Describe your business.
Batteries Plus Bulbs provides local consumers and businesses access to more than 50,000 types of batteries, light bulbs and accessories.
Our stores provide thousands of batteries for devices ranging from the common to the obscure. The store also tests, conditions and rebuilds battery packs for rechargeable household and business-to-business products. We offer battery installation services for watches, keyless remotes, computers, smart phones, cars, trucks and golf carts. Free car and truck battery testing is also available, as are automotive accessories.
Batteries Plus Bulbs
Address: 1381 W. Sunset Road, in Henderson; 2546 E. Craig Road, in North Las Vegas
Phone: Henderson 702-852-2015; North Las Vegas 702-852-1776
Website: batteriesplus.com
Hours and days of operation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday
Owned/operated by: Dan Hughes
In business since: 2015
Batteries Plus Bulbs’ light bulb products include everything from common recessed and track lighting to extraordinary, highly specialized light bulbs.
What is the most common service your store offers?
Testing batteries in devices, computers, cars and trucks is our most common service. Prior to making a purchase, customers want to be sure the problem they are having is actually being caused by a battery that has reached the end of its useful life. Testing batteries also helps customers determine if their charging equipment or systems are functioning properly. It doesn’t help our clients to invest in longer-lasting, higher-capacity batteries if their charging systems are defective. Often, we provide a new charger for a client’s computer when they originally thought the battery was the problem.
We offer free and, for the most part, immediate automobile battery testing. The equipment we use not only will test the critical capacities of the battery but also analyze the vehicle’s charging system. The test usually takes less than 10 minutes.
A popular service has been the installation of batteries at our customers’ homes and places of business. It is especially difficult for people to get their golf cart, mobility device, motor home or boat to our store for testing and battery replacement.
Who are your customers?
Almost half of all the business at Batteries Plus Bulbs stores is commercial. Retail is still the major component of our business, although we are visited throughout the day and evening by small-business owners and managers maintaining their locations.
What makes your business unique?
When a customer comes into our store, our associates demonstrate ways to save money on battery and light bulb needs and explain the various purchase options available. We can also recycle old batteries, light bulbs and select portable electronic devices as an added value.
What have you learned from the recession?
Try to be fiscally responsible, don’t spend money you don’t have, don’t promise what you can’t deliver and be willing to accept responsibility for your actions. I think these concepts escape most politicians, which, in my humble opinion, creates recessions. I’ve also learned that elections have consequences.