Ryobi One+ 5.0Ah Lithium Battery

pjetson on 18/04/2017 - 20:08
Last edited 18/04/2017 - 20:09

I want to buy a new 5.0ah battery for my Ryobi One+ tools, but I think they are hugely overpriced at $145 each. I'm not really interested in an off-brand eBay equivalent for as low as $65; it just seems to be too much of a gamble quality-wise.

However, I just noticed on the Bunnings web site that they sell a "two-pack" of these batteries for $199 (ie $100 each), which is a little more palatable except that I don't want two.

How would I go about finding someone else interested in going halves for the two pack, in the outer east of Melbourne? I'm not sure that Bunnings would be happy if I just stood by the tool counter until someone else came in to buy one.

Apologies if this is not the right place to post this.

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  • mgguinne on 18/04/2017 - 20:35
    +2

    Could you just post the 2nd one on GumTree?

    • tin tin on 18/04/2017 - 21:40
      +1

      Except if you can't sell it you are stuck with two for $100 more than you wanted to pay

  • Kill Joy on 18/04/2017 - 21:46

    Maybe advertise it on gumtree first? Make an ad for $100 - once someones contacted you explain the situation and offer to meet at bunnings for the transaction. Should be very simple with a genuine buyer.

  • aragornelessar on 18/04/2017 - 23:06

    Does it come in a combo pack? eg. Skin + Battery + Charger? It might be worth looking into selling the other parts to offset the cost. I know I keep an eye out for the skins, in the event someone is selling skin only for any reason. A new skin at a slightly discounted price is sometimes more appealing than a used skin.

  • pao2x on 19/04/2017 - 07:37

    I bought a blower with 5aH for $99 when last on sale

    • BobD on 19/04/2017 - 07:41

      So did I and they aren't much more than that now. Certainly cheaper than a battery at $145. You'll get a charger also. No charger with the battery packs.

      • pjetson on 19/04/2017 - 07:54

        The blower with 5.0ah battery is $199 now, and the blower skin is $99 by itself.

    • tin tin on 19/04/2017 - 08:28

      That was thanks to Masters, not going to happen again :(

      • pao2x on 19/04/2017 - 13:16

        Yea maybe

  • pjetson on 23/05/2017 - 15:02

    Just in case anyone is still interested :-), I finally ended up getting a new genuine Ryobi 5Ah battery for $80 delivered on eBay.

    • idonteven on 26/09/2017 - 11:09

      Was it a once off or a reseller?

    • mgguinne on 26/09/2017 - 12:20

      Yes still interested, do you have the eBay sellers store link at all please?

  • pjetson on 26/09/2017 - 14:34

    For some reason, I can't open the original auction on eBay - perhaps it was too long ago. It was auction number 172665716943, the sale price was $71.60 plus $8.40 postage, and it was back in May this year. The seller was called monsterbargains and they don't seem to have any further 5Ah Ryobi batteries for sale. https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/monsterbargains/m.html

    However, a quick look at completed sales seems to show a few apparently genuine Ryobi batteries have sold recently for around the $80 mark. Set up some searches and good luck.

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