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I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car.
It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:40:17 -0400, Terry
wrote: I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Stop wondering and call the manufacturer's 800 number? Sounds like the HD replies were fair. -- Oren ...through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo.. |
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On Jun 3, 6:40 pm, Terry wrote:
I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Probably not worth the quest. I had something similar with a whole house water filter where I broke the housing on a Sunday morning and ran to the hardware store to get a replacement. When I sent in the warranty card and told them I had dropped and broken housing, they sent me a new housing. Years later I used the new filter to replace the old and the new one leaked. Manufacturer would not honor warranty. They would not listen to my reasoning that although the warranty card was mailed in about 6 years ago, that I just got around to using the product Frank |
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Terry wrote:
I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? It sounds like a fair policy. I would not be surprised if the manufacturer might offer a free replacement, but think about it. They don't really owe you a replacement. I wonder if I can return that quart of milk I bought two years ago? :-) -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
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On Jun 3, 6:40 pm, Terry wrote:
I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Greetings, I wish there was an option when you were at the checkout to purchase the ability to return or not with two different prices. I don't like having to pay extra for people who use the return system to see what they can get away with rather than to return defective products. William Deans |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:32:09 -0700, Frank
wrote: Probably not worth the quest. A local ad is selling 1500 tubes of caulk for $700.00(?); image getting any warranty replacement service. -- Oren ...through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo.. |
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On Jun 3, 7:53 pm, " wrote:
On Jun 3, 6:40 pm, Terry wrote: I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Greetings, I wish there was an option when you were at the checkout to purchase the ability to return or not with two different prices. I don't like having to pay extra for people who use the return system to see what they can get away with rather than to return defective products. Define lifetime warranty. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" |
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On Jun 3, 5:40 pm, Terry wrote:
I bought some caulk at Home Depot. ... I'm assuming this is a joke from the last smiley, but... It isn't a "Home Depot" warranty, it's the manufacturers' warranty...and it does specificallly note it is for if the product fails in application... -- |
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In article .com, Terry wrote:
Define lifetime warranty. In use, of course. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" You already got your answer: the warranty is for the applied caulk. Don't like it? Call the manufacturer. Maybe they'll send you a replacement tube just to shut you up. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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Terry wrote: I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? The fine print of the warranty probably has some restrictions, including that it only covers the product when used according to the instructions. I'm guessing there is nothing in the instructions that says "leave caulk tube unopened in car trunk for several years before first use", so you are probably out of luck on this one. -- --Tim Smith |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:29:44 -0700, Tim Smith
wrote: The fine print of the warranty probably has some restrictions, including that it only covers the product when used according to the instructions. I'm guessing there is nothing in the instructions that says "leave caulk tube unopened in car trunk for several years before first use", so you are probably out of luck on this one. LOL! -- Oren ...through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo.. |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:04:01 -0700, Terry
wrote: Define lifetime warranty. Life of the product. -- Oren ...through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo.. |
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about 25 years ago my best friend bought 2 true blue lifetime
guaranteed car batteries from sunoco. 6 years later the batteries died, sunoco was oput of the battery business so they replaced the 2 batteries, and refunded the purchase price. well then the lawyers got involved and he has been getting free batteries every 5 years or so ever since. although these last 2 sunoco kinda told him this i the last freebie. i hope my friend 75 lives long enough to hassle them for another set. this is the only lifetime warranty i know of thats still valid after so long. yeah he still has the same vehicles after all these years. a 66 jeep and 68 impala both converted by him to run on compressed natural gas, he has a large war surplus compressor |
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On Jun 3, 8:19 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article .com, Terry wrote: Define lifetime warranty. In use, of course. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" You already got your answer: the warranty is for the applied caulk. Don't like it? Call the manufacturer. Maybe they'll send you a replacement tube just to shut you up. Who put sand in your vagina? |
