneloops which were charged last week are reading 1.32 V. Their capacity is still >95% however, not their output voltage.

          I have kids LED nightlights that each use 4 AA's. With rechargeable cells they get only 4.8V (or 5.28V). They will NOT light up on eneloops. Straight off the charger or not.

          With regular alkaline's, they work perfectly. I've just voltage tested those, after they have been running for a couple weeks, and they are still reading 1.44 Volts.

          There is enough of a difference in these sensitive LED lights that they will not light up on 1.2V cells.

          High draw motors. yeah. Vibrators. Have had 4 of them killed by rechargeables. No problems with alkaline cells.

          Reduced performance - range of radio controlled cars is reduced.

          etc. etc.

          Just try and consider that voltage sometimes actually matters, and you'll find my argument a lot easier to digest and understand

        • octagonalman on 06/04/2014 - 15:13

          I have a device (wireless mouse) that takes AA and can't use rechargeable cells. The rechargeable cells all seem to be slightly bigger and get physically stuck and have to be pried out.

        • cheepwun on 07/04/2014 - 11:41

          I have kids LED nightlights that each use 4 AA's. With rechargeable cells they get only 4.8V (or 5.28V). They will NOT light up on eneloops. Straight off the charger or not.

          Do you know the brand and model? Personally I'm finding this quite hard for me to believe.

          High draw motors. yeah. Vibrators. Have had 4 of them killed by rechargeables. No problems with alkaline cells.

          Assuming you're not joking…the batteries are simply supplying the current the motor demands and load on the motor demands. So we have vibrators and (rare) sensitive LED lights as the sole reasons people buy disposables in great quantities. I'll put this in my notebook.

      • King Tightarse on 06/04/2014 - 15:35
        +2

        Just a note with voltage:
        It is only relevantly measured under load.
        A 'just off the charger' NiMh battery may well read 1.4v but this is kind of false. It cannot sustainably deliver that voltage due to its chemistry. You do need to assume its only 1.25v under load (at the start) and as with all batteries less as you discharge them. Its usable range is usually 1.25v down to 1v. This may not suit every device. Most but not all. Some devices are quite voltage sensitive and will only be "happy" in the 1.2 - 1.5 range making a rechargeable seem depleted after a 0.05 voltage drop and quite possibly making the user recharge an 85% charged battery.
        So yeah, there are still some devices that "prefer" Alkalines.

        • cheepwun on 07/04/2014 - 12:02

          It is only relevantly measured under load.

          Thanks for the sensible response. You are right about voltage under load, but the devices that don't like them must be very, very rare today. Since I use these things like crazy and am yet to encounter any real problems.

          And usually in these types of deals you get a heap of people buying the batteries, attracted to the lower initial costs (which are really expensive if you ask me). I doubt these are going into these rare devices that don't like them, personally. There just aren't that many devices out there that have problems with Ni-MH. I think that's a pretty fair statement.

          I'm amazed they still sell in the quantities they do.

        • King Tightarse on 07/04/2014 - 15:56

          I should have added that a fresh Alkaline can easily start ~1.7v and the common 1.5v rating is a huge approximation meant only for the larger part of its usable life as it depletes.
          Engineers would assume an average bell curve peak of say of 1.4v-1.6v but many within-spec components have tolerances that can vary quite a bit at low voltages such as these. In many cases there are variance in components that would have devices shutting down completely @1.2v (for example) whilst remaining completely within spec and giving good usable function during most of the life of an alkaline as it depletes from 1.7 to 1.2v (example only)
          That same device would be barely using any of the potential of an NiMh battery - starting @1.25v to shutdown @1.20v and would act as if empty, despite the battery retaining most of its charge.
          And colloquially, most (not everybody) simply through experience knows they have an camera/tuner/radio whatever that simply runs a lot longer on disposable batteries.
          Its the voltage.

        • eug on 07/04/2014 - 18:51

          It might also be worth mentioning that devices usually use 2 or 4 cells, toys maybe 8 cells.

