Caymen said:
I buy pads, use them, then take them back. I am not "happy" with these pads. I am not satisfied with these pads, so I get my money back.
That's not what you said above!
You said, or at least implied, that when selling a vehicle you take the pads back for a refund and put the original OEM pads back on. You never said the reason you returned them was you were unhappy. Clearly the reason in this case is that you no longer need them and want to stick the manufacturer and get your money back.
You also said you rotate the lifetime warranty pads from one vehicle, to another, to another. Clearly that's not what the intent of the lifetime warranty was. I expect that it's a lifetime warranty for a SINGLE vehicle...not YOUR lifetime across MANY vehicles....but then again, and I suspect you know that too.
Sounds like you are now justifying what you KNOW to be bad behavior. That's one of my pet peeves.
I've said it before (to others)...if your going to do something that's not kosher, then at least be man enough to admit it to yourself if not others.
Come clean and admit that you are taking advantage of a very liberal warranty policy; that you are in effect, working the system. If you can live with that, then FINE.
If you're going to do it then don't apologize for it, don't rationalize it...don't use weasel words to try to make it sound like you aren't working the system.
The pool analogy fits. If you buy something, use it until you no longer have use for it or want it, and the whole time it serves its purpose without issue, and then you return it for a refund (even if the warranty and refund policy allows), essentially you are taking advantage of a liberal refund policy and warranty. Clearly the manufacturer never intended an extended period of free use for the product under the warrant/return policy...but that is what you are doing, and that is what is done with the pool analogy.
TJR