May, 2004:
no longer shining

I suppose that there's no reason to assume that a small keychain flashlight of this sort should still work after ... after I don't know how many years. It doesn't. And I don't know when it did. I never collected keychains (well, that means that there's at least one thing I never collected) and I have no recollection of this particular item. I doubt that it every held any sentimental value for me.

This lifetime guarantee for a flashlight was in the same bag as the flashlight itself, suggesting that the guarantee refers to it. Does the fact that the flashlight is now most probably over 40 years old count as a "mechanical reason" for it no longer working? I doubt that when the Robins Affiliates Corp. promised me "a lifetime of useful service" they actually thought that 40 years later someone might consider returning it for repair or replacement. Even in the States $0.35 would no longer cover handling and mailing. Assuming, of course, that Robins Affiliates still exists.


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