"Jim Insolo" <Jinsolo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Its a good thing those slave laborers built you a reliable computer so
you
> could drone endlessely on about your 9 dollars. Those poor Wal Mart
> workers, already underpaid, now have to listen to your whining.
>
> <weelliott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:e228855e-7c99-4155-b365-e539be09dae8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> For years I have boycotted Walm-mart because of their slave-shop labor
>> practices and other sissues that I won't get into. However, my car
>> came with a wal-mart battery, and when it ran out under warranty, I
>> got another one from them for free. I used to always get them from
>> Sears since they used to be everywhere, and have real automotive
>> departments, but about three years ago I decided that I'd go with Wal-
>> mart for their batteries since they are everywhere, and when you have
>> a bad battery, that is a good thing.
>>
>> However, I might change that policy of mine for the following reason.
>> I bought a 2 year free replacement battery from them about 2.5 years
>> ago. It says right on it that after the free-=replacement period that
>> battery is pro-rated over a 72 month time period. My battery died last
>> week, and when I went to replace it, they only gave me nine dollars
>> back on a 67 dollar battery. My math indicates that I should have
>> gotten almost 28 bucks credit to the new one. So when I bought the
>> battery, they charged me a nine buck core charge. I asked the ca****er
>> how to get my pro-rate back. She told me to take my old battery to
>> customer service to get my "pro-rate" back. However, once there, they
>> told me that it is their policy to give everyone with a battery out of
>> warranty but in the pro-rate period nine bucks flat rate. I then
>> looked at my reciept and noticed the nine dollar core charge. I
>> pointed out to them that a core charge and a pro-rate are not the same
>> thing. They insist that the core charge that they refund to a person
>> bringing in a battery is a pro-rate.
>>
>> That is not a pro-rate though. That is just a core charge. In fact
>> they even call it a core charge, and charge it to you on the reciept
>> when you buy the new one. So in effect, they didn't give me a pro-rate
>> at all. This is their policy though.
>>
>> So in short they are not delivering on their promise of pro-rating
>> their batteries. Not that I am one to go sue over crap like this, but
>> I'm surprised that some high-strung lawyer hasn't pounced on this and
>> created a class-action lawsuit. It's cut and dry theft in my eyes.
>>
>> Am I out in left field here? I have had multiple pro-rated things fail
>> and wound up getting my fraction of their advertised value applied to
>> the replacement.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Bill
>
Thoughts?
My 7yo ML320 battery died two days ago while I am 1500 miles away from
home.
I called 1-800-mercedes and the local MB dealer's fully-equipped Roadside
Assistance
ML was out with a new battery and had it replaced within an hour.
No muss, no fuss; thank you Mercedes Roadside Assistance.
I didn't pay no $67 like you did at Wal-Mart; but I didn't have (and won't
in the
future have) the aggravation of dealing with the Wal-Mart Customer Service
and
Automotive Departments either. <lol>
DanlK
"You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own
facts."
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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