BUYER BEWARE! THIS COMPANY OVERCHARGED ME BY $185.42.
On April 21, 2022, I called 1-800-Battery because the dead battery in my camper van was not responding to my small portable jump starter. I discussed with the agent—who said his name was “Jose” and that he was located in California—the prices of replacement batteries and decided on the middle grade, for a total price of $292.77, including installation.
"Jose" told me that a local technician would first test to see if the battery could be jumped before replacing it. If so, he said, the only charge would be $99 plus tax, or $107.35, not $292.77 for a battery replacement. "Jose" assured me that nothing would be charged on my credit card until the service was finished and the final price known. I gave him my credit card #.
The local tech showed up as promised and successfully jumped the battery. He confirmed that my charge would be $99 plus tax, for a total of $107.35.
I would have been delighted with 1-800-Battery if the story had ended there.
Unfortunately, I soon discovered that the full amount of $292.77 had been charged to my MasterCard. I called the same number and again reached “Jose” in California. He apologized and said he would correct the charge that very day. But nothing ever changed.
I contested the overcharge with MC. But since the transaction was all verbal over the phone, I could not provide any written documentation of what had been promised and delivered.
So I have been forced to pay MC the entire $292.77 rather than the $107.35 for service actually delivered.
Over the last two months, I've repeatedly contacted 1-800-Battery, but after an initial promise to "escalate" my complaint to corporate higher-ups, no meaningful response has come.
They did send me one more email asking for my order number, which I couldn't provide because "Jose" never gave it to me. But I provided the precise address where the local tech had come to service my van on that date and suggested that they look up the order in their records, based on that address or my name, phone #, credit card #, etc.
1-800-Battery never replied to me again.
I've given 1-800-Battery plenty of time to make good on "Jose's" promise to adjust the inaccurate charge, so I'm posting this warning so others may not make the same mistake.
If this stonewalling is an intentional deception by 1-800-Battery, it is a major breach of ethics, not to mention a terrible way to treat a customer.
If 1-800-Battery is an honest company, it owes me a refund of $185.42.
I intend to warn my many friends who are van campers. CAVEAT EMPTOR.
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