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stay away
On mar 13 i went to autozone to buy parts. when i pulled into the parking lot 2 autozone tractor trailors were unloading and half the parking spaces were taken up. the remaining spots were full except for one. a pickup was trying to exit coming toward me . ihad to back into this nspot to let him out/ as i very slowly backed into the spot expecting the curb to stop me, i felt a thud and had hit the lite pole base and dented my rear bumper. i have tried to reach the area manager to file a claim because the lite pole base is too close the parking curb. any other vehicle would hit the pole base. i talked to the manager of the store and he referred me to the area manager. i called hime several times and have yet to talk to him to get this matter resolved. thi is gross neglect on autozones part. there are no warnings or postings not to use the spot.
employee practices
Recently recieved my mid-year review, My Manager told me that he had been instructed to change it frome a meets requirements to not meeting them by the DM. The evaluation basically stated that after over 25 years of experience, I did not know how to do my job or have the knowledge and ability to do my job. Basically, I am being set up to be the fall guy for a bad business enviroment.
The area I service is having a slow time as far as car repair is concerned, but the powers that be do not want to hear facts. they only want to require a 30% growth from the year before. I will not go quietly into the night.
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Same thing happened to me AutoZone no matter what it takes whether it be falsifying documentation, overwhelming the person with work and denying that anything was accomplished, or arbitrarily changing your evaluation to "Does not meet expectations" AutoZone has implemented a version of the GE policy Get rid of 10% of your workforce every year.
did not accept my return with a receipt
I went to autozone and bought a car jack from a location in pelam, al. When I made it home about 100 miles away in prattvile, al, I realized that the jack was too small. When I went to the autozone in prattville, the store manager told me that his store wasn't accepting returns not bought at his store. He suggested that I drive 200 miles to and from the pelam autozone to get my refund. I thought that autozone was a franchise where a person could return unused items with a receipt, but obvisiously they have very poor customer service. Now i'm basically stuck with a car jack that I don't even need. I even call the se regional autozone customer service (District manager's office) to dispute the problem and his receptionist assured me that he would give me a call in which he never did. Again poor customer service. I was wondering if I had bought the jack from oriley or walmart would i've been able to return an unused item-with receipt... Yes I could at any of their locations. Autozone suck. I seriously recommend not shopping at autozone.
I buy Timken bearings at Autozone, but nothing else from them. I wish O'riley's carried Timken.
refused refund and employee customer service stinks
About six months ago I bought 2 batteries and paid core deposit of 12.00 each. laid the receipt on dash and took the cores back for refund and was refused a refund because of the receipt being unreadable(ink faded from sun)Talked with manager of store and was not given any refund even though
the employee I purchased from verfied the purchase...I was pissed.
on saturday march 12/11 I again purchased a electric motor replacement for
my Caddy...took it to mechanic he said it was not the motor but the master
switch...took it back to store 20 minutes after purchase with receipt and
boxed motor..would not refund said once taken out of store there was no reutrn...The motor was about 70.00 was going to buy a master switch for 125.00 and pay the difference...the employee was acusing me of trying to pull a fast one...well...I am sending my "rewards card" back and telling them where to put it...I really think the Autozone store in Springfield Missouri on Chestnut expressway west...employees could use a "customer service 101 course" well folks they have seen the last of me...they try
to screw U...They are not out to "win friends" and "make happy customers"
I ended up getting the things I needed from "O Reily auto" who were very courtous and understanding...from no on they get my business...of course Auto Zone could care less according to their personall at the store...
where not to work
I just quit AZ tonight - I feel so free being out of there. They treat the employees like crap. They always preach to you to "push" products - thats bull! if sales are down - well, they do not want to hear why...what ever answer you have...its WRONG! they also have a points system - another stupid program that gives you points for calling off etc. (childish). This is 2011...they are still using their old computer program that uses a black and green screen! Also, they never want you to say NO to a customer about finding a part - but how can you find parts outside AZ...you have NO internet ability.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
As a PSM at AutoZone, this is how we are evaluated on job performance.
