[Robotgroup] Batteries! (Bad News - Good News) :)

[Kimberley Graner]

Very Nice!!
:)

> Summary:
>
> -This morning a power failure at the TxIS office made it abundantly
> clear that the batteries in my UPS were in need of replacement (they
> only held power up for 4 minutes of the 9 minutes of power outage!)
>
> -A Quick Froogle search showed Batteries Plus had the best price for
> these batteries at $61.99 each... but my UPS needed FOUR of them
> ($247.96)!! (ouch!)
>
> -More research revealed that http://www.batterywholesale.com carried the
> same rated batteries for only $31.00 each! ($124.00 to equip my UPS)
>
> - Even MORE research showed that batterywholesale.com is based in
> Georgetown, TX:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/jn63k [link to "maps.google.com"]
>
> - A quick (well, long drive actually) to their site, I had my batteries
> and was checking out and the rep asked me if I would like TxIS to become
> a reseller... I showed my tax ID and said "sure!" - voila! - %25 off the
> order! :) He even threw in the "fused cross-connects" I needed to make
> the batteries ready to install in my UPS. :)
>
> So, the moral of the story is, if you need batteries let me know as 1)
> TxIS is now a reseller and 2)these guys are kickin Batteries Plus's
> prices big time. Also, since you can pick them up, no huge shipping
> fees. :) Neato!
>
> Vern
>
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> Senior Systems Engineer    | obviously incompetent so why are we
> Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
> http://www.txis.com        | is up, then we obviously don't need
> Austin Office 512 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" ©VLG
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