Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before I
even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be anyone
there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my chances and
rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no employees in the
lumber department. I looked up the phone number of the store and called
the service desk and they told me they'd send someone back there. I
called three times. By that time, there were two other people waiting to
have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store has
been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went up the
service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number. Apparently I
asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful. He walked over to
the lumber department, found an employee that was doing something else
that wasn't critical, and send him back to help the three customers
waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the cash
register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but he rang
up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became $14.38.

BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the saws
and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have cut the
lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there was no one
around, but the saw may be on camera.

On 10/19/2012 11:56 AM, SMS wrote:
....

... I could have cut the
lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there was no one
around, but the saw may be on camera.

What difference does that make? I've done same several times at various
outlets. They yell if they get the chance but what else are they going
to do???

--

On Oct 19, 11:46*am, dpb wrote:
On 10/19/2012 11:56 AM, SMS wrote:
...

... I could have cut the
lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there was no one
around, but the saw may be on camera.

What difference does that make? *I've done same several times at various
outlets. *They yell if they get the chance but what else are they going
to do???

--

being OSB, they could glue it back together...

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:56:43 -0700, SMS wrote:

Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m..

What is OSB?

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On 10/19/2012 5:50 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:56:43 -0700, wrote:

Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m..

What is OSB?

Oriented-Strand Board...

--

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:56:43 -0700, SMS
wrote:

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the cash
register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but he rang
up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became $14.38.


....don't worry, be happy...

On Oct 19, 11:56*am, SMS wrote:
Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before I
even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be anyone
there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my chances and
rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no employees in the
lumber department. I looked up the phone number of the store and called
the service desk and they told me they'd send someone back there. I
called three times. By that time, there were two other people waiting to
have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store has
been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went up the
service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number. Apparently I
asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful. He walked over to
the lumber department, found an employee that was doing something else
that wasn't critical, and send him back to help the three customers
waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the cash
register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but he rang
up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became $14.38.

BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the saws
and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have cut the
lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there was no one
around, but the saw may be on camera.

A for-what-its-worth comment: Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.

On 10/19/2012 12:56 PM, SMS wrote:


BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the saws
and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have cut the
lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there was no one
around, but the saw may be on camera.

I'm in Canuckistan and I asked an assistant manager once about ALL the
cameras they had at a HD near me, and he said they were all monitored
from Atlanta and nobody from their own store or indeed anywhere in
Canada was monitoring a camera inside this particular Home Depot.

In this store, the saw is in the open, not in a back room.

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:11:49 -0700 (PDT), Red wrote:

Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.

But do you have to show them an HD or Lowe's card to get the discount? Or
just any credit card?

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:15:00 -0400, Dusenberg wrote:

I'm in Canuckistan and I asked an assistant manager once about ALL the
cameras they had at a HD near me, and he said they were all monitored
from Atlanta and nobody from their own store or indeed anywhere in
Canada was monitoring a camera inside this particular Home Depot.

All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras pointing at all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On 10/19/2012 7:23 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:15:00 -0400, Dusenberg wrote:

I'm in Canuckistan and I asked an assistant manager once about ALL the
cameras they had at a HD near me, and he said they were all monitored
from Atlanta and nobody from their own store or indeed anywhere in
Canada was monitoring a camera inside this particular Home Depot.

All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras pointing at all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).


Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the whole
store inside and out. ^_^

TDD

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:23:28 -0400, Don Wiss wrote:

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:11:49 -0700 (PDT), Red wrote:

Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.

But do you have to show them an HD or Lowe's card to get the discount? Or
just any credit card?

You probably have to use their card, as you do at Lowes to get their deal. I
have both but haven't used them in years.

If a Home Depot store in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan can have CCTV's watching every aisle 24/7, can you imagine the kind of surveillance systems that Las Vegas casinos have in them?

19 Oct 2012, The Daring Dufas wrote:

On 10/19/2012 7:23 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras pointing at all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the whole
store inside and out. ^_^

Okay. I bet shoplifting is higher in a Sears than a supermarket. And
slip-and-falls higher in a supermarket where there are spilled liquids that
people can pretend they slipped and fell on. As for HD and Lowes??

