The Kmart guarantee is indeed prorated........except for the first 24
months when replacement is 100% free.
Larry Hoy
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At 10:15 PM 3/15/98 -0600, Der schwarze Buccaneer wrote:
> I'm not sure which one I bought, but I was able to replace the two
>6's in my 'B with a single 12 I bought from Walmart, fairly cheaply as I
>recall (less than six months ago). That's not why I'm posting though.
> When I was looking at batteries to size one that would come close,
>I happened to look at the long term warranties a few of you have
>mentioned. At least one of them (I think Exide from K-mart) is not as
>super as it sounds. The warranty only provides a percentage of the
>replacement cost based on the time from date of purchase. E.g., if half
>the warranty time is up, you get half the replacement value. I know this
>is better than nothing, but you might want to look at the fine print a
>little closer if you haven't already.
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> -Scott Allen
> js-allen@students.uiuc.edu
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> "At dawn we will face the greatest test of our resolve. But I
>say this: though starving, hunger will not weaken us; though diseased,
>illness will not cripple us, and though weary, exhaustion will not claim
>us. We can fight knowing that all true Reiklanders will forevermore
>honour our valiant gesture of defiance, even though our bodies be left to
>feed the beasts of carrion.
>
> Mind you...we could always surrender." -Rick Priestly's Siege
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