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From: rogers@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: Re: INFINITY Nicads At Price Club
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In article <1993Apr21.192519.19217@webo.dg.com> pmalenfa@kitkat.webo.dg.com (Paul Malenfant) writes:
>In article <1993Apr20.172811.27978@cs.cornell.edu>, rbrown@cs.cornell.edu (Russell Brown) writes:
>|> 	I don't know about these in particular, but most of the NiCad D cells
>|> you find in stores are actually "Sub-C" cells with big plastic wrappings
>|> around them -- you can get D size NiCads that have 4 AH capacities from
>|> electronics places, at a premium (they're usually about $15-20 each), and you
>|> can tell the difference just holding them (they are mostly cell, instead of
>|> mostly air).  Maybe the Infinity cells have a higher air-volume ratio than most.
>
>The Millenium D cells available at finer Caldor's stores are 4AH.  They
>go on sale for $5 a pair.
>
>-- 
>
>Paul Malenfant
>pmalenfa @ kitkat.webo.dg.com (508-870-6460)

I just dont believe it.  I'll get the Millenium catalog right away, but
I well bet Cash money that these are not 4.0 Ah D cells for $2.50 each.
Our purchasing guy is talking to millenium about C cells and they are
2.2 Ah ~$2.30 in 10,000 quantity.


-- 
Brynn
        rogers@staff.tc.umn.edu    Varitronic Systems
