![]() Also, Costco doesn't even check the batteries - zero questions asked. TL DR I just had my 33-month old Costco Interstate battery replaced for $0 and they entered notes in my membership that the warranty start date for the replacement is today and lasts 36-months. Please note: Moderators can remove posts/threads as they see fit outside of the above rules. Repeated violations will result in permanent removal from the subreddit. Please stay on topic as posts violating this rule will be removed. This is not a subreddit to discuss politics. Rule 6: This subreddit exists for the sole purpose of the discussion of Costco and its ancillary amenities/services. Please provide a clear image of the front of the product and one of available nutritional information.Īny additional information (price, item number, warehouse location or region) is also appreciated, but can be added as a separate comment. Rule 5: It is required to post the full item name when creating a merchandise discussion post. Rule 4: Advocating for and/or suggesting the breaking of any of Costco’s outlined membership/employee policies through fraud will result in an immediate and permanent ban. This sub is not the place to request online prices for nonmembers. Call your local warehouse if you need assistance. Rule 3: We do not allow posts asking for price checks for “Member Only” items on Costco’s websites. This includes the posting/taking pictures of employees without their permission for the purpose of malicious intent. You are welcome to voice your concerns and issues you've experienced on your shopping trip but without identifying information. This Subreddit is not to be utilized as a complaint line of particular warehouses and/or individual employees. Instead call your local warehouse(s) to learn about its current availability. Please refrain from posting an item stock related question or when an item is generally stocked. Redditors who state that they are employees of the company are not vetted in any way. Probably shouldn't have hesitated, since this new policy took effect within the last two months.Important note: This is not an official Costco subreddit, and does not represent the official stance of Costco Wholesale. I have one of those 42-month batteries from 2016, in a car that doesn't see daily use, and could stand to be replaced. The first time it happened, the warranty term was reduced from 42- to 36-months. If that's not what's happening in this situation, and Costco has accepted that risk, in exchange for lower costs, then it's still Costco making the adjustments. ![]() Large retailers have the power to place the burden of returns and defective merchandise on vendors. Whatever the details, I still think this is strictly between Costco and Clarios, with Interstate just used as branding. I've long been curious about the murky details but it has never been publicized like such deals sometimes are. When the batteries were Kirkland-branded, the exclusive relationship with JCI was part of the marketing campaign I recall seeing it on the signage. Unfortunately, now that this domino has fallen, others will probably follow as well.Įnergizer is still used in Canada, at least for AGM batteries. And if they can do that to one of the world's largest retailers, it can happen to anyone. If anything, it's not IBS putting any screws to Costco, it's Clarios. Interstate (in name only) vs Kirkland doesn't seem like it would sway a lot of people. ![]() It doesn't make sense to me for them to change that to an arrangement where they buy through a middleman, like IBS, have units that can't be warrantied at any place other than Costco, in exchange for the use of the brand name that probably has little equity or importance to most of its shoppers anyway. ![]() Direct sourcing, in high quantity, is Costco's game. I think the change is more the result of abuse, and people treating them like an exchange program that what IBS has to say.įor many years prior, Coscto was sourcing their battieries from the maker, Clarios (nee JCI), and branding them as Kirkland, as they do with many of their products. I've always disliked pro rata warranties, because the amortization tables and explicit terms are seldom, if ever, plainly disclosed upfront, and that kind of obfuscation is offputting, if not devious in some fashion. How are those South Korean batteries in quality? In my application, a Walmart equivalent Maxx is ~$40 more. Surprised it wasn't noted earlier, or in the Electrical sub-forum but alas…Ī three-year pro rata warranty? When others still offer replacement warranties for the same periods? Have to think about that one. I was there the other day and noticed this.
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