I wonder, though, with this and many other products: are the re-labled ones made to the same specs? *NM*

We don't do much of our shopping in brick & mortar stores any more. However, the Boxster's battery died yesterday and we need another one ASAP. So we brought the dead DieHard back to Sears and picked up a new one.

The amazing part was they were able to locate our old receipt in the system. As it was still within the 100 month warranty period, we got $31 bucks rebate for it! The whole thing cost us just over $115 out the door. Hopefully, it will be good for another 7 year :-)

Read the fully write-up here:
[www.rainydaymagazine.com]

I got my first battery replacement at Sears Canada, and am very pleased with the entire transaction. A dead-on replica of our OEM battery at that.

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We don't do much of our shopping in brick & mortar stores any more. However, the Boxster's battery died yesterday and we need another one ASAP. So we brought the dead DieHard back to Sears and picked up a new one.

The amazing part was they were able to locate our old receipt in the system. As it was still within the 100 month warranty period, we got $31 bucks rebate for it! The whole thing cost us just over $115 out the door. Hopefully, it will be good for another 7 year :-)

Read the fully write-up here:
[www.rainydaymagazine.com]

Not sure the warranty really did you any good, considering you can buy the same battery at Walmart, for $67 plus the disposal fee (which you get back when you bring in the old battery) and sales tax, which is less than $115.

Current Porsche: PCA Club Coupe 2 of 50

Past: 02 986 S

01 996 Turbo

00 Millenium Coupe

99 996 C2

99 Boxster



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The closest Walmart was 10 miles away in Quincy. They carry DieHard chargers, but no DieHard car batteries. In fact, they don't carry any car batteries at all. Wonder if that is true of any other Walmarts.

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The closest Walmart was 10 miles away in Quincy. They carry DieHard chargers, but no DieHard car batteries. In fact, they don't carry any car batteries at all. Wonder if that is true of any other Walmarts.

Let me clarify--the Walmart and Diehard batteries are both made by Johnson controls. You paid more for Diehard's label vs. Everstart (at Walmart). Every Walmart around here carries car batteries.

Current Porsche: PCA Club Coupe 2 of 50

Past: 02 986 S

01 996 Turbo

00 Millenium Coupe

99 996 C2

99 Boxster



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Yes, sometimes things are designed to higher/better specs. However, unless proven otherwise, you should suspect it to be of a lower quality level - especially when found in WalMart. Wally world works closely with [read: forcing] mfgs to cut things out in order to hit target price-points (lower than other retailers). This is true for many private label/exclusive modeling - remember the Firestone OEM tires on Explorers in mid/late 90s? The tires carried Firestone's std rack name but the tires were designed to a lower spec.

Other times it's designed to not be comparable - ever try and compare prices b/w model #s on a washer/dryer at Lowe's, HomeDepot, Best Buy and Sears? You often can't because it's a big enough ticket item and Whirlpool (who makes most of the various models) gets economy of scales w/ each brand at each customer. Therefore they produce exclusive item #s for each - even though they may have the exact same features/capacities. This is how each can guarantee the lowest price (on models they carry).

Anyhow, it's not always 100% true as some things are truly designed up rather than down. The "lesser" model is more often truer than the "better" since it's much easier to take a brand downstairs...

YMMV