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"Terry" wrote in message Define lifetime warranty. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" But it also has a "use by" date and you didn't use it by that date, thus voiding the warranty. Seems fair to me. Why should the manufacturer have to pay for your negligence? |
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I have a set of (front) brakes on my 01 Camry that have a lifetime
warranty from Auto Zone. Of course every 3 years when I go in there is a newbie there who has to be instructed how to give me a new set. I plan on trying to give the 75 year old with the batteries a run for who the bigger cheapskate is.. ;/) I'm 48 and I'm about 5 years into this one.. CP |
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Terry wrote:
... Define lifetime warranty. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" I also said it had a useful life and I would say that is its lifetime (while in the tube). -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
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Terry wrote:
Define lifetime warranty. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" The tube doesn't leak, does it? |
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I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" The tube doesn't leak, does it? not when its hard |
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On Jun 3, 7:04 pm, Terry wrote:
On Jun 3, 7:53 pm, " wrote: On Jun 3, 6:40 pm, Terry wrote: I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Greetings, I wish there was an option when you were at the checkout to purchase the ability to return or not with two different prices. I don't like having to pay extra for people who use the return system to see what they can get away with rather than to return defective products. Define lifetime warranty. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" You haven't provided the particular product nor the actual wording of the guarantee/warranty so it's not possible to judge what was said other than the one word you selected to highlight. So, here's a typical one from a DAP product -- I'm _quite_ sure the one on the product you bought was/is actually written quite similarly and clearly will only cover the application, not that the material will remain in a usable state in the tube indefinitely. "Lifetime Durability Guarantee: DAP warrants the performance of this product for sealant purposes during the lifetime of your home. If not satisfied with product performance when used as directed,..." Note that both the definition of what "lifetime" means and the useage/ application are specified... As stated before, I really hope you weren't _seriously_ expecting the manufacturer or HD to replace these... -- |
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this is the only lifetime warranty i know of thats still valid after so long. Craftsmen hand tools have a lifetime warranty. I just replaced a 30 yr. old rachet Dave M. |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:04:01 -0700, Terry
wrote: On Jun 3, 7:53 pm, " wrote: On Jun 3, 6:40 pm, Terry wrote: I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Greetings, I wish there was an option when you were at the checkout to purchase the ability to return or not with two different prices. I don't like having to pay extra for people who use the return system to see what they can get away with rather than to return defective products. Define lifetime warranty. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" When stored and used according to the manufacturers specifications, which apparently included a use-by date, and probably didn't include storage in a 150 degree trunk for years. They probably woudn't have honored the warranty if you'd set the thing on fire, either. |
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I have a sump pump that is struggling. I have lots of water so I bought
one with a lifetime warranty. It does not reliably shut off so I called the manufacturer for some service. They said I had 2 options. 1. Haul it in to Lowes where I would get a completely new replacement pump. But this is only available once in the lifetime of the pump. 2. They can send out a new pressure switch. I chose #2 and they sent out the switch without a single hassle. Have not received it yet, but the service for this Wayne-reliantone pump is excellent. dnoyeB |
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Terry wrote:
I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" But the milk and caulk both had "use by" dates. If you decide to store the milk for six months or the caulk for a few years and they spoil or become unusable that would be your choice and not a defect in the product. |
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On Jun 3, 7:32 pm, Frank wrote:
On Jun 3, 6:40 pm, Terry wrote: I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? Probably not worth the quest. I had something similar with a whole house water filter where I broke the housing on a Sunday morning and ran to the hardware store to get a replacement. When I sent in the warranty card and told them I had dropped and broken housing, they sent me a new housing. Years later I used the new filter to replace the old and the new one leaked. Manufacturer would not honor warranty. They would not listen to my reasoning that although the warranty card was mailed in about 6 years ago, that I just got around to using the product Frank Last year I bought a fern at Lowe's, with the 1 year guarantee. Didn't come up this spring, so I went back with the tag and the receipt. They wanted the plant back. I pointed out to them that after a small herbaceous plant dies in the winter, come spring there isn't any plant, that's the definition of a dead plant. They wanted the plant back. I went home, found the old pot, filled it full of mud from the general vicinity of the dead fern in the hope that some molecule in there might be part of the original, and exchanged it for my refund, happily delivered. |
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On Jun 4, 12:26 pm, "David Martel" wrote:
