Re: Walmart battery pro-rating policy

That is exactly how I thought they worked, and how I calculated the 28
dollar value. But now I see that actually I had messed up in my
message. I had actually used up about 28 or 29 dollars worth of value,
but still had about 38 dollars of value left. I should have been
credited 38 bucks, not 28 bucks. It was a 24 month free replacement 72
month pro-rate. I had had it for 31 months. So I had 41 months left.
When 41 is divided by 72 then multiplied by the $66.88 you get $38.08.

Unfortunately I don't have a reciept to prove my case in court. The
only proof of the age of the battery was the ****pping date sticker on
the side of the battery. They provide a handy pocket to stick the
receipt in, but since the reciept was exposed to the elements in my
engine bay, it had turned dark purple and was a crumbled mess. I think
it was thermal paper, and apparently my engine bay gets hot enough to
effect it.

I just thought that others should know about Wal-marts practices. It
could be one isolated store that I went to, but they swore up and down
that that is the policy everywhere.

Oh well. Thank you for validating that what I was pretty sure was true
about pro-rates still held true.

Have a good day,
Bill


> 72 month prorated warranty during which the first 24 months are a free
> replacement - not prorated. However, the proration starts on day one so
> the customer paid ****tion of the proration on the 24th month is 24/72
> and theirs is 48/72. After 36 months it's 50%, after 48 months you pay
> 67% etc. That's how a proration ought to work. Read the new battery's
> warranty to see if that's the case.