12-19-2018, 04:06 PM
Saw an ad yesterday when I got home. Somebody selling four new blister pack Bosch lithium batteries for 45 for all. Ad was 5 hours old, figured I was too late, but texted anyway. A quick reply from the seller, arranged to go today and pick them up. Nice enough guy, he was in the middle of fixing up an older house in Suffolk and said he had gotten quite a few deals out of the nearby Lowes, I guess he knows one of the managers. Some of the batteries had 45 or 50 written on them, one had a yellow sticker showing 96, down from 129. Not sure how old they are, probably a year or two or three? But from what I read, lithiums don't degrade that much over time. One is on the charger now, and I'll see how long it lasts. I think I'll have to look for some more 18v lithium tools now that I have excess batteries to play with.