I was completely flummoxed by a simple decision today. The handset battery died in the cordless phone in the kitchen. It hadn't been keeping a lengthy charge for some time, but only the other day, it refused to charge long enough to get me though an entire conversation. I couldn't find the necessary battery at the Superstore or Canadian Tire. Today, we went to pick up some photo prints from the Queensborough Walmart and I thought to check there.
The replacement 3.6V 800mAh, that looks like a set of three AAA batteries covered in plastic, cost $29.90. Outrageous, right? They were selling a whole new phone, batteries included for $19.97 though. (Of course I had to nearly trip over the $48 microwave ovens to get to that part of the store.) More than being wasteful as a theory, I hate it when being wasteful is a personal economic advantage.
I got the new phone, of course. It has an Energy Star sticker on the box, so I'm sure I'm helping the environment by throwing away a perfectly good cordless phone. Sigh.