New car batteries on fbmp

[whateg01]

See new tools on fb a lot. Been that way for forever. Lately I'm seeing a lot of new car batteries. One that just popped up has a date sticker of 9/23. Where do these come from? Seems strange that that many would be stolen from stores, but maybe.

 

[Shiftless]

Things have been “falling off the back of a truck” for a LONG time.

 

[PCustoms]

Things have been “falling off the back of a truck” for a LONG time.

With a 9/23 date sticker that either fell out the back of the factory, has a fake sticker or is just a scam pic for attention

 

[Shiftless]

With a 9/23 date sticker that either fell out the back of the factory, has a fake sticker or is just a scam pic for attention

Yeah, the managerial class calls that “shrinkage”.
In some stores a significant percentage of inventory goes out the back door instead of with paying customers through the front door.

 

[InsanePyro]

With a 9/23 date sticker that either fell out the back of the factory, has a fake sticker or is just a scam pic for attention

Employee theft

 

[whateg01]

Here's the 3 today.

 

[PCustoms]

Where's the closest battery factory to Wichita?

I see Johnson controls has a few plants, but they look to be other divisions.

 

[whateg01]

Used to be exide 90 miles north, now appears to be Stryten. They don't make the Walmart batteries though, afaik

 

[dchawk81]

Here's the 3 today.

I wouldn't even give those half *** titles a click.

 

[PCustoms]

Used to be exide 90 miles north, now appears to be Stryten. They don't make the Walmart batteries though, afaik

Well the 2 Walmart ones are Johnson controls, look at the serials

 

[whateg01]

I wouldn't even give those half *** titles a click.

Well I couldn't get the screenshot if I didn't click it!

 

[dchawk81]

Well I couldn't get the screenshot if I didn't click it!

Thank you for your service.

 

[bcschief]

Who are you going to get to warranty it when it fails?

 

[whateg01]

If the price is right, who cares about warranty? I did buy a used 6mo old battery for my edge for $50. It is said to have come out of a wrecked car the week before, and I trust them on this. If it fails in the next 2.5 years, I got my use out of it.

On the brand new batteries, I suppose it would be the same deal. I would have to get a killer price on it then again 1/3 of new is probably there.

 

[Sumboodie]

With a 9/23 date sticker that either fell out the back of the factory, has a fake sticker or is just a scam pic for attention

I got new group 65 batteries in August for a truck and they had September stickers on them.

 

[Meursault74]

I got new group 65 batteries in August for a truck and they had September stickers on them.

That must've been delivered with a highly modified DeLorean

 

[zendriver]

If the price is right, who cares about warranty?

Any day now, there will be another 800 post thread started here on "why is there so much retail theft going on?!"

The batteries at my WM are about 30 feet from the back door - often unattended, if the techs are busy. Thought I could probably grab a couple "for the road" and nobody would even notice.

Online is where the stolen stuff is being sold.

 

[dchawk81]

If the price is right, who cares about warranty? I did buy a used 6mo old battery for my edge for $50. It is said to have come out of a wrecked car the week before, and I trust them on this. If it fails in the next 2.5 years, I got my use out of it.

On the brand new batteries, I suppose it would be the same deal. I would have to get a killer price on it then again 1/3 of new is probably there.

I mean you're potentially supporting retail theft. Are you anti-business? Receiving stolen goods is also illegal. So there's that.

But hey you got you a cheap new battery.

Buying from a salvage yard isn't even close to the same thing.

 

[whateg01]

I mean you're potentially supporting retail theft. Are you anti-business? Receiving stolen goods is also illegal. So there's that.

But hey you got you a cheap new battery.

Buying from a salvage yard isn't even close to the same thing.

Notice I didn't buy one of the brand new batteries. I don't know where the salvage yard comment came from, but I have bought batteries there. It's hit-and-miss on finding batteries that fit your application and aren't 7 years old.

 

[dchawk81]

Notice I didn't buy one of the brand new batteries. I don't know where the salvage yard comment came from, but I have bought batteries there. It's hit-and-miss on finding batteries that fit your application and aren't 7 years old.

I misunderstood your wrecked car source as coming from a salvage yard.

I would imagine sourcing batteries on Facebook would be hit and miss as well.