          So the voltage difference is not 0.3V, it's 1.2V (4 cells), or 2.4V (8 cells).

        • King Tightarse on 07/04/2014 - 19:04

          Valid point.
          I suppose two in series would be very common so ~3v.
          but really the example is to demonstrate voltage difference between the battery chemistries. It scales up and down as required.
          Note: Say you have four alkalines @1.5v series, you would need five NiMh @1.2v to achieve the same 6v. So a whole battery extra! (approxo)

    • eug on 06/04/2014 - 01:55
      +2

      Oh no. Not this debate again.

      • cheepwun on 06/04/2014 - 10:50

        Oh no. Not this debate again.

        Suck it up, soldier. It's a debate worth having (to me, at any rate).
        I am constantly surprised that people still buy something that has the greatest cost per charge and have no issues with disposing the batteries at the end of their cycle and can't look beyond the initial sticker price and they constantly re-buy, thinking that they're getting a deal.

        • eug on 06/04/2014 - 16:34
          +3

          I'm surprised you keep insisting on forcing your view down everyone else's throats.

          Giving suggestions is perfectly fine, but putting down others because they don't agree with your personal viewpoint is reaching overzealousness.

          The world is bigger than just you. Different people have different needs and usage scenarios to you.

          Hopefully one day you will learn to accept that your views are not the only valid views in the world. Other people are entitled to their own views just as much as you are.

          I hope you take only public transport, pay for 100% green electricity, never ever, ever use plastic or paper bags, buy only recycled toilet paper, use only a laptop rather than a desktop as it uses less power, and own a large solar panel array at home since you talk so much about the environment.

        • cheepwun on 07/04/2014 - 11:54
          -3

          I'm surprised you keep insisting on forcing your view down everyone else's throats.

          I'm surprised people are STILL buying disposables in 2014 and genuinely want to know why. I think there is a LOT of ignorance out there regarding modern NI-MH batteries with a LOT of false assumptions and I think it's tragic that people are both losing money and disposing of toxic batteries in landfill. Forgive me for caring.

          Giving suggestions is perfectly fine, but putting down others because they don't agree with your personal viewpoint is reaching overzealousness.

          Yes, and my suggestion is to buy rechargeables and I am still amazed these things are not the equivalent of vinyl records today (bought in small quantities and hardly seen). If you have nothing to answer with, don't.

          The world is bigger than just you. Different people have different needs and usage scenarios to you.

          Gee thanks for the lesson. The world is bigger than me, and I am aware of it. I am aware of it when you spend more on batteries when you don't have to. And I'm aware of it when the batteries leak their contents into the soil. Are you? And do YOU specifically have reasons for using disposables (which is what I want to know) or do you just like to attack others with different points of view?

          Hopefully one day you will learn to accept that your views are not the only valid views in the world. Other people are entitled to their own views just as much as you are.

          Wow, I feel privileged you said this. Again, you have nothing to offer to this discussion and you have no valid reasoning that I know of for buying disposables. Let me guess: "they're cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" is your reasoning.

          False economy.

          I hope you take only public transport, pay for 100% green electricity, never ever, ever use plastic or paper bags, buy only recycled toilet paper, use only a laptop rather than a desktop as it uses less power, and own a large solar panel array at home since you talk so much about the environment.

          Actually I take the bike most of the time. Public transport is horrible. I don't pay for green electricity. I steal my own. I sometimes buy recycled toilet paper. I use a laptop often, but they tend to die earlier than desktops, so that should be taken into account. I own a large solar panel array.

          Actually I don't talk much about the environment, but I care about it. Because the world is bigger than you are. And you should care about it.

          You have gone some way to talk at length about nothing, because I suspect you yourself are only attracted to the STICKER PRICE of disposables and have no valid reason to keep buying them, which is why you attack like a dog rather than offering valid reasons for your purchase.

          There are absolutely no reasons for the Average Joe to keep buying these things in bulk, and if Average Joe could see beyond his own nose, he'd know this. And I'll keep speaking about it in every disposable battery thread. I think it's a very valid argument and all responses for disposables have been ultra weak.

          I'll continue to be amazed that these things sell in quantity (and leak) for their lovely customers.

        • eug on 07/04/2014 - 12:20

          Once again you make assumptions without even knowing how much I love NiMH batteries.

          I use NiMH and Li-ion almost everywhere.

          But I don't go shoving them down people's throats every chance I get, while completely ignoring what they say because my way is the only way to see things and everyone else is always, always wrong.

        • cheepwun on 07/04/2014 - 12:36
          -2

          But I don't go shoving them down people's throats every chance I get, while completely ignoring what they say because my way is the only way to see things and everyone else is always, always wrong.

          Back to my original question:
          Why do people keep buying these things in 2014? If they are buying them in bulk, you're right, I do think something is very wrong, and indeed that may be everyone else (barring one or two with genuine reasons for choosing disposables). Then again, I don't think everyone else is wrong, just maybe financially challenged. For buying these in bulk. And using them. Once.

          I think old perceptions about rechargeables are the main force keeping them from Seeing The Light and the becoming followers of the Church of Rechargeability. That and that shocking sticker price (oh noes!)

          PS. Thanks for the downvote. Keep doing it. I want to be noticed among the black text.

        • eug on 07/04/2014 - 12:40

          Why do people keep buying these things in 2014?

          Why does it bother you so much what other people do?

        • cheepwun on 07/04/2014 - 12:45
          -2

          Why does it bother you so much what other people do?

          Because it's almost as interesting as downranking my comments as soon as I make them is to you. Thank you. I'd like my text to be noticed. I wish there were 3 of you here so we could get on the ultrafade in record time.

          Because I am interested in logical pathways and why people do the things they do when a cheaper and more capable technology is out there. I am interested in the valid reasons and excuses they come up with for their decisions.

          I am interested in the hows and whys of actions. And I am interested in the wider world too. I am interested in massive resource waste. And I am mostly interested in why disposables are not already dinosaurs in 2014. A bit like how I am interested in the hows and whys of why people prefer analogue watches to digital.

          It interests me.
          Plese downrank soon.

          I know you find it interesting.

        • eug on 07/04/2014 - 12:47

          I am interested in the valid reasons and excuses they come up with for their decisions.

          It doesn't look like it. Whatever valid reasons people give you, you will always put them down.

          Plese downrank soon.

          Glad to see you are so deeply affected by negs. :)

        • cheepwun on 07/04/2014 - 12:51
          -1

          It doesn't look like it. Whatever valid reasons people give you, you will always put them down.

          I haven't told them they shouldn't be allowed to breed yet, have I? Oops. I was thinking it.

          Glad to see you are so deeply affected by negs. :)

          Glad to see so many weak arguments for disposables hasn't changed in 2014, but they still keep selling in bulk.

        • eug on 07/04/2014 - 14:23
          +2

          Glad to see so many weak arguments for disposables hasn't changed in 2014

          Why haven't you switched your energy plan to 100% green electricity? What weak argument do you have?
          Do you realize how much pollution you're causing? This is 2014 and 100% green energy has been available for a long time now.

          You can use the money you save on disposables to pay for green energy since you say you care about the environment. Right?

          Your car had also better be the smallest, most fuel-efficient hybrid car around since you still drive.

          You only buy recycled toilet paper sometimes? Why? This is 2014 - what sort of weak argument do you have? Why does your butt need to be wiped with virgin wood pulp? Don't you care about the forests?

          Have you ever taken a loan? Why? Is it easier to pay small amounts over a long period of time?

          Or maybe I should just give some suggestions and let you live your life how you want to and not try to force my views on you.

