Since Consumer reports accepts no advertising they don't bend to that
revenue and write slanted reviews. Not that Pop Photo would do that.
I had no faith in RS batteries until I read their review, and that was
atleast 5 years ago.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Batteries
| Radio Shack can be either high or low end, depending on what the item is.
It also
| can be a great deal on some items, and very expensive on others compared
to
| similar name brand items.
|
| Larry
|
| Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:
|
| > In a message dated 1/22/01 3:04:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,
omtech@xxxxxxxxx
| > writes:
| >
| > > I haven't seen this years test, but Consumer Reports tests batteries
every
| > > year and Radio Shack alkalines are often at the top of the list.
| >
| > That is a surprise to me. I have always felt that Radio Shack was
low-end
| > quality stuff, but apparently not so. A brother-in-law worked there for
| > awhile, and spoke highly of their repair facility and policies. Just my
| > prejudice, I guess. I'll try some next time.
| >
| > Rich
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