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Supply chain pricing

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Ordered a few watch/button batteries off Amazon. Thought maybe I would 2-day ship them. Couldn’t be much right, they don’t weigh anything and they’re very small. Guess again!!! $89.82 for shipping. So I went over to walmart.com and did the same thing… they wanted $260 for shipping. You gotta laugh at the insanity! I’m pretty sure I could get 10 full size marine batteries shipped for much less $

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