I’m a parts Manager for a small CT store. The advantage of getting a CT battery is there are 500 stores in Canada, and 85% of the population is within a 15-minute drive of one, store stats.
How many Costcos are there in Canada??
Yes, we have to test the battery and have it fail to warranty it. No, the store owner doesn’t cover the cost of replacing the battery, the corporation office credits us for the warranties.
The testers used to evaluate batteries are NOT cheap, simple testers - they are $$ and test the ability of the battery to hold a charge, it it won’t hold the rated CA, it fails.
CT uses the COSTAR system across all stores; if the battery was sold on one of these invoices, which it SHOULD be, we can find it.
Yeah, there are somewhat cheaper batteries, but CT has a big name to protect by selling quality products…100+ years in business days we know what we are doing, wouldn’t you think?
Cheers!