Heres Why this Chevy Corvette Gets a Free Car Battery for Life
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Comments and reviews: 9
Marvin Harrison Smith II
As soon as I saw that title, I knew it was going to be about the JC Penney battery. I had one of these, purchased for a 1975 Gran Fury. I got about seven years out of it, and went to JC Penney to get a replacement. By then they had sold or closed their Automotive division and they told me that they were no longer warrantying their batteries. Before I could say anything she turned around and started talking to the girl behind the counter about what they were going to be doing after work that day, like I wasnt even there. I raised hell and demanded my free battery, and some kid who was supposedly the assistant manager came over and called Sears (they were located in the same shopping mall) and set me up with a new battery. I said Make sure its the top of the line battery and it looked like I had kicked him in the sack, but he dutifully said make sure its the best one you sell. I got my Sears battery but never shopped at JC Penney again. Prior to that, my family was a diehard Penneys family, but we switched to Sears afterward. If I recall correctly, their Die Hard batteries were the same as the Delco Freedom II and worked quite well.
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As soon as I saw that title, I knew it was going to be about the JC Penney battery. I had one of these, purchased for a 1975 Gran Fury. I got about seven years out of it, and went to JC Penney to get a replacement. By then they had sold or closed their Automotive division and they told me that they were no longer warrantying their batteries. Before I could say anything she turned around and started talking to the girl behind the counter about what they were going to be doing after work that day, like I wasnt even there. I raised hell and demanded my free battery, and some kid who was supposedly the assistant manager came over and called Sears (they were located in the same shopping mall) and set me up with a new battery. I said Make sure its the top of the line battery and it looked like I had kicked him in the sack, but he dutifully said make sure its the best one you sell. I got my Sears battery but never shopped at JC Penney again. Prior to that, my family was a diehard Penneys family, but we switched to Sears afterward. If I recall correctly, their Die Hard batteries were the same as the Delco Freedom II and worked quite well.
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Phill Huddleston
Awesome story, I have never heard of the lifetime battery but I have gotten lifetime alignments from Firestone for every vehicle Ive owned and have had at least 5 alignments on every one the most for my 69 C-10 truck that I purchased in 99 and though its body is quite rough it still runs good and is kept aligned. For anyone interested you can get an alignment every six months with their lifetime alignment if they still sell them last I checked they still do at about two times the cost of a single alignment. The least time I had one done on my 02 Tahoe and the guy said an oldy but a goodie, youve sure got your moneys worth on this havent you then I told him not as much as on the 69 c10 that I had since 99. I dont think he was so happy about it but hey sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, its all part of the gamble on something like this, how many people buy the lifetime alignment and sell their car after the first or second alignment.
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Awesome story, I have never heard of the lifetime battery but I have gotten lifetime alignments from Firestone for every vehicle Ive owned and have had at least 5 alignments on every one the most for my 69 C-10 truck that I purchased in 99 and though its body is quite rough it still runs good and is kept aligned. For anyone interested you can get an alignment every six months with their lifetime alignment if they still sell them last I checked they still do at about two times the cost of a single alignment. The least time I had one done on my 02 Tahoe and the guy said an oldy but a goodie, youve sure got your moneys worth on this havent you then I told him not as much as on the 69 c10 that I had since 99. I dont think he was so happy about it but hey sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, its all part of the gamble on something like this, how many people buy the lifetime alignment and sell their car after the first or second alignment.
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Kevin Weil
I had a battery with a life time warranty also. Bought it at Walmart. Walked in, bought a battery, walked out and put it in my car. 6 months later it went bad. Pulled it out took it to Walmart, they didnt even test it, said go pull anther one off the shelf. Put that one in, 6 months later it went bad. Took it back to Walmart, again they didnt even test, just said go pull anther one off the shelf. Put that one in, 6 months later it went bad. I took it back to Walmart, for the third time didnt even test it, just said go pull anther one off the shelf. 6 months it went bad again. At this point I was tired of going to Walmart and dealing with a bad battery every 6 months so I went to a real store and bought a real battery (which lasted me over 3yrs just to prove there was nothing wrong with the car, but Im pretty sure that I could have just kept going back and exchanging the battery if I had so wished to, probably for the rest of my life: .
