@lucymo wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
@WSfan wrote:
I have noticed the same with Duracell batteries. They are the brand that leak the most, so much so that I have stopped purchasing them for battery operated candles. Many times I have had to wipe out the battery compartments with vinegar to get rid of the leaking battery residue. Very annoying.
I only buy Duracell, and have noticed in the last couple of years, that they are leaking very easily and very often.
I never had this problem, years ago with their batteries. I'd forget a toy with batteries in it for years, and no leaking. But the flameless candles can burn out and a week or two later, when I get around to changing batteries, I find quite a mess.
LIke everything else I guess, making them cheaper and cheaper, but not less expensive.
@Mominohio I couldn't agree more about things being made cheaper and costing more these days. I, too, can remember when I didn't have to worry about Energizer or Duracell batteries leaking but now I have to watch all of them even the better ones. I don't use the cheaper ones as I'm not that good at replacing batteries as soon as they burn out and I know they will leak very fast. I'm thinking I need to stop buying b/o decor, but I sure love the ease of placement of the items.
Is it warm in Ohio for December? It sure is here in Mo, 70's this week. I'm loving it.
Hi @lucymo
Ohio is definitely warm for the season. A number of years ago, when I was a kid or when my own kid was little, I would have been so bummed by this warm weather. I would have wanted snow for him to play in, build a snowman, sled ride, and just make it seem like Christmas.
But now, I'm just tickled pink. I'm not worrying about the heat bill (it was 65+ yesterday, and calling for near 70 today), not worrying about family driving in the ice and snow to and from work, and just getting out and about because it is more like spring! We've been unusually dry as well for a number of months now. So the whole thing has me wondering just what January and February will bring, or if we'll catch up with flooding rains come spring. One day at a time, I guess!
And as to the whole subject of everything made cheaper all the time, I just get so frustrated.
I'm old enough to remember the "good, better, best" way of manufacturing, buying, and shopping. There were various levels of quality in about everything, and for the most part, the higher up the scale you went, the higher the price. One had choices based on their finances, or on their need for a particular product.
All that seems to have gone by the wayside. Price is no longer an indication of quality, and finding quality at any price is hard to do. Even brand name is no longer a clue as to what you are getting. There used to be some really reliable, and high end brands that one could always count on for a quality products, but not so much anymore.
And if one finds a brand and style of something they like (it can be anything from fashion, to linens, to batteries to laundry soap, to a food product) better buy as much as you think you will want for the foreseeable future, because nothing is manufactured and available for more than ten minutes these days. By the time I test out a new pair of shoes for a couple of months, or a particular set of sheets, when I go back to buy more, because I'm pleased with the quality, fit, etc. They are gone, and I find myself scouring the secondary market for the leftovers, most often not finding them.
Very frustrating indeed.
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