don't expect decent online service
I needed parts for my VW and after calling around for the parts all of them would have to be ordered. I figured that if I had to order them then why not try Autozone online. Very Bad Idea! The web page states that the order ships in 2 business days. So I placed my order on Sunday, no instant email confirmation didn't worry me that much. Monday morning no email, finally got one by close of business Monday, tracking number is pending at that time. I waited expecting a tracking number by Wednesday, that's two business days to me. So I waited until Thursday before I called inquiring about my order, to get a useless automated system and inept customer rep who basically said that it was "processing" and then hung up. I didn't get a tracking number until late after 3pm Friday. The tracking number said that it was due in on the following Friday. That would mean almost 2wks for my order to come in! I was not pleased! Thankfully Fedex was fast and it came in on Wednesday. The shipping box was packaged well but one of the parts box's was crushed luckily the part seemed ok. The other parts were wrong, kinda hard to mess things up when there is only one option according to the web page. The best part was when I went to the store to try and get the correct parts. The store attendant said I had to ship it back to the distributor. I luckily had all the packing paperwork which says exactly what the return procedure is. To upset me even further the attendant couldn't be bothered to see if there was just a glitch or something and check other years to try and find the correct part! What happened to decent customer service, its getting to the point were its not worth it to deal with Autozone's BS!
By the way there also was an Autozone web page deal for free two day shipping. Well the two day shipping is bogus the fine print reads that you are charged almost $80 a month for the service, so pass on that.
I agree that Auto Zone on line service is horrible. Made the mistake of falling for the two day order gimmick only to find that after 4 days the part was not in stock and Auto Zone made no attempt to contact me. After dealing with 6 different people on the phone from Memphis Call Center I found that none of these people were educated enough or had any customer service skills to resolve the problem. When asking to speak with the supervisor, she was unable to speak English to the point that she was understandable. When asking how to contact Corporate none of those involved would give a straight answer. It is clear that Auto Zone has gone the cheap route in hiring employees and failing to have a system with checks and balances. As a result the customer receives sub standard service or no service at all. If you value your time and your dollars in this tough economy, I would strong urge you to go locally as the on line service that Auto Zone offers is the worst I have ever experienced. NOTE TO CORPORATE: start to listen to your recorded line and see how these employees treat your customers.
I've had the same experience with the on line ordering. If you've ever ordered from Amazon and are used to proper notification of your order progress, their system will certainly disappoint you. It really not much different in the stores. I recently purchased items there and bought a suggested item at the cash register. The clerk immediately left the register and marked the item on a sheet posted near the register. I guess they get points for selling the items. One would think that electronic systems could do that without having to manually log the item. It's an indication of the level of sophistication of their systems.
charges for bulb grease w/o asking
I bought a pack of flasher bulbs and the employee scanned a pack of "bulb grease" without asking me. That was $1.29 for nothing. Be very careful when checking out at AutoZone.
My understanding is that AutoZone requires its employees to sell bulb grease with every light bulb sale, chemically treated washers with batteries, anti seize grease with spark plugs, etc. It is one thing to recommend a product, but quite another to simply scan it without asking.
I sent an email to AutoZone, but have not received a reply.
This was at the Kingsport, TN AutoZone on East Stone Drive.
accused of stealing my battery i was getting charged
on jan. 28th i took my battery into autozone store #5788 and i was just getting a charge, i was told to come back in 1 hour and it will be charged. i came back to the store 1 hour later with the friend who took me there 1 hour earlier and i was getting my battery and i asked the clerk who had taken my battery 1 hour earlier. i asked him, do i need any papers or do i need to talk to someone before i leave the store? he told me no and it was all taken care of. as i walked to the door, the manager yelled out stop you are stealing that battery. i looked around because i thought someone was stealing and then i noticed that the manager was approaching me, saying that you are stealing the battery, i told him i was not stealing the battery and i was getting a charge, but he called me a lie and said no i was stealing it. so i put the battery down and started to explain what was going on. but he did not want to hear anything i was saying. so he picked up my battery and started to look at it turning it around and looking at it closely. i then told him if i was stealing i would not have stopped after being so close to the door. i believe we all should boycott autozone. i have done business with this company for 20 years and this is the way they treat their customers. if you have been wrong by autozone and would like to get your story heard. email me at [protected]@sbcglobal.net and i will put you on my radio show that i do from moon-fri
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atrocious employee treatment.
I had the misfortune of being employed at AutoZone for about a year. Because I did not perform due diligence on the company, its employees and their well documented complaints from both sides of the parts counter, I got what I deserved. After speaking with countless current & former employees from other areas of the country, it's painfully evident that it...