        • King Tightarse on 07/04/2014 - 15:28
          +1

          Whay are people so unkind? lol.
          Cant we all just have a big hippy internet hug and get over it?
          I think you are both right in different ways. Lots of valid points, have been made. No need for a winner!
          Time to let it go.
          Here, have a big juicy internet non-gay man-kiss too
          MWAH!

        • eug on 07/04/2014 - 18:52
          +1

          NO TONGUE PLEASE! :(

        • cheepwun on 08/04/2014 - 21:23
          -1

          Your car had also better be the smallest, most fuel-efficient hybrid car around since you still drive.

          How preposterous for you to suggest I drive a car. Ultra waste.

          Why haven't you switched your energy plan to 100% green electricity?

          Because I have my own plans.

          You only buy recycled toilet paper sometimes? Why? This is 2014 - what sort of weak argument do you have?

          Sometimes I am not the one buying it.

          Have you ever taken a loan?

          No.

          Why?

          Because I'm great, obviously. You equating buying disposables with a loan is laughable.

          Or maybe I should just give some suggestions and let you live your life how you want to and not try to force my views on you.

          I love these suggestions and don't consider them forcing anything on me. Please go on. Feel free to keep typing.

          My points weren't just environmental, by the way. I thought my main points were:
          1. uncommon scenarios where Ni-MH batts are a problem
          2. cost, and the inability of the general public to account for it properly when buying single-use battteries….constantly.

          But it was nice of you to just focus on the 'extreme greenie' angle, as if that was the crux of my argument.

        • cheepwun on 08/04/2014 - 21:25
          -1

          No need for a winner! Time to let it go.

          All I know is I will bring similar arguments up whenever I notice a disposable battery thread. The winners are those using rechargeables, obviously. I am baffled that disposable batteries are not yet as unpopular as vinyl records.

        • eug on 08/04/2014 - 22:58
          +1

          But it was nice of you to just focus on the 'extreme greenie' angle, as if that was the crux of my argument.

          Not surprisingly, you completely missed the main message behind my post.

          All those examples were to lead up to the final sentence - maybe you shouldn't force your views upon others. You can let them know, and leave it to them to make up their minds.

          Since you say the environment isn't the reason, why does it bother you so much that people use disposables? Why can't you accept that people can spend their money however they want, as dumb as it may seem?

          If you did this to an iphone vs android thread (you save money buying an android phone which does the "same" thing, blabla), you would be considered trolling.

          There is no point pretending to ask people why they choose disposables. Your mind is completely made up and you simply refuse to put yourself in other people's shoes.

          Your view is the only view that is correct. It doesn't matter that different people lead different lives - they are all wrong, and it is your life mission to let them know that they are wrong and you are right.

          Oh and if you're wondering why I chose greenie topics for my example, it's because you keep mentioning them. These are only the ones that are in my ozb email notifications too, who knows what else you've posted.

          O Lord, Forgive those who still use disposable batteries thinking they are saving money while precious resources are plundered and tossed after one use.
          .

          So what you're saying is people are still throwing away batteries in landfill to save - typically - a few bucks over the short term, not longer-term…in low-drain applications?
          .

          Great. And you'd pay almost as much as a rechargeable for those claimed 8 years of use. Then have to dispose of them in landfill and buy again.
          .
          Litterally MILLIONS of batteries hitting landfill every year because of this practice.
          .

          disposable batteries leaking into our soil after being thrown away after a mere one use
          .

          I am constantly surprised that people still buy something that has the greatest cost per charge and have no issues with disposing the batteries at the end of their cycle

        • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2014 - 01:11
          +2

          I was going to let a comment I made a few weeks back be my last on OzB, but maybe this can be it instead.

          Cheepwun. For one - www.mashable.com/2014/01/07/vinyl-comeback/
          Along with many others, I still buy vinyl.
          From dub to dnb, from electro to the Arctic Monkeys, there continues to be exclusive track, remix, E.P. and other releases made solely on vinyl. You will, clearly, never quite understand what you're missing out on.

