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Ill . WM 1 iii Us) CHRONICU: - Wednesday January .‘I 2005 Batteries 1. I 1C1 uded o C O . o 3 Batteries Expert stocks batteries for Just about any device you could own BURN-“FER ORMS’IDN . . ~ . There's been a lot of Interest in Chromite Sta/j , ,. ';..;(,5.;_§~j.;i .. this “green" alternative over the 1%;Efi*fi'¢?& 122i“ years. iaronski said. and in Water- ohn iaronski knows more than a a“? at”; 3”,?“ (:7 loo he's found the demand is par thing or two about batteries. fl 3’? '3 ‘ f” “.- '-: Li: .5: ticularly good. ‘ He‘s been in the business for ~ ' “"" > ' ’ . 3551?: “I do get a lot of people coming almost two decades. and has run ' 1 3.573 in here on a regular basis. it's Batteries l;xpert in Waterloo for e: ' ‘ _ buster in the springtime. in: at the past couple ofyeats, . 5 least several people come in ur‘ The store _ offliexington Road YV >‘ "' 5 ing the week wanting to know \ â€"~ is a igne»stope:gop for a cus~ ‘ J 6 more abofil ihL' l d . d i tomer‘s attery n s. , ~ .1 1- 'v s we . is so ar- an wm - "We have batteries for just ' .M" 1' My. . . '-‘ ’ energy systems' website at aboutleverythingf said iaronski. of 4' i . ,1 www. t .m:pÂ¥:1er.com hals generate: 'ater 00. . u - In eres . ere. peop e can sen i “if people suddenly look at ‘11 _ , ‘ . .1 him questions about the process, 4 something and it_has a battery in it i , 7 . , f, and laronski said he spends a lot r Wm" “33 T?" ”3”” ‘° 33"“ ' ‘ . " *\ ‘ °“3'i‘:.'i§’.'g';;§:‘;i‘:;::tn is how . l . eycan in 0 us. - ._ _ 1- _ '1 . § _ - fl 5 " : much it costs,” laronski said. ’ ' 1 u... . .W - 1 ~, g" .‘ “People have this stereotypical “We have batteries . ' I , .f ' , ,- 3-: ' t ‘ 1 . ‘ : attitude that they have to spend , ' . i . - i“ 5h, ., six figures on a system. but thats ’ fOTJUSI about a ,5 ' 4 . " ,5 ۤ;:‘.f€‘,::‘~q If not always the case." i ' " _ , e 5, ‘ ‘ .. ‘5... Pig‘figa’gg 5 With two years of business everythlng' ._ g . .- 1 _' .._.,A;,,»';,“3r.§’5§2? ’ r. ' , behind him, lamnski said batteries â€"lohnlamn.dd f ' ' '* ‘3. * '1”'47;g’? ' / . .f, are still what's bringing most cus- Ownerof Waterloon [3"; ‘ 7 5.55:3'1323313’ ‘1 ~ . 2; tomers through the door though. Batteries Expert * ' . ‘ ‘ . x . ‘ 5 I . 5 Pt .23 141‘"; it ~ I ‘ ‘1 f ' And it's a good feeling to reach the 5' 7 '3'” 3 3 .‘ 5.25.133; 5; '3" 3’3"". - » two-year mark. i ”3 . . a '5' -’ ‘ {3‘ ' a . '3’" PM . ‘33 ‘l'm glad it's gotten to this point 3 Remote control. cellphone and ». . .1, 5’ %" .1’.’_£._>1_.er-- .; Z '5 -;";.;.t’5'}.. 11:5}; - it's kind of tough when you start i watch batteries are just the begin- - . ‘ t #3:; if} )- 5 g ‘ .- 1. 5 . i 5 “A; a new business. especially this f hing. Batteries Expert also speCiai- 5 - . 352:... ; f; r ‘ . ~ u, . ‘ g 5 . v,‘ ‘ 31 typeol bustness where youre not 5 izes in the hard-to-find options. , ‘.:;3!tfv’_$_.....; - .. , . a ’7 sure ifits going to succeed or tithe « such as batteries for two-way f fibfirfi‘, if. 1 by . ~ .. . 1' . 33“. o. demandisout there.” i radios and custom rebuilding ' l" 5‘ .4 ’ , ' He credits much of his success 5 packs, as well as lithium batteries. ' 1." ' ' to the level of customer service 3 laronski got his start in this "A ’ ' » that's provided at Batteries Expert. 3 industry in 1990, when he began ‘33 . ‘1 find if you treat the people 3 working at Battery Wholesale. a 4: - ' 0 .. right. the way you want tobetreat- J local company that specializes in .6 ‘3‘ - _ ed yourself. they do come back lead-acid batteries for automotive . $5,} . ‘ , «5.13%. , and they do actually recommend \ and deep-cycleapplications. 3:“; 5. I: 1 you to other people as well.” There wasn't anything in panic _ :, 1.: “(:3 .1 , lamnski said. ular that pushed him towards this " ‘ '1’: .- .:: " .5 s . re, a 5 _ . field. but it was a good employer. 3" _ - -, 3‘ 3 . Brian Bimstihl. that kept him in it. ’ " _~ ’ " _' ‘ h, " z; Together. they decided to . 1' tiny: ‘ .. _ Batteries branchoutacoupleofyearsagoto .3 3 ".3 ~* - ‘5: " open a Batteries Expert franchise a ~. , ' 3 "' A. .. , W in Waterloo. ‘51: '1‘ II ’3 ' " 3 ' 3 “ Johnhmmki “Over the years. through my ‘ """ fi .' ' x _ experience in my other job. i at? . ‘3 éggâ€"mm’umnl 3 noticed more and more people l3 / I I ! | on 1 . . '1“ l l a . - m£?;g’;o;b:atlt§nes for other 1‘ ‘ g . www.batterieaexpert.com ‘ “The world has become more John Jaronski. the owner of Waterioo's Batteries Expert. specializes in all types of batteries, as well as wind and WWW-00m wireless and unplugged _ the solar energy, in his shop on Lexmgton Road. . . demand for batteries for other WWW mdMWednesda 9 devices has just increased. Bimstihl, however, passed away where the public can leave any installation offered as far away as min. t g3 0 ya ‘ "So we decided it would be a suddenly only months after they typeof old battery and cellphones Muskoka and the Bruce Peninsula. 1h 0 ”3:;an good opportunity to actually opened their Batteries Expert shop As well. he's started selling "We like to stick to the smaller- towns ys - 9 am. branch out and do this franchise in January 2007. and iaronski solar- and wind-energy systems â€" ’ sizesystems.” he said. "In time, as! 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