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I had a battery with a life time warranty also. Bought it at Walmart. Walked in, bought a battery, walked out and put it in my car. 6 months later it went bad. Pulled it out took it to Walmart, they didnt even test it, said go pull anther one off the shelf. Put that one in, 6 months later it went bad. Took it back to Walmart, again they didnt even test, just said go pull anther one off the shelf. Put that one in, 6 months later it went bad. I took it back to Walmart, for the third time didnt even test it, just said go pull anther one off the shelf. 6 months it went bad again. At this point I was tired of going to Walmart and dealing with a bad battery every 6 months so I went to a real store and bought a real battery (which lasted me over 3yrs just to prove there was nothing wrong with the car, but Im pretty sure that I could have just kept going back and exchanging the battery if I had so wished to, probably for the rest of my life: .
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Lake Nipissing
I did exactly the same thing with Canadian Tire in 1990. They offered a lifetime, unlimited mileage, non pro-rated free replacement warranty for the newly introduced Motomaster Eliminator for as long as you own the car registered on the original warranty. They quickly got rid of this forever warranty and switched to a 9 year pro-rated. but I still have my 1976 Dodge Aspen. I have had several free replacements since 1990, and there is never an argument. I show the ownership of the Aspen, and they give me a free battery. This is being honorable. And Canadian Tire is doing very well as a retail chain. For people outside of Canada not familiar with Canadian Tire, it is like putting Pep Boys, Firestone Auto Service and Walmart (without the clothing sections, but larger hardware. plumbing, electrical, garden and sports sections) under one roof.
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I did exactly the same thing with Canadian Tire in 1990. They offered a lifetime, unlimited mileage, non pro-rated free replacement warranty for the newly introduced Motomaster Eliminator for as long as you own the car registered on the original warranty. They quickly got rid of this forever warranty and switched to a 9 year pro-rated. but I still have my 1976 Dodge Aspen. I have had several free replacements since 1990, and there is never an argument. I show the ownership of the Aspen, and they give me a free battery. This is being honorable. And Canadian Tire is doing very well as a retail chain. For people outside of Canada not familiar with Canadian Tire, it is like putting Pep Boys, Firestone Auto Service and Walmart (without the clothing sections, but larger hardware. plumbing, electrical, garden and sports sections) under one roof.
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MartyInLa
Hey, Ive got a 1972 Ford Torino with dual exhausts. I would constantly blow out mufflers, sometimes in as little as 6 months. Anyway, I got sick of constantly buying new mufflers, so I went with these lifetime Midas ones, even though they are pretty restrictive and really quiet. Well, Midas has been really good about honoring their warranty for over 30 years On the other hand, I got a lifetime alignment agreement from K-Mart of all places. That was a total waste of money, as they did not honor their agreement even one time They claimed my suspension components were messed up and they could not align the car properly without over 1, 000 worth of work in the early 1980s. Well, I am still driving that car today with the same parts, so K-Mart was a total rip off
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Hey, Ive got a 1972 Ford Torino with dual exhausts. I would constantly blow out mufflers, sometimes in as little as 6 months. Anyway, I got sick of constantly buying new mufflers, so I went with these lifetime Midas ones, even though they are pretty restrictive and really quiet. Well, Midas has been really good about honoring their warranty for over 30 years On the other hand, I got a lifetime alignment agreement from K-Mart of all places. That was a total waste of money, as they did not honor their agreement even one time They claimed my suspension components were messed up and they could not align the car properly without over 1, 000 worth of work in the early 1980s. Well, I am still driving that car today with the same parts, so K-Mart was a total rip off
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Neil Ogaard
Its a little funny but people like this make me sick. My cousins ex had a used 3000GT which were known for transmission issues. He had his first go out just barely inside the warrantee. Thing is the transmission warrantee would reset when the dealership would go through the chore of pulling the engine and install the new tranny. Once he realized this he would purposely destroy his transmission before the warrantee would expire to get a new transmission. Not all scammers are illegal and noone cares because theyre scamming companies instead of individuals. Enjoy paying higher prices for everything and jumping through flaming hoops and red tape when you have a valid warrantee issue PRECISELY because of Dbags like this piece of work.
