Duracell Battery Guarantee
Just in case anyone reading doesn't know this... if a Duracell battery fucks up your electronics, Duracell will reimburse you.
Or so I had heard.
So the Apple Magic Mouse linked to the bedroom iMac stopped responding. Huh. Ok, well let's change the batteries. Opening the back, I see that one Duracell had leaked and corroded the contact. Well fuckstix - these mice are pricey!
Thinking I was just gonna have to eat that €70, I did a bit of googling, and came across the "Duracell will replace it" thing mentioned a few times. Well, can't hurt to try, right?
So the next day I called their 800 number. Talked for a few min to a nice script reading lady, who wanted battery expiration date, and some embossed ID number. My battery didn't have the number, or a "made in" place - just a bunch of Chinese. Despite this, girlface continued on with my return. (I did buy the batteries on Amazon, so what's that tell ya? Amazon sells cheap Chinese knockoffs. That's what it tells you. It also tells you not to buy Gilette razors there either. *anyways*)
So ladyperson goes on to tell me that she will email me a return slip, and could I send the batteries and device to them... upon receipt and inspection, I will be issued a Citibank card for the value, mailed to my US address. How much did the mouse cost? Lemme just quick check Apple.com... $69.
(I actually paid 69 EUROS ($93) for it, so it's a bit of a loss ($24), but hey - at the moment I'm out the total price, not just a few bux. I'll live.)
So FFW a few days - I get nothing per email. I wrote "call Duracell, wtf?" on my to do list. Meanwhile, Marcel takes the corroded mouse to work and fixes it, cos that's what metal engineers do, apparently.
Just this evening my mom writes "...the debit card came from Duracell...$69...what do you want me to do with it?"
Hot damn. Working mouse AND 70 bones. Not too shabby! I let mom keep the cash though, cos she needs it more than I do, especially seeing as how I don't need to buy a new mouse now.
So ja - while Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries may be the best (esp for vibrators - UNF!), Duracell will buy you a new rabbit if you manage to fill your junk with plastic pearls on accident. *nod*
Or so I had heard.
So the Apple Magic Mouse linked to the bedroom iMac stopped responding. Huh. Ok, well let's change the batteries. Opening the back, I see that one Duracell had leaked and corroded the contact. Well fuckstix - these mice are pricey!
Thinking I was just gonna have to eat that €70, I did a bit of googling, and came across the "Duracell will replace it" thing mentioned a few times. Well, can't hurt to try, right?
So the next day I called their 800 number. Talked for a few min to a nice script reading lady, who wanted battery expiration date, and some embossed ID number. My battery didn't have the number, or a "made in" place - just a bunch of Chinese. Despite this, girlface continued on with my return. (I did buy the batteries on Amazon, so what's that tell ya? Amazon sells cheap Chinese knockoffs. That's what it tells you. It also tells you not to buy Gilette razors there either. *anyways*)
So ladyperson goes on to tell me that she will email me a return slip, and could I send the batteries and device to them... upon receipt and inspection, I will be issued a Citibank card for the value, mailed to my US address. How much did the mouse cost? Lemme just quick check Apple.com... $69.
(I actually paid 69 EUROS ($93) for it, so it's a bit of a loss ($24), but hey - at the moment I'm out the total price, not just a few bux. I'll live.)
So FFW a few days - I get nothing per email. I wrote "call Duracell, wtf?" on my to do list. Meanwhile, Marcel takes the corroded mouse to work and fixes it, cos that's what metal engineers do, apparently.
Just this evening my mom writes "...the debit card came from Duracell...$69...what do you want me to do with it?"
Hot damn. Working mouse AND 70 bones. Not too shabby! I let mom keep the cash though, cos she needs it more than I do, especially seeing as how I don't need to buy a new mouse now.
So ja - while Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries may be the best (esp for vibrators - UNF!), Duracell will buy you a new rabbit if you manage to fill your junk with plastic pearls on accident. *nod*