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Red wrote:
-snip-
A for-what-its-worth comment: Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.

Both give 10% to Veterans-- so before you start any home projects, be
sure to enlist for a couple years. g

I don't know when they started this-- but if I'd known about it 25 yrs
ago, my discount would be worth more than Uncle Sam paid me from
68-72.G

Jim

Years ago, I needed a manager to sign off, some work I did in a Tops
grocery. They had a room full of TV monitors, and a guy who was using them
to watch the women shoppers.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...

Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the whole
store inside and out. ^_^

TDD

On 10/20/2012 5:54 AM, Don Wiss wrote:
19 Oct 2012, The Daring Dufas wrote:

On 10/19/2012 7:23 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras pointing at all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the whole
store inside and out. ^_^

Okay. I bet shoplifting is higher in a Sears than a supermarket. And
slip-and-falls higher in a supermarket where there are spilled liquids that
people can pretend they slipped and fell on. As for HD and Lowes??

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).


I do a lot of data network, telecom, energy management and electrical
work in all the big name retail stores. Believe me, there IS someone
watching via the cameras. ^_^

TDD

Jim Elbrecht wrote the following on 10/20/2012 7:46 AM (ET):
Red wrote:
-snip-
A for-what-its-worth comment: Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.

Both give 10% to Veterans-- so before you start any home projects, be
sure to enlist for a couple years. g

I did, 57 years ago. I always wear my US Navy ball cap when shopping.
Many other places have veteran discounts. :-)


I don't know when they started this-- but if I'd known about it 25 yrs
ago, my discount would be worth more than Uncle Sam paid me from
68-72.G

I think it began around the time we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan for
something that mostly Saudi Arabians did in NYC.


Jim


--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeros after @

On 10/20/2012 6:54 AM, Don Wiss wrote:
19 Oct 2012, The Daring Dufas wrote:

On 10/19/2012 7:23 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras pointing at all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the whole
store inside and out. ^_^

Okay. I bet shoplifting is higher in a Sears than a supermarket. And
slip-and-falls higher in a supermarket where there are spilled liquids that
people can pretend they slipped and fell on. As for HD and Lowes??

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).


They record everything to defend themselves from the fake slip and falls
launched by the local attorneys who run ads on late night TV and to
document activity for prosecution purposes. Likely someone is watching
and it is handy to have a recording after the fact.

On 10/19/2012 8:11 PM, Red wrote:
On Oct 19, 11:56 am, SMS wrote:
Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before I
even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be anyone
there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my chances and
rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no employees in the
lumber department. I looked up the phone number of the store and called
the service desk and they told me they'd send someone back there. I
called three times. By that time, there were two other people waiting to
have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store has
been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went up the
service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number. Apparently I
asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful. He walked over to
the lumber department, found an employee that was doing something else
that wasn't critical, and send him back to help the three customers
waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the cash
register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but he rang
up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became $14.38.

BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the saws
and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have cut the
lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there was no one
around, but the saw may be on camera.

A for-what-its-worth comment: Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.


I just go to the local lumber yard. They have better quality materials
at lower prices.

SMS wrote:
Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before I
even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be
anyone there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my
chances and rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no
employees in the lumber department. I looked up the phone number of
the store and called the service desk and they told me they'd send
someone back there. I called three times. By that time, there were
two other people waiting to have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store
has been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went
up the service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number.
Apparently I asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful. He
walked over to the lumber department, found an employee that was
doing something else that wasn't critical, and send him back to help
the three customers waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the
cash register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but
he rang up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became
$14.38.
BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the
saws and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have
cut the lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there
was no one around, but the saw may be on camera.

Conversely, I sat down on my riding lawn mower for the second time this
morning and turned the key.

THE FREAKIN' BATTERY EXPLODED!

That's exactly what it did - it blew up! Scared the bejesus out of me and
garage cat who was watching with feigned indifference.

