Costco is a membership only store. The member's ID number is tracked
with every purchase. They would have no trouble enforcing a original
purchaser warranty. The membership ID number is on the receipt.

Walmart is another matter. Their stated battery policy even covers no
receipt, using the battery date code as the warranty date if you don't
have a receipt.

I have never returned a battery to either place but I have purchased
them at both.

Mark

  Doug in Calif wrote:

>Dennis,
>You may be legally correct, however at both Costco and Wal-Mart
>You buy, you pay, you walk out the door......nobody links battery with
>anything but receipt.
>
>Doug
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:11 PM
>Subject: Re: optima the one for starting battery?
>
>
>
>
>>Most all battery warranties or only for the original owner and the
>>vehicle originally installed within.
>>
>>Dennis
>>
>>