Read full review of AutoZone and 5 commentswrongful demotion
I have been working at autozone for about a year now as a full time manager with awesome complements from customers... I am 23 and a single mother. Anyone with kids knows how hard it is to find a babysitter for nights and weekends. IMPOSSIBLE! I have no family in the area to help me with child care. Well the DM and store manager walk in and tell me because of my availability they want me to step down from a full time manager to a part time manager. With no guarantee of hours and a possible pay cut. Apparently company policy states that i have to be available for all shifts. What part of single mother do they not get! They also asked me to write down my availability. So I did. The store manager told me that I needed to add more in my statement. He told me that i needed to add that I am stepping down down from a ftpsm to a ptpsm. Was I born yesterday... NO! I do not in any way agree with this so im not about to make it sound like this is my decision like he wanted. I said I (not putting name out there) was ASKED to step down from a ftpsm to a ptpsm. Of course hind site is 20-20 and i realized I should have put FORCED in place of asked. Later I asked my store manager to give me a copy of why they are demoting me and where in the policy it justifies their cause. He snuck off and called my DM and came back to me and said "I do not have to give you anything in writing". Anyways it gets more interesting... There was talk about a certain some one getting promoted to Assistant Manager... well that ticked alot of people off cause that certain someone does not pull his wait what so ever. HE does not care about the customers or their needs. And he is a pain to work with. Funny thing is the same day they demoted me and cut my pay, they promoted him and gave him a raise! Everyone in my store is heated over the way they are treating me and especially the promotion of someone only because he kisses butt and the store manager and him have history working together at another company in the past. If they looked at his job performance compared to mine there is no way any store manager would promote him verses me. But its a GUYS job right? WRONG! Most of this action towards me stems from me not finding a babysitter for Christmas eve. And that certain some ones promotion stems from favoritism. I just wounder if my demotion and pay cut was to cover that certain someones promotion and raise! I loved my job and now I dred going into work. I dred the hours cause I know I really have to be on top of my game because I feel like I am being critisized on everything I do. I feel like they are just looking for a reason to fire me.
Explain why they hired another full time manager who is not available to work all shifts because of school? whats the difference? NONE!
who do you think you are to tell me when i can have a child? at least I go out there everyday and work my butt off to support my child instead of sitting on my ### to let the state ( your tax money) pay for everything! Instead I put up with judgmental people (like yourself) and chauvinist pigs all day!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I feel for you. But being employed even part time is an Privilege these days. Being a Single Mom or Dad is hard. But we do what we have to Do. So many companies are having to Downsize or offer Demotions in order to keep the valuable and productive Employees.
Personally I would keep my job and look for another at the same time, one that will work around your Babysitting issues.
AZ is only closed 2 days a year, Christmas is one. Thanksgiving the other. You as a Manager or PSM are expected to Work or be available for work, all hours that the store is open. YOU ARE IN CHARGE and Responsible for that Store.
What I find weird is that you ( If Store Mgr ) make the Schedules and did not make it so that you could have Christmas Eve off, well ahead of time. Babysitter problem or not, you have options, Other Managers or PSM's you could have called and asked if they could take your shift.
Just realize that there are so many others out there that are willing to have your Job, Any job and Sacrifice to get a paycheck at all.
Retail is not a Mans Job, Auto Parts is Not a Mans job. Management is not a Mans Job. It's a JOB.
And depending on State or Company, always document, Document, , DOCUMENT. Even Corporate can lose their Jobs, Be Replaced and end up with un~employment or Nothing.
*NOTE * I've seen the scott.koch guy before, you may wish to contact him, but he is very busy and rarely gets much done in a speedy manner, it's usually just sent to a RM or a DM and HR then it gets " Lost " or there are no " records " to validate your Complaint, Name Store # all just gets shuffled around. By that time you are still complaining and wondering why you don't have a JOB ?
Take care. Wish you the Best
The law states that if you are doing the same job and responsibility and Autozone or any company changes your compensation you can quit on the spot and collect unemployment. They can fight it all they want but they will lose. Words of experience Good Luck
There is a possibility then that your performance or credentials were not very good. Usually people are not very critical of their own performance.
This is the bottom line. They knew her situation before she was promoted, it was going to be a problem then she should have never been given the position.
So many good comments here!
I understand that you are in a difficult time in your life. Being a single mother is no easy task in ANY way. But you have to understand that no job is required to work around your personal schedule, and they should not be punished for your own personal issues. An open schedule is a valuable trait among employees, and with the job market as it is today, this trait is a competitive one. Maybe they have decided that you can no longer cover the work load that they wish to pursue? Maybe it is cheaper for them to promote someone with a wider schedule? I'm sorry that this is happening to you, but unless you can acheive a more open schedule, you will be open to this type of change.
Please contact me at the AutoZone Corporate office, I need a little more information to look into this issue. scott.koch@autozone.com or call [protected].
motorcycle battery
i bought a battery last year for my ninja 600 less than a year battery is no good dead cell go back to autozone and get a bad attitude for the girl at the counter she treated me like i was cought stealing from the store then tells me theres only a three month warraty on the battery what a joke ! last time i buy anything from autozone period nothing never again . napa here i come
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customer service nightmare
Anyone who has worked in a service related industry could rattle off a long list of DOs and DON'Ts as it pertains to providing good customer service. Customer service is one of the most important aspects of sales. It is one thing to make a sale once, but if a company wishes to continue in business year after year, how it handles customer service makes the difference in longevity and profitability. As any sales person should know, it is easier (and generally costs less internally) to sell another item to an existing customer than to continually spend the money and put for the efforts to find new prospects to turn into sales. The fact is, it costs a business much less to keep a customer than to make a new customer. This is why customer service is important. In theory, if a business provides good customer service to a customer, the customer will continue to purchase from that company. Therefore, a large portion of a company's business usually comes from repeat customers, and in general a smaller portion comes from new customers who are then converted into long-term customers. Businesses who do not understand this concept, and who provide poor customer service, will find that their profits dwindle. AutoZone is an example of a retailer that has seen a loss over time due to their inability to provide good customer service. "Operating in a mature and fragmented marketplace, AutoZone’s growth has been largely dependent upon increases in store count rather than its same store sales which have been lagging over the past 5 years" according to Wikinvest (whose stock information is sponsored and provided by E-Trade). While still the largest player in the industry, O'Reilly Automotive is quickly gaining ground, most likely due largely in part to the service one receives at O'Reilly's.
Inputting the phrase "AutoZone customer service" into google.com brings up about 5, 650 results with pages upon pages of links, the largest portion negative comments. In fact, their customer service rating on Customer Service Board is a 66.87 out of 200 points possible. While putting in the phrase of "O'Reilly Auto Parts customer service" warrants only about 463, 000 results, with a large portion being positive experiences. The service, level of expertise, warranty backing, and overall commitment of O'Reilly's has given this company the momentum to be ranked as one of the best retail service providers in the auto parts business. Go ahead, do the goggle search yourself and check out the feedback you read, by and far you will see the majority of the AutoZone links to be negative, while the majority for their competitor remain extremely positive.
Personally, I have been an AutoZone customer for more than 15 years. In general, most every car I have ever owned as been a lemon, thus I have spend a good portion of time and money buying parts at the local AutoZone through out that span of time. Finally reaching the age where I can buy a reliable car, and one that doesn't need repairs, I kept my loyalty for the company that has taken care of me over the years...AutoZone. That is, until now. In one horrific customer service nightmare of a move, AutoZone, whom I have relied on and been loyal to for years upon years, lost my business...FOREVER! I am sharing my experience here because I want people to fully understand the magnitude that poor (albeit in this case it was worse than that) customer service can have on a company. Sub-par customer service can be the catalyst that literally creates the ripple that starts the wave, which eventually becomes the tsunami that wipes a company out. AutoZone, consider this your storm warning...the wave is coming.
At the age of 36, I have finally graduated the stage of getting a car that I DON'T have to work on (at least for a while). However, with a new snazzy car (love my PT Cruise) I decided that while I didn't have to invest the money in "fixing" the car, I could instead "invest in pimping out my ride" instead. I first stopped in at O'Reilly's Auto Parts, only because it was literally next door to the grocery store I had just left. I was on the hunt for Supergirl accessories for my ride. O'Reilly's had Supergirl floor mats for the (front seat), key chain, and decal, which I purchased. While checking out, I mentioned that that I had been initially looking for Supergirl seat covers and matching back mats. The man immediately offered to special order me the items, and mentioned a few more other Supergirl items he had already in stock. I told him that it was okay, I usually shopped at AutoZone anyway and I wanted to check and see what Supergirl items they had in stock to purchase before I special ordered items. I even added, "Besides, I can just order the items there if they don't have them either." The gentleman at the counter simply smiled, thanked me for my business, and invited me to come back and shop anytime. I spent roughly $25 there before I left, driving a to the west side of the city, AutoZone bound.
