re
"I asked to speak to a supervisor and he confirmed that they ( Wal-Mart )
"wouldn't work on those."

they did you a favor.
I sure would not let Wal-Mart touch a vanagon of mine - no way.

Vanagons are best worked by their owner's or people that are vere
vanagon-savy.
That's why we have this list - so we can enhance and empower vanagon owners
and vanagon ownership and good repairs getting done on them.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Wally World and battery stuff

> The key is you went to "have the house battery replaced". And whomever you
> talked to looked at your Vanagon and stated "They wouldn't touch it!".
>
> They are stating they won't work on your Vanagon.
>
> We are discussing buying & swapping batteries and most likely everyone
> else
> was discussing bringing in the battery in by itself, at least I was.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> 256-656-1924
>
> Our Web Sites:
> www.kegkits.com
> www.stir-plate.com
> www.andyshotsauce.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Trooz
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:44 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Wally World and battery stuff
>
> I can't believe all of the folks with positive experiences.  Here's mine:
> I
> went to Wal-Mart to have the house [aux] battery replaced.  They wouldn't
> touch it!  I asked to speak to a supervisor and he confirmed that they
> "wouldn't work on those."
>
> This was in scenic Simi Valley, CA.
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy