They are priced as high as they can be... and they have not yet seen the price resistance point.
We somehow keep finding our own and others money to pay the bills. The price of medical services are based on what the traffic will bear and it works because not enough of us suffer the direct cost...
Those batteries are... just batteries... with gobs of product liability and other chit but the price is unrealistic.
WITH OUT THEM I'M TOTALLY DEAF...
The batteries are lithium batteries. and it is the first I've had to buy one in five years, so guess overall the price is reasonable, hoping these last that long...Just surprised the heck out of me when I discovered the cost...