          As to the main, grimace-worthy, battery barney in this thread - along with another awhile back that I couldn't even be arsed to follow, I thought you'd be thrilled to know that I have no less than nine devices in which I use alkalines - with sound reasoning applied in each case.

          I'll go into much exciting detail if really want me to, but, suffice it to say, I have five that perform poorly with NiMH's - two primary remotes (one RF), a large LCD clock/thermo/hygrometer, a second (proper) weather station and a little portable desk fan that's handy when soldering stuff.

          For reasons of contentedly-justified-infrequent-battery-change-convenience, I also use primaries in two awkwardly placed sensor lights and two remote weather sensors.

          All of us here at OzBargain-Battery-Thread-Commenters-Anonymous-Incorporated-Kinda-Sorta-What-Exactly-Is-A-Eug-Hi-My-Name's-Not-Really-Tas are thrilled that all of your devices and inclinations lend themselves so unfailingly toward the use of rechargeables. But. Really. Mate.
          Enough.

        • Duff5000 on 09/04/2014 - 01:14
          +1

          All I know is I will bring similar arguments up whenever I notice a disposable battery thread. The winners are those using rechargeables, obviously. I am baffled that disposable batteries are not yet as unpopular as vinyl records.

          Give it up already.

          We get it, you love rechargable batteries. Some people like having some non rechargeables around as well. Deal with it.

          This really baffles you? Lots of people only buy batteries for the one or 2 remote controls in the house. You would have them buy a $50 charger and $10-$20 of batteries. In a situation like that quality alkalines like these will last years. Even LSD Nimh are going to need to be recharged several times over that period. They are not going to save money your way.

          I bought these so i have spares when my nimh's are flat. Also work better in the occasional device that prefers/operates better at the higher voltage.

    • Michaelangelo on 06/04/2014 - 02:16
      +2

      Yes really.
      I have 3 nephews, aged between 5 and 12. They each have one of the new Nerf blasters, each needing between 4 and 6 AA batteries. Do I let them go home with a working blaster or do I tell them uncle michael has to take out his special batteries. Because if I did leave the eneloops in, they might get chucked out anyway.

      • pmupsinep on 06/04/2014 - 07:42
        +4

        Do I let them go home with a working blaster or do I tell them uncle michael has to take out his special batteries.

        That sounds a bit creepy.

      • cheepwun on 06/04/2014 - 10:50

        Do I let them go home with a working blaster or do I tell them uncle michael has to take out his special batteries.

        I have nieces and nephews too. I have already told them about rechargeables and their parents have long since looked beyond the twisted logic of buying disposables and thinking they're saving money. If they want to use AA and AAA devices, they already have spare batteries at home.

        And they know something about waste and environment too.
        They wouldn't dream of using disposables and they don't have any less fun not doing so; they have used rechargeables countless times in many different devices and they know the deal.

        Time to move on, I say.

    • IrishPete on 06/04/2014 - 08:19
      +1

      I have dozens of rechargeables of all kinds of flavours, and try very hard to avoid buying disposables, but I have some things that just won't work well with the rechargeables. One is my electric toothbrush, and given the amount it gets used it's probably my biggest battery eater. Unfortunately it takes 2 AAAs, which don't last long. (If it was AA or 2 x AA I'm sure rechargeables would be fine for it, but AAA rechargeables pack very little punch.)

      So I compromise and recharge the alkalines as many times as I can, and when they stop holding enough charge, I move them to a low-draw use like the cordless keyboard and mouse.

      • cheepwun on 06/04/2014 - 10:52

        (If it was AA or 2 x AA I'm sure rechargeables would be fine for it, but AAA rechargeables pack very little punch.)

        What makes you think rechargeables pack very little punch? Are you stuck with the thoughts of past batteries which self-dishcarged?

        • IrishPete on 11/04/2014 - 15:12

          experience. old or new, the AAA NiMH just don't do the job. If I could find rechargeable Lithiums… But i don't think they exist at the right voltage.

