weelliott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2:20 am, raymond <avi8to...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> waitasec.........
>>
>> you boycotted Walmart due to their slave-shop labor, et al ....but
>> sold out for ease of availability of their car battery, and the
>> likelihood
>> of a free replacement?
>
> Okay, you got me. It was a questionable decision. But three years ago
> when I first went to them for a battery, it was because I already had
> one of theirs that came with a car that I bought. Their battery had
> gone bad, so I went to them for a replacement. I couldn't justify
> paying full price somewhere else when I still had pro-rated value left
> in that battery.
>
> Since then I have put a battery in one other car of mine that I bought
> with a dead battery. I went to Sears first, but they had shut down
> their automotive department. I remembered that Wal-mart had batteries,
> and they had the one thing that I had always liked about Sears-the
> fact that they were everywhere. Since the guy at sears was saying that
> they were phasing out their automotive stuff, I thought it would be
> foolish to look for another Sears that still had an automotive
> department since eventually that would go away leaving me with a
> battery without sup****t. At this point I should have just switched to
> Autozone or some place like that. But it never occured to me. I didn't
> know that they sold batteries.
>
> And I wasn't going with Wal-mart because they offer free replacements.
> Pretty much all brands offer a warranty period where they will replace
> it for free within the first two or three years. If you re-read me
> post, I was not looking for a free battery, but to get credit for the
> pro-rated value in my battery, which is the industry practice.
>
> So now I am done with them. You might be happy to know that you are
> the straw that broke the camel's back. Even when this battery dies,
> I'm just going to get one elsewhere. That is unless it dies within the
> free replacement period. Then it is more of a burden to Wal-mart.
> Apparently you can still get Diehard batteries elsewhere now. I wish
> Target sold batteries. They're everywhere, and a responsible company.
Just 2 comments:
1 According to Consumer Re****ts ratings the Diehard
batteries are rather low.
You can do much better.
2 A few years ago I noticed the receipts fading and I am now
in the habit
of scanning them into my computer just after buying. Later,
if I need to, I can
just print them.
RF
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