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At the end of last summer, I got fed up with my gas weed wacker not starting and getting blisters trying to start it.\u00a0 So I decided to go with a cordless weedwacker.\u00a0 I had heard good things about the WORX brand, but found out that Home Depot didnt carry the brand anymore, so I went with the Ryobi, and considering that I have additional batteries, it made sense to buy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That was end of Sept 2013, I used it 1, maybe 2 times, and liked it. I was sold and happy with my purchase\u2026.until 10 minutes into the first use of this Spring\u2026it died, just stopped working, so I brought the battery in, put it on the charger, and hour later, fully charged, I went back out to finish the back yard\u202620 feet later, it died again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I called Ryobi, they told me to take it down to the “tool rental” dept at Home Depot\u2026at this point, I think they’ll figure out what’s wrong with it and fix\/replace whatever the issue is\u2026what happens with this is why I started this blog\u2026un-fucking believable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The 100 year old man that is working the shop didnt really like his job, that’s all I can figure\u2026hates the technology, hates that everything is new-fangled and battery operated, hates that a woman walked into his man-shop\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Wanted me to sign a “pre-authorization” for $100 of work\u2026what?? no fucking way did I sign that\u20261) warranty 2) I only paid $100ish for it 3) I’ve only used this thing maybe 3 times<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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they wont even look at it until Tuesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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needless to say, I left there feeling a little postal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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time to go home and during my next work break\u2026get the lawnmower out\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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