Date:         Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:41:06 -0700
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: AGM group 41 battery choices?
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Being old cuts no slack at the local Carquest, Autozone, PepBoys or
Kragen/O'Reilly (3 stores), even when asked.  The NAPA store in Ventura
closed years ago.  The other 4 pretty much did in NAPA here.

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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Ten percent discount based on what?  If everyone gets the discount of
> course then it is not a discount.  Whenever I've bought from NAPA, I have
> not been offered a discount, although I always ask, pointing out that I am
> old, and that I am a AAA member, and so on.  mcneely
>
> ---- Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was pleased to discover that my local NApa gives 10 percent discount
> on most parts.  I received that discount on my recent battery purchase and
> a carb rebuild kit for my Aircooled VW.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jul 3, 2013, at 8:32 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah, I need a reading lesson, I guess.  Sorry.  And I will add an
> agreement concerning NAPA, although my nearby store recently closed.
>  mcneely
> > >
> > > ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >> As he says, so it goes.
> > >>
> > >>   Besides batteries, NAPA seems a pretty good source for most other
> stuff,
> > >> too.  And here in the West, they really are in every small town,
> pretty
> > >> much...Bingen, Wa.  Tonapah, Nv.  Bishop, Ca.  St George, Ut.
>  Umatilla,
> > >> probably even George, Washington....and they all honor warranty.
> > >>
> > >>  No affiliation with NAPA, just pleased that they franchise a 'mom and
> > >> pop' small town style customer-orientated business plan....Unlike some
> > >> other chain autoparts outfits
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:23 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> At 09:58 AM 7/3/2013, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Don, doesn't warranty replacement requirement exchange?  Whenever
> > >>>> I've gotten a warranty replacement battery (not from NAPA) it did.
> > >>>> mcneely
> > >>>
> > >>> He's exchanging them.  Got two in the pool, exchanges one at a time
> > >>> and rotates the pool.  But they're pro-rata exchanges, so he has to
> add
> > >>> money.
> > >>>
> > >>> Yrs,
> > >>> d
> > >
> > > --
> > > David McNeely
>
> --
> David McNeely
>