On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:59:12 GMT, RF <RF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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
But beware, some stores will not accept a printed copy of a
receipt...original only. I bought something with a credit card and did
later could not find my receipt so i had my credit card company sent
me a copy of it and the store (Wal-Mart) would not accept it.
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