When I arrived at AutoZone I went directly to the car accessories, after all, I know how to navigate around the store well...I should as many times as I have been there! They didn't have any Supergirl items in stock, but they did have a catalog on the aisle that I glanced through and found the items I needed to order. In addition, I found a fuzzy pink steering wheel cover that I simply had to have. I grabbed it and the catalog and headed to the counter. Joe, the assistant manager, and another younger fellow helped me. The younger fellow didn't know how to special order items, so Joe walked him through the process. The young man informed me that my custom ordered car seat covers and backseat mats would be in within two days since they had to order them from the manufacturer, but since they were coming direct from the manufacturer I had to go ahead and pay for them in advance. I did, but while I was checking out I mentioned a heater core that I had purchased there about 3 months ago that I had never taken out of the box. I told Joe that I didn't have a receipt since it wasn't provided to me at the time of purchase (I had purchased it over the telephone) and I wasn't given one when I picked the product up either. Joe told me not to worry about it that I was a good customer and to just bring the product (still sealed in the box) back and that worst-case scenario I would only be given in-store credit. In addition, he told me to check my bank statement that had the transaction recorded on my card and that he would most likely be able to trace the transaction back that way if I wanted to get cash back instead. Joe did go ahead and check my account on the computer, I apparently have a few of them since they reference them with your phone number rather than directly by name and I have had many phone numbers over the last 15 years. He said the transaction wasn't tied to my accounts but that I was a good customer and he would take care of it...no problem. I left the store very excited about the prospect of having my new car "Supergirl'd out" before the upcoming weekend's end.
When Saturday came, I gleefully took my receipt, credit card, and heater core in its sealed boxed to the local AutoZone. A man who didn’t know how to look anything up on the system waited on me first. He apologized for his lack of computer knowledge, explaining to me that he was an AutoZone delivery driver normally. He went and got another young man who was able to look on the system to see my order. The young man went to the back to get my items but came back a few minutes later empty handed. He then grabbed another AutoZone associate (the young man who had actually placed the special order) who then checked the computer and went to the back to find my items. This associate too came back empty handed. Apparently, my order had not come in on the day promised, but he assured me that someone would call when it did arrive. While I was somewhat disappointed, I have ordered enough items from AutoZone to know that this is often times the case and that most likely my stuff would arrive by Monday or Tuesday. I told the associate that I would like to go ahead and return the heater core while I was there. He looked at me and said, "Joe isn't here. He is at lunch. I don't suppose you would like to wait about 30 more minutes for him to return, would you?" I told him that I had a lot of things to get done and would prefer it if I didn't have to wait. He went to the back to get the store manager.
The store manager, Robert, came to the counter. He was probably 6 foot tall and I am guessing about 400 lbs. He looked inconvenienced from the get-go, but did ask what he could help me with. I explained the situation, and gave him the information from my bank statement that even included the store's number, which is store # 0522, the total amount including tax spent for the part, and the date the transaction went through my bank account. The manager told me upfront he probably couldn't do anything but that he would go back and research it. I stood at the counter for 20 minutes. While I couldn't see the manager, I could hear him laughing, cutting up with employees, and in general taking his time as though my time held no value. Eventually Robert came back to the counter and informed me that he couldn't trace the transaction as one that came from "his" store. I pointed to the store number and asked him if that number was for the location we were at. He agreed it was. I showed him the unopened box with the part inside and the side of the box clearly had an AutoZone tag on it, with a tracking number, part number, and many other items of reference that I am sure meant something to him. He wrote down some number off the box and headed to the back once again.