Took the remnants of the battery back to Walmart. "It's out of warranty,"
said the clerk.

"Forget about warranty," said I. "It damn near killed me and both my
neighbors! It's a safety issue."

"It's out of warranty," said the supervisor.

"I'm not making a warranty claim," I repeated. "I'm claiming attempted
manslaughter!"

"I'm terribly sorry, sir," was the final word from the store manager. "The
battery's warranty has long since expired. I can, however, make a saftey
report."

"And just how is a 'safety report' going to affect me in the next five
minutes?" I inquired. "I can barely hear you, I have acid burns on my hand,
my cat is in the next county, I'm even afraid to be in this sales room with
so many potential bombs!"

Presently I left and bought a replacement battery at the auto parts store. I
should have asked how often this happens... Anybody know the area code for
Bentonville?

"HeyBub" wrote in
m:

SMS wrote:
Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before
I even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be
anyone there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my
chances and rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no
employees in the lumber department. I looked up the phone number of
the store and called the service desk and they told me they'd send
someone back there. I called three times. By that time, there were
two other people waiting to have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store
has been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went
up the service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number.
Apparently I asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful. He
walked over to the lumber department, found an employee that was
doing something else that wasn't critical, and send him back to help
the three customers waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the
cash register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but
he rang up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became
$14.38.
BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the
saws and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have
cut the lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there
was no one around, but the saw may be on camera.

Conversely, I sat down on my riding lawn mower for the second time
this morning and turned the key.

THE FREAKIN' BATTERY EXPLODED!

That's exactly what it did - it blew up! Scared the bejesus out of me
and garage cat who was watching with feigned indifference.

Took the remnants of the battery back to Walmart. "It's out of
warranty," said the clerk.

"Forget about warranty," said I. "It damn near killed me and both my
neighbors! It's a safety issue."

"It's out of warranty," said the supervisor.

"I'm not making a warranty claim," I repeated. "I'm claiming attempted
manslaughter!"

"I'm terribly sorry, sir," was the final word from the store manager.
"The battery's warranty has long since expired. I can, however, make a
saftey report."

"And just how is a 'safety report' going to affect me in the next five
minutes?" I inquired. "I can barely hear you, I have acid burns on my
hand, my cat is in the next county, I'm even afraid to be in this
sales room with so many potential bombs!"

Presently I left and bought a replacement battery at the auto parts
store. I should have asked how often this happens... Anybody know the
area code for Bentonville?




Damn! Blew the **** outta ya huh?

Red Green wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in
m:

SMS wrote:
Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before
I even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be
anyone there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my
chances and rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no
employees in the lumber department. I looked up the phone number of
the store and called the service desk and they told me they'd send
someone back there. I called three times. By that time, there were
two other people waiting to have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store
has been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went
up the service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number.
Apparently I asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful.
He walked over to the lumber department, found an employee that was
doing something else that wasn't critical, and send him back to help
the three customers waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the
cash register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount,
but he rang up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94
became $14.38.
BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the
saws and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have
cut the lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there
was no one around, but the saw may be on camera.

Conversely, I sat down on my riding lawn mower for the second time
this morning and turned the key.

THE FREAKIN' BATTERY EXPLODED!

That's exactly what it did - it blew up! Scared the bejesus out of me
and garage cat who was watching with feigned indifference.

Took the remnants of the battery back to Walmart. "It's out of
warranty," said the clerk.

"Forget about warranty," said I. "It damn near killed me and both my
neighbors! It's a safety issue."

"It's out of warranty," said the supervisor.

"I'm not making a warranty claim," I repeated. "I'm claiming
attempted manslaughter!"

"I'm terribly sorry, sir," was the final word from the store manager.
"The battery's warranty has long since expired. I can, however, make
a saftey report."

"And just how is a 'safety report' going to affect me in the next
five minutes?" I inquired. "I can barely hear you, I have acid burns
on my hand, my cat is in the next county, I'm even afraid to be in
this sales room with so many potential bombs!"

