Batteries

[JR]

Exactly how many are from Costco, and how many have you warrantied? If the answer is none then your just rambling again I watched a relative get burned on this very thing. Not saying it will happen EVERY time but it is their descretion so it it's buyer beware. Help me out here. Just where is the argument? That you don't need to adhere to their warranty procedure? Or?

I see you are extremely bored. Someone hit the nail on the head. Rather than starting a thread asking a question you should have started one detailing everything you know and have done, because you clearly don't need any help.

 

[Cummins2014]

Exactly how many are from Costco, and how many have you warrantied? If the answer is none then your just rambling again I watched a relative get burned on this very thing. Not saying it will happen EVERY time but it is their descretion so it it's buyer beware. Help me out here. Just where is the argument? That you don't need to adhere to their warranty procedure? Or?

I see you are extremely bored. Someone hit the nail on the head. Rather than starting a thread asking a question you should have started one detailing everything you know and have done, because you clearly don't need any help.

Good he!!, PLEASE listen, not sure you want to be helped out. One more time ,I have TWO Costco batteries they have those white stickers with years ,and months on them that are SUPPOSED to be marked or scratched out. They ARE NOT !!!

And you keep rambling on about these date markers, and can't seem to understand the ones I have, "WERE NEVER MARKED WITH THE PURCHASE DATE" , yet you keep rambling on the importance. Granted they should be marked ,but if they are still under warranty ,all I would need to do is scratch out the apporiate date to match the receipt. Thats all I was trying to tell you, but you can't seem to acknowledge or just tooooooo stubborn to agree, there was nothing to argue about . No I don't any help on these batteries , that's at least twice now that I have said it .

I understand the date code, I understand the warranty ,again I acknowledge what you are saying, its just too bad you can't grasp what I was trying to tell you. Its still pretty obvious to me, you have no desire to even listen, and no one else knows anything. SAD !!!!!

 

[jhenderson]

Funny. A few posts ago you’d never even heard of the sales date tag. How things change.

 

[Cummins2014]

Funny. A few posts ago you’d never even heard of the sales date tag. How things change.

No, I hadn't , nothing has changed. I went out and looked at the batteries . You another that can't listen.

FYI again, I have NEVER dealt with having , and this is also a REPEAT , dealt with having to take a battery in for warranty .

 

[SnoKing]

No, I hadn't , nothing has changed. I went out and looked at the batteries . You another that can't listen.

FYI again, I have NEVER dealt with having , and this is also a REPEAT , dealt with having to take a battery in for warranty .

Don't point to many fingers, as you are about as argumentative as the others, just saying!

 

[Cummins2014]

Walmart hasn’t worked out for me or my buddy. The written warranty is great but it’s execution isn’t. I’ve already told the story of my 750 amp battery that only had around 400 amps but I was refused a replacement even though it had over 12 volts in it. Do you carry your battery receipt with you ? My friend had a Walmart battery go bad. Went into the local store and even though the date was punched and the battery tested bad, they wouldn’t honor the warranty without the receipt. He asked for a manager and was told the same story. I’ve never been told that from any other battery supplier.

FYI , Walmart batteries "DO NOT" have a punch code sticker on them. They do have a little round sticker on them , and thats the manufacturing date on them. The one thing I didn't ask , and I doubt that would pertain to a warranty, being that they do have batteries on the shelf with months old stickers on them. Thats something I will check out if I do get them from Walmart.

Just got back from the local Walmart. Asked about their warranty ,and prove of purchase etc. The bar codes on them are recorded on purchase, giving the date etc. Which could get messed up. He told the best thing is to take a picture of the receipt ,and put in an email ,or whatever. Receipt's can fade over time .

So lets get this straight on this date code punch labels on Walmart batteries. they don't punch a label on their batteries .

On Edit : At least thats how they do their batteries here at OUR local Walmart

 

[Cummins2014]

Don't point to many fingers, as you are about as argumentative as the others, just saying!

I won't argue that and will continue when I hear some of this nonsense, like no one else knows a thing.

 

[JR]

Funny. A few posts ago you’d never even heard of the sales date tag. How things change.

Isn't it funny how he looks a gift horse in the mouth. Never heard of em a few hours ago but now he's a professional on the matter. How poetic would it be if nobody had helped him to learn something new, and he actually needed to warranty a battery down the road and was denied because they weren't punched out....per Costco warranty no less.
Sometimes you reap what you sow.