Robert came back a few minutes later and informed me that there is no way I got that part from "his" store because the only one of those particular heater cores that was sold at his store was sold in November. Was this man calling me a liar? It sure did seem like he was calling me out as being up to something underhanded. I then recounted the entire experience. Telling him how I had ordered over the phone, he then wanted to know the name of the associate I had spoken to as though I was going to remember that from 3 months ago. He then questioned why the ordered wasn't attributed to my account. I informed him I hadn't a clue, and how did I have control over that...wasn't that his associates' job to ensure that he tied an order to my phone number not my job as the customer? I explained again how I had ordered the part over the phone and how the man on the other end of the line told me it would be in for me to pick up within two days. I gave him my credit card over the phone since it wasn't being ordered and wasn't in stock...see a pattern here about what they DON'T have in stock (basically anything that I need it appears). I had gone to the store to pick it up two days later, however the part hadn't come in yet. A week or so later I came back to pick the part up only to find that someone had shipped it back since I didn't pick it up in a timely manner. They then reordered it to return back to the store (note they never refunded me even after they sent it back, but claimed they didn't have the stock room to continue to hold it in the store for me even though it was paid for). Once the part was back in the store, I picked it up. After all that, I ended up not even needing the part as once my mechanic tore into the car, we realized it wasn't the heater core that had been leaking into the front passenger floorboard but another issue entirely. When I finally finished recounting the details, the manager simply looked at me and shrugging his shoulders he said, "Well, why do you keep coming to us for things if we keep messing up your orders?"
It was then that I realized he had a point. I told him I would take care of the issue myself and asked him for the District Manager's number and the number for AutoZone Headquarters’ (which he didn't give me but instead gave me a cell phone number that ended in 0427 claiming it was the number I asked for). I asked him to look up my accounts so that I could have the numbers of how much money I had spent at the store in the past. He informed me I could have the district manager look that information up and that he had already spent more time working on my account than it was worth. I then told him that he could go ahead and credit me back for the special order that I had made since it wasn't in anyway. He asked for my receipt, which I immediately handed him. He did whatever he needed to do in the system and then informed me all that I needed to do was "click OKAY" on the credit card machine and the money would be credited back onto my bankcard. I told him that I wanted to look at my receipt first to ensure that he didn't leave an item off. This apparently upset the manager who was clearly at a loss for patience with me by this point. He reiterated that I simply needed to "click OKAY". I told him as soon as I checked my receipt that I would. He added that there was no need to check my receipt that the tax wouldn't show up until after I clicked on okay. I told him that was fine, but I was still checking my receipt first and then I would click on okay. He simply couldn't allow me the time to do the math I guess, because the man actually took the credit card plastic pointer pen and started reaching over the counter to "click OKAY" for me. He asked him to stop, "let me do my math and I will click it!" He was persistent, still trying to click the virtual button on my behalf, disregarding my asking him to give me a moment to look over the receipt. I finally put my hand where he couldn't touch the credit card machine and asked him (very firmly) to stop it and give me a chance to look over my receipt. He was still trying to get around my hand to "click OKAY", so I finally grabbed the plastic pointer pen from him. In the process, my hand slightly touched his thumb, lightly touching him as I reached for the pen. The manager lost it from there.
Robert started yelling...I mean loudly. "YOU HIT ME!” He screamed over and over. I was flabbergasted. "Are you serious?” I asked with blatant sarcasm. I looked around and everyone in the store was now staring at us, who knows if they had been before or not. "YOU HIT ME! YOU HIT ME! I AM CALLING THE POLICE AND MAKING A REPORT AGAINST YOU!" The manager is screaming at this point. Spit is flying from his mouth; he is practically foaming. I didn't yell, though my voice got firmer as I said to him, "You are really that worried about having to deal with a little girl that you are going to pull this?" "YOU HIT ME!” He interjected again. I looked the man dead panned in the eyes and said, "Mister, if I had you, I assure you that you would know it. Everyone would know it." He then started jumping up and down, pointing his finger at me, and spitting as he exclaimed, "THAT IS A THREAT! YOU ARE THREATENING ME! I AM CALLING 911!" He started reaching for the phone to dial, and I looked at him and informed him that I was leaving, never coming back, and he lost a lot of money based on his behavior. I informed him I was never coming back, which of course he informed me I was never welcome back so that wasn't a problem.
