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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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This morning Saturday, I took the battery to a Interstate retailer here in suburban Detroit after calling first. When I got there, I was told, "Oh, I thought you wanted to buy a new battery, I don't know anything about an exchange. You can leave it here, and talk to the manager on Monday, or buy a new one now and let him figure out how to get your money back."

So my wonderful 7 month old Interstate battery is sitting there waiting for Monday to come. Sure glad I wasn't stuck on the road.

The saga will continue.
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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 02:51 PM
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I'd send an e-mail to the Interstate battery corporate office and let them know what you think of their retailers.....
You are getting a lot of grief you don't deserve
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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Personally, I never had much luck with Interstate batteries. They always seemed to die very quickly. I never got more than 1-2 years out of them. So now, I only use Sears gold Die-Hard.
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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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That's a real shame... Besides Optima, Insterstate ws my second choice, I guess I'll have to rethink that one...
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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 85 500 horse
Personally, I never had much luck with Interstate batteries. They always seemed to die very quickly. I never got more than 1-2 years out of them. So now, I only use Sears gold Die-Hard.
This is very strange to hear I have sold Interstate, Champion, Exide, and GMB batteries for about 15 years. Average life of Interstate 5 yrs, Champion 3 years, Exide 5 years, GMB 5+ years. I am rather upset that some dork isnt taking care of Jims battery I have had no problems at all with interstate standing behind thier product.
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