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Its a little funny but people like this make me sick. My cousins ex had a used 3000GT which were known for transmission issues. He had his first go out just barely inside the warrantee. Thing is the transmission warrantee would reset when the dealership would go through the chore of pulling the engine and install the new tranny. Once he realized this he would purposely destroy his transmission before the warrantee would expire to get a new transmission. Not all scammers are illegal and noone cares because theyre scamming companies instead of individuals. Enjoy paying higher prices for everything and jumping through flaming hoops and red tape when you have a valid warrantee issue PRECISELY because of Dbags like this piece of work.
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Randall Frank
Last year (May 2017) I bought a 2006 Toyota Solara SLE convertible, it had 10, 200 miles on it with the original battery. Now (late November 2018) the Solara convertible has 14, 540 miles and the battery still works good. It has never been driven on snow and rarely in the rain. I live in Alaska and I have a 2010 F-150 4 x4 with 26, 800 miles on it also with the original battery. My wifes 2014 Subaru Forester, bought in September of 2013, is a different story. The original battery in that car died in less than three years, needless to say I did not go back to the dealer for a replacement battery. I went to Sears and bought their best battery. I bet that it lasts longer than three years.
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Last year (May 2017) I bought a 2006 Toyota Solara SLE convertible, it had 10, 200 miles on it with the original battery. Now (late November 2018) the Solara convertible has 14, 540 miles and the battery still works good. It has never been driven on snow and rarely in the rain. I live in Alaska and I have a 2010 F-150 4 x4 with 26, 800 miles on it also with the original battery. My wifes 2014 Subaru Forester, bought in September of 2013, is a different story. The original battery in that car died in less than three years, needless to say I did not go back to the dealer for a replacement battery. I went to Sears and bought their best battery. I bet that it lasts longer than three years.
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puppykicker
Some 20 batteries over 50 years? Sound like junk batteries to me, and hardly worth the problem or effort. I get 7-10 years out of my batteries, and they cost around 100. Sounds like this guy just wants to feel like he is getting away with something- and all he is accomplishing is putting in a new battery every 2 years and wasting his time as well as the time of people that probably make minimum wage. Good grief, spend 100 and get a battery that is worth a crap. Where this guy has removed and installed around 20 batteries, I would have done 5-7. Work smarter, not harder.
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Some 20 batteries over 50 years? Sound like junk batteries to me, and hardly worth the problem or effort. I get 7-10 years out of my batteries, and they cost around 100. Sounds like this guy just wants to feel like he is getting away with something- and all he is accomplishing is putting in a new battery every 2 years and wasting his time as well as the time of people that probably make minimum wage. Good grief, spend 100 and get a battery that is worth a crap. Where this guy has removed and installed around 20 batteries, I would have done 5-7. Work smarter, not harder.
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minh do
Recently Firestone offered lifetime wheel alignment for 200. I bought for my 2 cars. Since then, I have already had the services for 2-3 times each car. If I own those cars for at least 5 more years, and have them do it once a year (there is no limit for number of time per year, it all well worth the money. Only one down side, every time I bring a car for that service, at least 2 times, I had to fix the bellow of the rack and pinion. The technician at the store let the bellow still twisted after some adjustment. Cant just leave there for another few hours for that fixed.
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Recently Firestone offered lifetime wheel alignment for 200. I bought for my 2 cars. Since then, I have already had the services for 2-3 times each car. If I own those cars for at least 5 more years, and have them do it once a year (there is no limit for number of time per year, it all well worth the money. Only one down side, every time I bring a car for that service, at least 2 times, I had to fix the bellow of the rack and pinion. The technician at the store let the bellow still twisted after some adjustment. Cant just leave there for another few hours for that fixed.
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