Presently I left and bought a replacement battery at the auto parts
store. I should have asked how often this happens... Anybody know the
area code for Bentonville?




Damn! Blew the **** outta ya huh?

Damn near! What with the cloud of smoke, the sulfuric acid fumes, bits of
the battery flung all over the place! It was a scarifying experience! Not to
mention the psychological counseling that will no doubt be required for
garage cat.

I would have settled for a little empathy and a modest monetary
consideration. Something like: "I don't blame you for being agitated. Had it
been me, I'd have had to change my drawers. How about I give you five
dollars off on a replacement, seeing as how this battery is out of
warranty?"

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:59:34 -0400, willshak wrote:

Jim Elbrecht wrote the following on 10/20/2012 7:46 AM (ET):
Red wrote:
-snip-
A for-what-its-worth comment: Lowes gives a 5% discount for using
their charge card. HD doesn't. But if you ask HD for competitive
pricing on the Lowes charge card policy. they will give you the 5%
discount also. But you have to ask.

Both give 10% to Veterans-- so before you start any home projects, be
sure to enlist for a couple years. g

I did, 57 years ago. I always wear my US Navy ball cap when shopping.
Many other places have veteran discounts. :-)


I don't know when they started this-- but if I'd known about it 25 yrs
ago, my discount would be worth more than Uncle Sam paid me from
68-72.G

I think it began around the time we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan for
something that mostly Saudi Arabians did in NYC.

I thought it was a decade before that, when we invaded Iraq for something
mostly Iraqis did.

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...
On 10/20/2012 5:54 AM, Don Wiss wrote:
19 Oct 2012, The Daring Dufas wrote:

On 10/19/2012 7:23 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras pointing at
all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from
fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the whole
store inside and out. ^_^

Okay. I bet shoplifting is higher in a Sears than a supermarket. And
slip-and-falls higher in a supermarket where there are spilled liquids
that
people can pretend they slipped and fell on. As for HD and Lowes??

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).


I do a lot of data network, telecom, energy management and electrical work
in all the big name retail stores. Believe me, there IS someone
watching via the cameras. ^_^

TDD

You would be correct sir...Walmart as well...I can pull video anytime I
request it...Like the shady guy reeking of pot who tried to buy a gun but I
denied him from the get go...They said they would go to a different
store..Before they even got out of the store all the walmarts in our market
had their pics...Both him and his skank girlfriend in case she tried..

"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
SMS wrote:
Last night I was buying OSB at Home Depot at about 8:15 p.m.. Before I
even went to the store, I though to myself "is there going to be
anyone there to operate the saw," since I needed it cut. I took my
chances and rolled the sheets of OSB back to the saw. There were no
employees in the lumber department. I looked up the phone number of
the store and called the service desk and they told me they'd send
someone back there. I called three times. By that time, there were
two other people waiting to have lumber cut.

I was going to leave, but I was annoyed, especially since this store
has been cutting staff and worsening service for a long time. I went
up the service desk to ask for the corporate office phone number.
Apparently I asked the manager of the store, and he was wonderful. He
walked over to the lumber department, found an employee that was
doing something else that wasn't critical, and send him back to help
the three customers waiting for service.

When I checked out with the lumber the manager was now manning the
cash register. I did not ask for, nor did I expect, any discount, but
he rang up the purchase and gave me 60% off the total. $35.94 became
$14.38.
BTW, at Home Depot they will usually write the keypad code for the
saws and for the electrical wire thingee on the wall. I could have
cut the lumber myself and no one would have ever noticed since there
was no one around, but the saw may be on camera.

Conversely, I sat down on my riding lawn mower for the second time this
morning and turned the key.

THE FREAKIN' BATTERY EXPLODED!

That's exactly what it did - it blew up! Scared the bejesus out of me and
garage cat who was watching with feigned indifference.

Took the remnants of the battery back to Walmart. "It's out of warranty,"
said the clerk.

"Forget about warranty," said I. "It damn near killed me and both my
neighbors! It's a safety issue."

