Today I brought my watch to have the battery replaced - I figured that was a simple enough process. After trying Wal-Mart and Target, both of which told me they didn't service digital watches (strange, seeing as Wal-Mart is usually where I bring the watch to replace the battery), I brought it to a small local jeweler and ended up having to pay them eleven dollars just to replace it.
But it doesn't end there. When the jeweler's gave me the watch back, I found out that none of the buttons on the side were functional. Furthermore, part of the seal on the back was hanging out, as if it had been stretched out of proportion. When I mentioned this, they simply told me that their policy didn't say that the watch needed to work, but they gave me a new battery, so I had to pay for it anyway.
Seems like people will do anything for money nowadays, even high-profile places like jewelers' shops. In any case, I bought another (identical) watch off Amazon just now, which should ship within the week.