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- From: neilw@informix.com (Neil Williams)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Millennium rechargeable batteries -- Summary
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.233819.29065@informix.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 23:38:19 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.083148.3274@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News)
- Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
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- In article <1992Nov20.083148.3274@leland.Stanford.EDU> rsingh@goliath.Stanford.EDU ( raj) writes:
- >Thanks to all those who responded to my post about my very bad
- >experience with millenium rechargeable batteries. (Two free ones never
- >delivered, and the four that I bought giving a VERY bad performance.)
- >
- >1. I paid cash at Fry's and don't have receipts any more since I sent
- > the ORIGINAL receipt, for the two free batteries that never arrived.
- > The fine print said it had to be original receipts for free batteries.
- > Will the company still exchange these nonworking batteries for new,
- > hopefully working ones?
-
- Beats me. Hopefully Gates will stand by their product. Why not
- send them the batteries with a letter of explanation?
-
- >2. Just what exactly is a lifetime warranty? Expected lifetime of the
- > battery (200-400 charges???) or the lifetime of the company ;-) or
- > my lifetime?
-
- Lifetime usually means until the product is lost or destroyed.
-
- >3. (Ok, one extra question.) The batteries/recharger only have the
- > city name for the company along with zip code, no street address/po box
- > number. I called 800 directory but there is no listing under
- > Millennium Batteries/Millennium Corporation/Inc OR under Gates energy
- > products. So where do I send these batteries for a replacement?
- > (Spend more money calling Gainseville/Gainseville-suburb directory
- > assistance??)
-
- If you didn't have the address, where did you send the receipt?
- Is this the explanation for your 2 month wait for replacements?
-
- --Neil
-
- --
- Neil Williams: neilw@informix.com
-
- Seen on my last trip on United: "If you are seated in an exit row
- and can not (sic) read this card... please notify a crew member."
-