Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cyb-eng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!oakhill!cyb-eng!topher From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Customer Release Battery Replacement Message-ID: <469@cyb-eng.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 21:52:30 EST Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.469 Posted: Mon Dec 3 21:52:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 05:46:04 EST References: <328@wnuxb.UUCP> Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX Lines: 27 > I own a Casio calculator watch that I received as a gift about two years > ago. I am very happy with it, so when the battery started getting weak > the other day, I went to the local shopping mall to get it replaced > . . . > I returned on Monday and was presented with > a small, yellow piece of paper which read: > ------- > CUSTOMER RELEASE BATTERY REPLACEMENT > > The undersigned customer hereby releases Page Jewelers of any and all > claims arising out of Page Jewelers' replacement of a battery in the > customer's watch described below except for claims under Page Jewelers' > warranty that the replacement battery is in satisfactory condition and will > so test on any standard battery testing apparatus. > This release, without limitation, specifically releases Page Jewelers > from any responsibility for the performance of the watch or for scratches to > the watch case if the case is difficult to open or close. > ------- > Is this becoming common? . . . BESTS replaced my Casio calculator watch batter with no such nonsense (but with a 2-day delay, they were "overloaded with work"). Cheers, Topher Eliot Cyb Systems, Austin, TX {gatech,ihnp4,nbires,seismo,ucb-vax}!ut-sally!cyb-eng!topher