On Mar 28, 10:09=A0pm, wc98 <w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:59:12 GMT, RF <R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >weelli...@[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. =A0At this point I should have just switched
t=
o
> >> 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 =A0 According to Consumer Re****ts ratings the Diehard
> >batteries are rather low.
> >You can do much better.
>
> >2 =A0 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 =A0
>
> 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.- Hide
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Isn't the real problem with a credit card receipt that it only shows
the amount, date, where, etc,, but not exactly what was bought? Even
if you had the original credit card receipt, I doubt that would have
been sufficient either.
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