 

[Cummins2014]

Isn't it funny how he looks a gift horse in the mouth. Never heard of em a few hours ago but now he's a professional on the matter. How poetic would it be if nobody had helped him to learn something new, and he actually needed to warranty a battery down the road and was denied because they weren't punched out....per Costco warranty no less.
Sometimes you reap what you sow.

No gift horse I see, but will refrain from what I do see But it does start with horse

 

[dieselshadow]

Anybody want some of my popcorn?

 

[Ozymandias]

Just got back from the local Walmart. Asked about their warranty ,and prove of purchase etc. The bar codes on them are recorded on purchase, giving the date etc.

That's an interesting information that shouldn't be overseen.
Does that mean they keep exact record about any single battery they sell?

 

[KCJackson1]

That's an interesting information that shouldn't be overseen.
Does that mean they keep exact record about any single battery they sell?

At Advance, I was told to scan my receipt as a JPG or PDF since the prorate term is 7 years and the thermal-paper register receipt is likely to fade or get lost by the end of the warranty. Apparently such a receipt copy is all they need.

 

[jhenderson]

No, I hadn't , nothing has changed. I went out and looked at the batteries . You another that can't listen.

FYI again, I have NEVER dealt with having , and this is also a REPEAT , dealt with having to take a battery in for warranty .

I refer you to posts 4 and 5.

 

[SnoKing]

Well what do we have here?

 

[Cummins2014]

I refer you to posts 4 and 5.

Okay , what is your point, no I have never dealt with a battery warranty. I did know that Walmart had a manufacturing sticker on all their batteries, but here again I have not payed any attention to those date codes on other batteries that I have bought .

Its turned out that after going over to Walmart, and talking to them , there are no date codes on their batteries to mark when purchased as you told me, and I refer you to post #3. Things may have changed ,but lets be clear on it now there are no date stickers on Walmart batteries . On two of the old Costco batteries I have there is, after looking .

 

[Cummins2014]

That's an interesting information that shouldn't be overseen.
Does that mean they keep exact record about any single battery they sell?

Thats what he told me, pretty much sounded like they can track it in their system .

 

[Cummins2014]

At Advance, I was told to scan my receipt as a JPG or PDF since the prorate term is 7 years and the thermal-paper register receipt is likely to fade or get lost by the end of the warranty. Apparently such a receipt copy is all they need.

Told somewhat the same thing at Walmart, the receipts do fade over time. He said take a picture of it .

I think getting back to this receipt thing, to rely on a vendor honoring a warranty on anything, and you can't prove , prove of purchase how do really expect them to honor it. I don't buy the fact because you have a date stamp on a battery they will honor it. Its stated on Costco's warranty , as well as Napa , "ORIGINAL OWNER", again prove of purchase, not just a stamped battery in hand .

Napa batteries all you need is a valid stamped battery code , and they will replace it if it falls under the warranty time, not true, and if you read their warranty you will see , and I quote " The seller Warrants to the original purchaser that this Napa battery , when equal to or exceeding the manufacturers recommended size and capacity for the vehicle in which it is used , its free of defects in material and workmanship . Selling Warrantor is to complete and present the Limited Warranty Tear-off Form ( attached to or enclosed in each battery ) to the Purchaser at the time of sale."

Two things here one Original purchaser, and the second , the tear off form. Sure sounds to me like you better have that form in your hand whether you are at the original place of purchase or a thousands miles away, so yes you better carry it in the truck . If the vendor out of the kindness of his heart wants to honor the warranty great, but if he wants that form, sure sounds to me like you better have it, or at least the receipt .

The two gentlemen here on this thread also need to educate themselves on battery warranties , that they so freely give to others .

 

[brucejohnson]

At Advance, I was told to scan my receipt as a JPG or PDF since the prorate term is 7 years and the thermal-paper register receipt is likely to fade or get lost by the end of the warranty. Apparently such a receipt copy is all they need.

I agree. On more than one occasion I have gone into my paper portfolio of purchases to find a plethora of plain paper.

 

[JR]

The two gentlemen here on this thread also need to educate themselves on battery warranties , that they so freely give to others .

You do realize all I've done is quote Costco website. Please educate me on where I went wrong.

 

[Cummins2014]

You do realize all I've done is quote Costco website. Please educate me on where I went wrong.

You haven't done anything wrong. I understand the warranties now. Thank you