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by bruckie 156 days ago
> Energizer batteries

I see the point you are trying to make, but Energizer batteries are a bad exemplar for it. Even if all of the batteries are the exact same SKU, some of them may be 10 years old and some of them may be fresh from the factory. I've had this happen with several (perishable) products from Amazon.
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bombcar 155 days ago
That's an entirely separate but related issue - stock rotation has to be managed, and commingling (in theory) helps alleviate the issue. Removing it means that you may find quite old product sold alongside brand new.

(I suspect but have not proven that Walmart actually rotates UPCs/SKUs on identical product so they can remainder it out).

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SoftTalker 155 days ago
In fact I can say that any time I've bought a battery on Amazon I've received a very old one that didn't last very long, if it worked at all.
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