  • shyen1 on 06/04/2014 - 02:13

    thx! awesome deal

  • thelastnoob on 06/04/2014 - 03:18

    Ordered 320 batteries
    Now I understand the saying

    "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"

    Should have ordered 100 packs
    50 for Gumtree and 50 for eBay

    • shmahoo on 06/04/2014 - 05:33

      I hope postage charges on ebay sink you !

      (just kidding) :)

  • Billygoat on 06/04/2014 - 04:19

    10 packs thanks.

  • m2000 on 06/04/2014 - 06:54
    +1

    Click and Collect not available at Chullora! (and a few other stores in NSW)

    • odysseus on 06/04/2014 - 10:22

      I wish they'd open more stores in Sydney. There's very few compared to Melbourne.

  • The tiger on 06/04/2014 - 09:15

    Will someone here kindly tell me the nearest store that I can go to pick up myself without paying the delivery charges. I can go to the store but they gave me as appeared online at Keysbourgh which is too far from where I live at Wheelers Hill/glen Waverley.Thanks for help. I am an olddy not really good with Internet. Thanks again.

    • drjoe27 on 06/04/2014 - 09:48
      +3

      Damamaria

      Just checked for you: you can go to these stores as they all have this item in stock
      Knoxfield, Oakleigh South or Keysborough

      Here is the link for store locator so you can see addresses

      https://www.masters.com.au/masters/storelocator/store_finder

      Good luck

    • justinh93 on 06/04/2014 - 13:37

      I just managed to get some from the masters near box hill. they must be selling for below cost…

  • charisma on 06/04/2014 - 09:38

    Bought 2 packs & pick up in Northland..
    Would be handy for my xbox one controller.

    Thanks OP!!

  • drjoe27 on 06/04/2014 - 09:46

    Here is the link for store locator so you can see addresses

    https://www.masters.com.au/masters/storelocator/store_finder

  • SmartCover on 06/04/2014 - 10:22

    a no-name brand 15+15 (30 in total) sells for $5 (or $4.25 with BWS15 code)

    https://www.masters.com.au/product/100550659/alkaline-aa-15-…

  • wtfnodeal on 06/04/2014 - 10:52

    These batteries have any best before dates?

    • moo on 06/04/2014 - 11:02
      +2

      I believe most non-rechargeable batteries do. Just don't 'broden' it if you do not want to run the risk of having unused expired batteries sitting in the cupboard.

    • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 17:07

      They have a 7 year shelf life

  • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 11:03
    +2

    Coming up as 'page not found'……Missed it i think :(

  • meanozbgnr on 06/04/2014 - 12:10

    ozbargained!!! Item disappeared from masters website

  • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 12:24
    +1

    My local had removed 3.74 price tag but luckily they still scanned up as that

  • cheezal on 06/04/2014 - 12:50

    Solid out in Cairns, couldn't get a pack!

    • Gordon84 on 07/04/2014 - 12:04

      Hi Cheezal they have boxes and boxes of it left at Cairns. If it's not where the front counters are go to the hardware section. They have loads for $3.74

  • Gomo on 06/04/2014 - 13:31
    +1

    Got mine from my local store, (Springfield, QLD) I asked a staff member about how they were reduced to $7.45.. but mentioned I've seen them for $3.47 ! he was like I highly doubt it, pricing error..

    He said we can check the price on the registers and it came up as $3.74!! he was shocked!

  • MjayD on 06/04/2014 - 13:33
    +1

    Thanks OP for posting, was at Box Hill store and they had a bin full right in front of the checkouts, there are none left in the battery section. Sign for 14.99 but scanned at 3.74 at 11am… The supervisor came over and saw the price of my 4 packs, said that's really cheap, let me have my 4 but took a pack to a manager to check..

    • Kenb0 on 06/04/2014 - 17:38

      All gone now…either someone's snapped them all up, or they've pulled them off the shelves once they realised it was a pricing error.

