Found an Everstart MAXX-1N battery at the dump. The expensive yellow one. Date code 11/03. Test it, it's dead all right and won't charge.
Take it to the WM TLE for warranty, they confirm it's dead. 3 year free replacement. Lady says it's too old. I ask if they can prorate. They can! Worth $38.70. I ask do I have to buy another yellow deluxe battery or can I get anything. I can get anything. I choose a cheapo black battery, 2 year warranty. $49.76. Enviro fees and sales taxes cancel each other out. Pay $11 for a brand new battery!
Gets better, I get a core refund receipt, so the next junk battery I find laying around (or if I choose to replace one with this thing) is going back for $10 instead of the usual $5 I get elsewhere. So really the net cost to me is a buck!
Only snafu is a wierd one, b/c I had no receipt, the replacement battery got punched 11/03 for warranty purposes, and because it's the cheap one if it conks out tomorrow it's practically worthless. I was issued no receipt for the new one (huh?) and exited through the side door so they knew I was "good".
