Batteries have date codes on them. They can honor a warranty to date of
manufacture. Note that these warranties are really to cover defects.
They are not guaranties as to how long a battery will last. Some
retailers will just eat them for the sake of customer relations.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of James Benthall
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: optima the one for starting battery?

Eduntz,
Thats the point...I didn't have a receipt.  Thats Autozones way of not
warranting parts/items.
They know how often cars are bought/sold so if they come up with a lame
rule
like that,
they will save a fortune.  The reason I didn't bitch at the time is that
the
battery looked pretty old, so I figured I wouldn't have gotten much
"prorated"
off the new battery anyway.  I think
by and large, most battery warranties are a gimmick anyway.
james