13-10-2016, 01:51 PM
I had a box of 100 AA Maplin branded alkaline cells about three years ago that kept doing this. Eventually I gave up and took the box plus a set of 4 that had become a 3V battery in a radio.
When they checked them, one of the staff suggested that the reverse charged cell had been manufactured with the guts put in backwards!
Eventually I got a refund for the whole box.
I now mainly buy Kodak alkaline cells from Poundland - 4 plus 2 free for a £1! The same cells are available from a number of competing outlets but you only get 4 for a pound - only Poundland, in my experience, give you six!
When they checked them, one of the staff suggested that the reverse charged cell had been manufactured with the guts put in backwards!
Eventually I got a refund for the whole box.
I now mainly buy Kodak alkaline cells from Poundland - 4 plus 2 free for a £1! The same cells are available from a number of competing outlets but you only get 4 for a pound - only Poundland, in my experience, give you six!