  • tomwood on 06/04/2014 - 14:36

    Valid till 26th of April! I hope there's not an error somewhere or it gets changed. Could be a good incentive to get people into Masters stores. Funny how vendors always seem to be able to update their websites on weekends but not provide online customer service :p

    • cloudy on 08/04/2014 - 19:25

      Customer service requires a person to serve u, website updates can be set up with a timer. Amazing technology ;)

      • tomwood on 09/04/2014 - 05:14

        This product was set to be removed from the website Sunday afternoon? At least they had some foresight…

  • ally ikon on 06/04/2014 - 14:42

    Can't find on the online store now. Have they been removed?

  • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 15:13

    Picked a couple packs up earlier today from Bayswater. Nice.

  • bargainbot12 on 06/04/2014 - 15:44

    link doesn't seem to work for me

    "Page not found
    You may have stumbled upon an old link or it could be a temporary site issue."

    Thanks masters!

  • King Tightarse on 06/04/2014 - 15:49

    Btw these were in the printed catalog but for $7 something. I think they pulled them down because they are in the system for the wrong price.
    I went to my local but none on your the shelf.

  • paul11 on 06/04/2014 - 16:41

    Page not found. Not even showing up in search results.

  • Billygoat on 06/04/2014 - 16:48

    Best to get instore while you can where avail.

    Now are the online orders going to be hounored I wonder?

  • rawm on 06/04/2014 - 16:53
    +2

    I used click and collect this morning (Roxburgh Park, VIC). Manager was perplexed as to how I found this deal. He then went on to say that Master's made a "monumental error" and it "has been corrected". He said that the original discount was meant to be 50% off their usual RRP ($15 = $7.49) but was accidently set at 50% off $7.49 He said "How'd you find out about this?" I just looked back and said "OzBargain". He then said "I knew it. We are the last ones to find errors, you are the first" muhaha.

  • Billygoat on 06/04/2014 - 17:19

    Do they send a email saying they're ready to be picked up or do you just head down there?

    • Billygoat on 06/04/2014 - 19:58

      ??
      Still nothing emailed about being ready for pickup.

      • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 21:24

        I ordered last night, got the pick up confirmation this morning and picked it up around midday.

        They may just have run out of stock. Or in your spam folder. Or maybe your local wasn't open this Sunday. Or maybe they're planning on cancelling the order and refunding you.

        • Billygoat on 06/04/2014 - 22:13

          Hmmm store was open as I went down anyway and grabbed some incase they did cancel order.

        • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 23:02

          Sweet. Problem solved. You either get the refund or more cheap batteries. I consider that a win.

  • Duff5000 on 06/04/2014 - 17:43

    Found them on the shelf with a ~$7.50 price tag, scanned one and they came up at $3.xx price so i grabbed another pack.

    Handy to have around when the NIMH's are flat or missing.

    Nice find OP.

  • tightfreddy99 on 06/04/2014 - 18:39

    Just brought 2 via click and collect manager st Upper Coomera said it was a price error he had heaps of orders out back for pick up on shelf was 7.50

  • Repstar on 06/04/2014 - 22:30

    My order is marked as "order being processed" but I recieved an email saying my payment has been successful.

    Mine was pick & collect. So hopefully I get an email saying its ready for pickup ~ used the 15% off code too.

    • Billygoat on 06/04/2014 - 22:43

      Same but the could cancel and refund.
      Will have to wait and see.

  • dodgybrothers on 06/04/2014 - 23:33
    +1

    Thank you !

    Ordered 3 this morning for click and collect , received an email with order number and mentioned you will receive text once your order is ready … Went to store(hawthorn east ) this afternoon and show tax invoice , guy at counter asked about msg , I said I haven't receive any text yet… Apparently he didn't bother and gave as per order !!

    5 star thanks again

  • DEvok on 07/04/2014 - 06:29
    +1

    Anyone have a direct link so ow price match and 5% price beat.

    • Duff5000 on 07/04/2014 - 09:26

      As the comments above say, the price has been fixed, a direct link isn't going to help you.

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