Originally Posted by
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I think I'd rather spend the few extra bucks for real German batteries sold from a USA distributor than buy Chinese batteries from China on eBay... just say'in

Just for your info, Varta battery company is owned by Johnson Controls Innternational which is headquartered in Cork, Ireland. It was based in the US, after merging with another company it moved from the US to avoid paying taxes on some of its earnings, approximately 150 million a year.
Hillary Clinton heavily criticized the company as it had received US government aid in 2008.
I guess it's last words to the US was "Good bye suckers".