This is an example of how NOT to treat a customer. There are so many other, more productive, ways that this manager could have handled the situation. He certainly didn't need to infer that I was lying. Next he could have been very apologetic about the situation explaining that it was out of his hands and given me a number to call, thus wiping his hands of the situation but in a professional manner. There are truly a number of ways he could have handled it that would not have escalated the situation to such a point. In no way, shape, or form, however should the manager have attempted to complete any transaction on my credit card on my behalf without my permission, and this includes “clicking OKAY”. Nor should he have caused a seen, claiming to be hit when he wasn't, and to further that threaten to press charges against a customer on false grounds. This man, Robert, the manager of the Moore, Ok AutoZone should not be allowed to work with the public is this is how he handles customer relations as it pertains to issues. I do not know what motivated this man to behave this way, or to pull such an underhanded display of manipulative attention getting stunt. Perhaps it is due to a borderline personality that cannot handle the stress of dealing with the public, or maybe it was his way of trying to discredit my complaint that was surely going to be made this his manager. I do not know, but it doesn't matter at this point because the damage is done.
I made a phone call to my mechanic who has probably spent close to $100, 000 with company. He says they just lost his business. I called several of my best friends and told them the story, again with the same promises that they will NEVER go there again after how I was handled. The fact is, I have never been known as a violent person. NO ONE who knows me would say that I am one to pick a fight, or one who is generally known for creating conflict. I am known as the person who avoids conflict. I do not like to fight, be it with a fist or verbally. People, who know me, know me to be a very honest person. I am the girl who tells on herself because if I didn't the guilt would eat me alive otherwise. I have no record of ever getting in a fight in my entire life, so this man claiming these things really upset me. I take it as a direct insult. The fact that this man made a scene with false allegations and put my reputation, integrity, and my personal professionalism on the line in such a way angers so much more than not receiving a refund could ever have done. No one should be treated the way this man treated me, let alone a customer. I will never darken the doorways of AutoZone again, and if I have anything to do with it, no one I know will without at least hearing my story and making an informed decision to work with a company that allows someone with ZERO interpersonal and customer service skills to manager a portion of a billion dollar enterprise!
O’Reilly’s can thank Robert at AutoZone located on 12th Street in Moore, Oklahoma for their new found customer. It didn’t cost O’Reilly Auto Parts one penny to earn my business or gain me as their newest loyal customer. AutoZone simply handed their 15-year customer over to them on a silver platter…the catalyst, poor customer service!
Don't expect any better treatment from O'Reilly's. They only have fewer complaints because they have fewer stores. I have had a VERY! bad customer service experience with O'Reilly's that reaches all the way to upper management. It will be a very icy day in hell before I grace the doors of another one of their stores. Their warranty policy is they can get more for a warranty part as a rebuild core so they do not send it back to the manufacturer for warranty, so the manufacturer does not even know the part was returned or why it was defective. After paying to replace the clutch in my truck two times, I just bought a factory clutch and installed it myself. O'Reilly's would not even file a warranty claim on the second bad clutch and I never got a response from them until I filed a complaint with the BBB. That changed their attitude a little, but by then it was too little too late, and every statement they made was a lie. I will never by from an aftermarket store again and will only purchase from name brand manufacturers in the future. Do yourself a favor and pay a little extra for better quality and save yourself the customer service headaches that are built in to the "box" stores.
numbers matter, people don't!
First I want to say that thankfully, after the worse employment experience I've had in my 33 years I was blessed with an amazing job making more than twice what autozone was paying me. My wife and I just purchased a new home for ourselves and our beautiful 13 month old and the Autozone nightmare is behind us. But for those who are still living that hell I...
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I just got back from Iraq befor i got back my car was wrecked by a frend. So once I returned home I bought a new car with the money I had made while on deployment. I visited my local Autozone Needing a valvecover gasket for a small leak on my new to me 2002 Isuzu Rodeo. The "AUTOZONER" who helped me had 12 years of experince or so I was told after the...
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August 10th water pump goeas out on my work truck, head to auto zone for new part (Not rebuilt). Installed part and drove 22 miles... Wnew pump starts to leak. Back to auto zone I go. Manager gives me a warranty replacement new pump. Ins... Talled and drove around the block a few times - "ok" until the next day. Drove 70 miles away and on the return trip the water pump blows up... Right through the radiator and damages to othr front end parts. Call for a tow truck and called auto zone to let them know I will be visiting them real soon. Manager says they will cover all parts and tow bill. Wow! That's great. Next day the regional manager puts a stop to it all. Says they need the defective part to be sent to the corporate office to examine. Here we are on november 1st and a $900.00 repair bill and auto zone doesn't give a rip! What I thought was going to be a real outstanding backing of a corportation behind their product, has turned into a joke and a company I will never recommend and actually tell friends, family, car enthusiasts to avoid!