"It's out of warranty," said the supervisor.

"I'm not making a warranty claim," I repeated. "I'm claiming attempted
manslaughter!"

"I'm terribly sorry, sir," was the final word from the store manager. "The
battery's warranty has long since expired. I can, however, make a saftey
report."

"And just how is a 'safety report' going to affect me in the next five
minutes?" I inquired. "I can barely hear you, I have acid burns on my
hand, my cat is in the next county, I'm even afraid to be in this sales
room with so many potential bombs!"

Presently I left and bought a replacement battery at the auto parts store.
I should have asked how often this happens... Anybody know the area code
for Bentonville?


That's what happens when you over charge the battery or try to jump start it
with your pick up..Batteries don't just explode on their own..It requires
stupidity on the part of a human or mechanical failure on the charging
system....Blaming Wal-Mart for your mistake or other mechanical failure is
dishonest...Glad they saw thru your ruse as that drives up the cost to the
rest of us.....

benick wrote:

Conversely, I sat down on my riding lawn mower for the second time
this morning and turned the key.

THE FREAKIN' BATTERY EXPLODED!

That's exactly what it did - it blew up! Scared the bejesus out of
me and garage cat who was watching with feigned indifference.

Took the remnants of the battery back to Walmart. "It's out of
warranty," said the clerk.

"Forget about warranty," said I. "It damn near killed me and both my
neighbors! It's a safety issue."

"It's out of warranty," said the supervisor.

"I'm not making a warranty claim," I repeated. "I'm claiming
attempted manslaughter!"

"I'm terribly sorry, sir," was the final word from the store
manager. "The battery's warranty has long since expired. I can,
however, make a saftey report."

"And just how is a 'safety report' going to affect me in the next
five minutes?" I inquired. "I can barely hear you, I have acid burns
on my hand, my cat is in the next county, I'm even afraid to be in
this sales room with so many potential bombs!"

Presently I left and bought a replacement battery at the auto parts
store. I should have asked how often this happens... Anybody know
the area code for Bentonville?


That's what happens when you over charge the battery or try to jump
start it with your pick up..Batteries don't just explode on their
own..It requires stupidity on the part of a human or mechanical
failure on the charging system....Blaming Wal-Mart for your mistake
or other mechanical failure is dishonest...Glad they saw thru your
ruse as that drives up the cost to the rest of us.....

I didn't overcharge the battery. It wasn't hooked up to a charger, another
battery, or a water faucet. It just sat there, maliciously planning the
exact time to extract maximum toll on an innocent user. Then, at what the
battery perceived to be the best time, it ATTACKED!

On 10/23/2012 1:24 AM, benick wrote:
"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...
On 10/20/2012 5:54 AM, Don Wiss wrote:
19 Oct 2012, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 10/19/2012 7:23 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
All stores like HD, Lowes, supermarket chains, have cameras
pointing at all
aisles. I wouldn't exactly say they are being monitored. More
correctly
they are recording. The purpose is to protect the stores from
fraudulent
slip-and-fall lawsuits.

Me and JH did some T1 cable extension work in some Sears stores and the
loss control folks had a monitor room where they were watching the
whole
store inside and out. ^_^

Okay. I bet shoplifting is higher in a Sears than a supermarket. And
slip-and-falls higher in a supermarket where there are spilled
liquids that
people can pretend they slipped and fell on. As for HD and Lowes??

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).


I do a lot of data network, telecom, energy management and electrical
work in all the big name retail stores. Believe me, there IS someone
watching via the cameras. ^_^

TDD

You would be correct sir...Walmart as well...I can pull video anytime I
request it...Like the shady guy reeking of pot who tried to buy a gun
but I denied him from the get go...They said they would go to a
different store..Before they even got out of the store all the walmarts
in our market had their pics...Both him and his skank girlfriend in case
she tried..

That tech was developed in the casinos of Las Vegas. I have a new color
monitor and DVR in the box three feet from my desk. I may even set one
up here at the house. ^_^

TDD