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Dave I

a week ago

So on Friday, 24/10/2025, the Kings 12V 100Ah LiFePO4 battery with a small battery box was $280. Sweet deal! Fast forward to Sunday when I pop into the Sunshine Coast store to grab it, and suddenly it’s $315. 🤔 Okay, inflation moves fast these days, but 12% in two days? What the!!! Then I see the battery alone is $339 (up from $229 on Friday). So the combo with the box is cheaper than the battery by itself, but more expensive than it was two days ago. Confused yet? So was the guy working there when I pointed it out. But wait, there’s more! I ask if he can match the Friday price, and he says he can’t. Unimpressed, I pop out to the car and do a little digging online. Interestingly, I find the same battery with a rechargeable LED work light for $229 (not that I wanted the light, but anyway). Further digging shows a standalone battery box for $60, and voilà, I’m back to $289. So: - Battery + Box = $315 (was $280 two days ago), - Battery + Light + Box = $289 (my workaround combo), - Battery alone = $339 (was $229 two days ago). I pop back into the store and show the same guy my little discovery. Man, was he impressed, and even more confused. He rang it up with a look that said, “I don’t get it either.” 😂 Maths is clearly optional at the 4WD Super Centre. Honestly, Kings should just market it as a “Choose Your Own Pricing Adventure.” Great gear, but bring a calculator and a sense of humour to work out their specials. I truly feel for the person that's walked out of that store paying $339 for just the battery. Kings have taken you for a sucker unfortunately. Response to 4WD Supercentre's attempt to justify their mystery pricing: Hi Jayden, Thanks for the reply, but I have to say, your response hasn’t exactly done you (or Kings) any favours. In fact, you’ve pretty much confirmed that I got ripped off and ended up the sucker in this “deal.” If there was a better bundle available (as you’ve now admitted), that information should have been proactively offered by the staff member when I asked if they could honour the original Friday price. Instead, all I got was a shrug and, “Sorry, it is what it is.” No mention of alternatives, no effort to help. Nothing! So not only did I have to piece together my own combo deal, but now I find out, thanks to your response, there was an even better deal sitting there all along that neither I nor your staff member (or did he?) knew about. Feels a bit like Kings is running a mystery prize wheel where the only way to win is by accident. To be fair, Jayden, your response reads a bit like a politician trying to explain why higher taxes are actually a good thing. I appreciate the spin, but it doesn’t change the fact that the customer got stung. Your reply has officially earned a downgrade from 3 stars to 2. Nice work on that one, mate. 👏 Cheers, Dave