Nice post. I saw this this in the Sunday ads. The batteries alone are more than that at Wal-Mart for 4 Ray-o-vac AA's. Also you get a pretty nice camera bag & dinky tri-pod. The battery charger included said it takes 10hrs. to charge 2AA's, or 14 hrs to charge 4AA's. This charger is inferior to the Ray-O-Vac quick charger I picked up at Best Buy when on sale for about $24. The quick charger will charge my 4 AA's in 40-45 minutes. They last a long time in my digital camera. But...... for $9.99 this starter kit is hot! I bought one today, thanks.🙂