XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/18/2021 08:23 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 12/18/2021 13:25, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Maybe 40 years ago we bought a lifetime Penney's battery for our 1960   
   >> Dodge van which made many trips across the country. The battery   
   >> eventually failed. Penney's by then had sold their auto parts business   
   >> to Firestone. I had to go to Penney's customer service to get my   
   >> warranty 'validated' or something before I could go to the Firestone   
   >> store to get a new battery.   
   >>   
   >> Firestone said they'd have to check the van's charging system before   
   >> giving me a new battery. I pointed out the obvious and that there was   
   >> NOTHING in the warranty requiring that. I got a new battery.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe 10 years later the battery was dead. Back to Penney's and the   
   >> Firestone store. They wanted to give me a new BETTER 3-year battery to   
   >> replace my 'lifetime' battery. I said no. Then they wanted to take my   
   >> warranty papers into the back room to make a copy. I said I'd be happy   
   >> to make the copy for them while they watched. They gave up. I got a new   
   >> battery.   
   >>   
   >> We still have the van and I bet if I went back with the paperwork I'd   
   >> get a new battery. Lifetime means lifetime. Penney's sold the warranty   
   >> to Firestone, which is on the hook until they go belly-up.   
   >   
   > Haha, I read about a woman who had the same car for DECADES, and had one   
   > of those life-time Penney's batteries.  She really got a good deal...   
   > they had to keep honoring it and giving her new batteries.   
      
   What, I have a twin?  Slick!  For a while all the businesses that sold   
   batteries gave lifetime warranties.  Pep Boys is still in business   
   nearby, but Sears is going belly-up along with K-Mart.  If I need a new   
   battery for my Corolla I'll probably go to Costco.   
      
   > Never give that '60 Dodge van up, how cool!  If you do, shoot me an   
   > e-mail first, I'd love to get my hands on one of those.  Especially if   
   > it has a straight 6 and 3 on the tree.  Those are indestructible.   
      
   V8, auto.  One of us may be buried in it.   
      
      
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