this is the only lifetime warranty i know of thats still valid after so long. Craftsmen hand tools have a lifetime warranty. I just replaced a 30 yr. old rachet Dave M. Doesn't apply to torque wrenches. Even though the guts of the wrench are fine, it's the cheap plastic lock ring that deteriorated from exposure to oil. I fixed it with a hose clamp. |
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"dnoyeB" wrote in message . .. I have a sump pump that is struggling. I have lots of water so I bought one with a lifetime warranty. It does not reliably shut off so I called the manufacturer for some service. They said I had 2 options. 1. Haul it in to Lowes where I would get a completely new replacement pump. But this is only available once in the lifetime of the pump. I'd have to read the fine print, but that does not seem like quite a "lifetime" to me. What if the fist pump was defective and had to be replace in a week, the second failed the same way the following week. Would you be SOL? |
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"Terry" wrote in message ups.com... On Jun 3, 8:19 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article .com, Terry wrote: Define lifetime warranty. In use, of course. I never bought any milk that had a lifetime warranty, but the caulk plainly says "lifetime warranty" You already got your answer: the warranty is for the applied caulk. Don't like it? Call the manufacturer. Maybe they'll send you a replacement tube just to shut you up. Who put sand in your vagina? And who in yours? I thought it was a reasonable response. Bob |
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"Charles Pisano" wrote in message ... I have a set of (front) brakes on my 01 Camry that have a lifetime warranty from Auto Zone. Of course every 3 years when I go in there is a newbie there who has to be instructed how to give me a new set. I plan on trying to give the 75 year old with the batteries a run for who the bigger cheapskate is.. ;/) I checked when I bought new pads recently. The "lifetime" warrantee no longer covers "wear and tear". Bob |
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"Terry" wrote in message ... I bought some caulk at Home Depot. I had it in the trunk of the car. It is a car I hardly drive. Anyway....the caulk has been there for several years. I put it in a calk gun and it won't pump anything. I even took a coat hanger to try to open the spout. I gouged it pretty good. I carried it to Home Depot today to see if I could trade it for another tube. The girl said that it has a use by date on the tube had passed. That kind of voids the lifetime warranty. She said the lifetime warranty was for the applied caulk. I wonder how you could get another tube for some that has already been applied? You are lucky it wasn't silicone caulk, which often fails to cure when old, leaving a gooey mess. Bob |
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z wrote: On Jun 4, 12:26 pm, "David Martel" wrote: this is the only lifetime warranty i know of thats still valid after so long. Craftsmen hand tools have a lifetime warranty. I just replaced a 30 yr. old rachet Dave M. Doesn't apply to torque wrenches. Even though the guts of the wrench are fine, it's the cheap plastic lock ring that deteriorated from exposure to oil. I fixed it with a hose clamp. A few years back, a friend of mine went into Sears with a Craftsman hand tool that had failed. I don't remember exactly what it was, but they had some excuse why that particular tool didn't have a lifetime warranty. He held the tool up in outstretched arm and asked, in a VERY loud voice, "Are you telling me that you're refusing to replace my broken Craftsman guaranteed for life hand tool?" With fifty customers looking on from everywhere, the dept. mgr. quietly handed him a new tool. Sadly, Tony put a bullet in his head a couple of years ago, so I guess all his lifetime warranties are now expired. |
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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:41:45 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote: Sadly, Tony put a bullet in his head a couple of years ago, so I guess all his lifetime warranties are now expired. Suicide is the sincerest form of self-criticism. |
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Mine does.... But It's possible they don't offer it for NEW purchases
anymore. I just returned mine for a new pair ..(ahem)... of pads... Charles Home Depot lifetime warranty Group: alt.home.repair Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2007, 12:57pm (EDT-3) From: (Bob*F) I checked when I bought new pads recently. The "lifetime" warrantee no longer covers "wear and tear". Bob |
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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:15:25 +0000, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"dnoyeB" wrote in message . .. I have a sump pump that is struggling. I have lots of water so I bought one with a lifetime warranty. It does not reliably shut off so I called the manufacturer for some service. They said I had 2 options. 1. Haul it in to Lowes where I would get a completely new replacement pump. But this is only available once in the lifetime of the pump. I'd have to read the fine print, but that does not seem like quite a "lifetime" to me. What if the fist pump was defective and had to be replace in a week, the second failed the same way the following week. Would you be SOL? True. its 'limited' lifetime warranty. He said I could get parts, but the complete replace was only offered once. |
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On Jun 4, 4:41 pm, Smitty Two wrote:
Sadly, Tony put a bullet in his head a couple of years ago, so I guess all his lifetime warranties are now expired. Hell, it's the thought of wasting all those lifetime warranties and letting the companies get away with it that keeps me alive. |
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