DL> I also started to bring in defective batteries only near
DL> closing time, when everybody was in a hurry to go home and not
DL> interested in thoroughly testing batteries, because on two
DL> occasions Sears said that my bad but still warranted battery
DL> had nothing wrong with it (a failed cell with low specific
DL> gravity in each case).
AA> Good strategy.  But are they obligated to produce a new replacement
AA> battery on the spot?  Couldn't they give some sort of story that
AA> they will need to test it first and only give a replacement the
AA> next business day?
I guess, but they've never done that, and if they ever did, I'd tell them 
they'd have to come and give me a jump start if I got stuck somewhere on  
that night.  It also helps that AutoZone and Checker (Shuck's or Kragen  
elsewhere) have some 24-hour stores stocked with plenty of batteries.
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