Sticker shock!

Kirk went out to buy a new battery for my truck. It's been a long time since we needed a battery. Today, Kirk got a shock. Not from the battery, from the price. The shock feeling feels the same, either way.

We were use to spending $35 to $60 for a car battery.
This small one cost $110. - with tax it came to $125.40.
Now, we haven't been out of the USA that long, will someone let us know if prices of batteries have gone up that much in the south?
Our dollars are a par right now. We have a mind to get us a load of batteries for the future. Heck, be a black-market battery dealer.

What do you think?

This shopping trip made Kirk rethink his welding/fabricating charges. Again.