well, i bought these months ago. a 20 pack to last u a bit longer, right? wrong! trying to make a long story short; my smart tv remote control freaked out big time. i mean doing crazy stuff entering stuff when i wasn't even touching it, so on, then NOTHING! dead. no sensor light, no working, nada. so, i open my handy dandy 20 pack of these pkcell AAA batteries, pull out 2 put them in my remote & nothing. still dead. so, i think maybe something is wrong w/1 or both of them, the batteries, though they are still BRAND NEW! i pull out another 2, try again. then another 2, try again. no dice, no working remote. this remote is the ONLY way i can USE my smart tv options, put on youtube, peacock, hulu, disney, netflix, the works, right?
OR even to use my samsung tv or my dvd player, w/out it i'm screwed. my cable remote i programmed to my tv won't do it! it almost will, but not the whole way. so, i figure the Samsung remote control is dead. it got slightly wet a few times (knocked over water nearby), maybe that's it, though i totally dried it out & did everything necessary for it.
so, i buy a new remote but have to wait like 5-6 days w/NO tv options, no smart tv anything & i was midway through some films, etc. i do NOT like viewing stuff like that on my laptop or kindle or smart phone. nope. do not enjoy that. quick videos or info, fine but watch something, nope not interested.
i get the new remote finally, am thrilled. pop in 2 of the still unused brand new (w/no expiration dates either) PKCELL AAA 20 pack batteries and nothing!! new remote dead too! NOOOOOOOO!!
FINALLY, it occurs to me "hey wait a second, could it BE the batteries? though they are still basically brand new, in the packaging, the whole supposed to be trustworthy deal. not batteries that were laying w/the others maybe good or not. luckily shortly after i had purchased the PKCELL batteries, i had forgotten i had them & purchased another brand w/a large amount as well. thank God i DID! though i woulda went thru hell & high water to get myself some other new AAA's pronto! i put in the other brand-new batteries & guess what?? the new remote works!! hallelujah! then i'm like wait a second here & put them in my OLD remote & guess what? it works!! the remote was NEVER DEAD! the damned batteries are bad, old, fake, used, whatever. UNBELIEVABLE. so, i went w/out TV all of my platforms, apps whatever ALL those days. 6 days? more. i know big whoop, right? what a hardship! but movies, etc. are 1 of the only ways that i can relax & unwind these days after working non-stop & stressing. AND on top of the stress & BS i had to go thru, deal w/& c'mon don't we all have enough stress in our lives? i do!
on top of that, the cost of the batteries, bought a NEW remote then had to go thru ages of trying this that, etc. THEN call walmart & spend 40 min on the phone reporting it to get a refund (it's TOO LATE u have 3 mos max. it was 5. who gets batteries takes them all out & tests each when u get them? not i!
LAME LAME LAME. literally & figuratively!
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