[geeks] How to avoid counterfit gadgets?

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On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 10:42:51AM -0500, Mark G Thomas wrote:
> Hi,

> In the past year or two, I've had a rash of Duracell batteries leak and 
> destroy things like remotes. These batteries were years before from their
> supposed expiration date, and were in some cases barely used or even 
> still in their original packaging.

Wow! Did you contact the company? Especially if the batteries went bad in
the packaging it sounds like something is very wrong and Duracell would want
to know about it. And they would probably make good on them. I think there
is some kind of guarantee.