what tha heck!!!?????
 

i'm looking for some dewalt dc9360 batteries for the a123 cells, and they're more expensive now. like $169+shipping. did dewalt stop the cheap sales?

Recent sales on ebay for the dewalt 36v packs look to be ranging from $99 to $130 plus shipping. Where are you looking?

ebay

You must be looking at BIN prices. If you don't want to get into an auction, it might cost that much. Search on dc9360 - lots of auctions going on an looks about same to me price wise. My last was $91 shipped.

On Rcgroups, someone said all the cheap dewalts were slight blems - they had slightly scratched cases and dewalt wouldn't package them. Of the 3 I've bought, only one was in a sealed plastic package (Amazon deal). The other two were loose. All were the same electrically though, 33v out of the box.

Prices have indeed gone up. When I got my first packs, they were NIP and were something like ~$100 shipped each (Buy it Now). Recently I got another "brand new" one on Ebay, but without packaging, for $125 shipped (Buy it Now). My guess is the current USD conversion rates aren't helping.

none of mine where packaged up either. i always wondered why. i don't mind bidding on one either, but the ones i was looking at ending soon where all up to $115 not including shipping. looks like i'll be paying at least $130 for one shipped.

Check Ebay Express, look for a seller lori5259 - showing two dewalt pacs for sale $87 +12 S&H. I just looked at them, I've bought other stuff from this seller and noticed the dewalt batts. 1st rate service, think the feedback speaks for itself.

Express is a BIN area in Ebay, no bidding, doesn't seem to be very wel known. I got on to it looking at Ebays "similar items offering" at the bottom of some pages.

Everyone has been saying the cheap $100 ebay batteries are no longer there... prices are higher lately. I got one for about $110 shipped just a few weeks ago.... but now it may be tough to find.