I do, however, recommend motion auto parts (Federated auto parts) for all ther quality parts that are now installed in my truck and running very well! See more
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I received very bad service on two separate occasions in one day at the S. Cobb Dr. Smyrna, GA location by sales person Rodrick Lewis, if target person was wearing the correct name tag. I will never return to this location again. Mr. Lewis antagonized me and initiated a two way argument with me in front of customers and staff upon me only going up to him...
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Auto Zone doesn't care about thier customers. They gave my wife the wrong spark plugs. My wife got them installed and her Envoy runs bad and gets poor gas mileage. The manger of the Auto Zone store said she needed the plugs back with the boxes (which were thrown away) or I have to buy new ones ($35.00) and pay to get them changed again. She also said I would have to put on a claim and maybe get some money back. I am in the military and only her for a week and this claim will take weeks. I cannot take a chance that they will take advantage of my wife again. I will never spend a cent in an Auto Zone again.
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Autozone has a lot of managers in Memphis that harass you because they can get away with it. There is no respect for anyone under the level of Director. Not all of them are bad, but if you are the one being harassed, you can't go to HR or risk being fired. Even when you have evidence of dishonest practices by the Director, you are screwed. If you open your mouth, you are the one who gets the punishment. Someone really should start looking at employee turnover in specific departments. If they would just look a little deeper and ask the right questions, they may just find out what is really going on at headquarters. No one is protected if they are a whistleblower.
What a crappy company.
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You would cry too if you have been harassed like I have. I ended up hitting another employee and I wish I would have smashed his head in with a hammer I feel so much hate and he deserved it. Not hitting him with a hammer is one thing I regret. Is that better?
You are lucky to find a place to work where the people in charge act like grown-ups and do their job. Nearly every place I have worked, someone harasses me and it causes tremendous amounts of stress toward me. When I complain, management and human resources seem threatened and blame me. The thought of having to go work and have to deal with other people makes me cry so now I do work online only. Even if it means I might starve sometimes.
racism
Just thought I'd put this out here. I've overheard upper managment discussing stores in less than desirable neighborhoods (Livingston, 5th Avenue) That operate at a loss most weeks due to shrink.
"We like to think of these as bait stores. We keep them open with substandard goods and help, so the n**gers don't come to our nicer stores and make trouble."
Also, I was told when employed here: If they are black and walk onto the lot they are stealing. (and while this was accurate we had just as many white thieves)
Also: "If they don't speak english and give you a hard time, sell 'em a part. Any part. Just get them out of here and keep the reciept, don't register a warranty and confiscate what they bring back. That oughta teach them."
This is what we were told during a meeting on provindin WOW customer service.
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it has been 15 plus years since i was an asst mgr for autozen i heard about bait stores to. although they didnt use racial slurs but certain stores and personel were held to a different standard than others . ie minimal staff manufacturing reasons get rid of some one if policies were qustioned or not practical. if u werent an ### kisser u were in trouble. they definately had and old boy network no wonder on wikopedia a z is ranked third or forth worst place to work.
product charges and racism
I am very familiar with Autozones code of conduct and sales. I have used them for most of parts being they about the only automotive store in town. I was told by numerous people that worked for autozone that they scan items (WITTDJR)without asking you and ring them up, adding to your total amount. motto is dont ask just scan.
I like to try to save money but how does one go about doing that when these large corporation are feeding off the little people...Also I called the store one day and the store manager answered and asked what I needed.I told her
what I was looking for and she began to do a computer search for my part. She then stated that they carried the part but it was made in Mexico and everything from Mexico is ###.Never in my life have I been so disgusted with a company, from now on I will drive the extra miles and go somewhere that dosent add extra expenses and arent racist pigs... I am from Mexico btw
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first complaint is not one. Autozone trained and pressure employee to these act but never come out and say it. they just keep pounding about witt scores which lead to termination in some cases.
2nd complaint Wow i am speech less. you should report this one to a distrist manager with a follow up. I would not mention about the first complaint
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If that Big Big Truck wasn't there in that parking-lot every week, there wouldn't be any parts in the store for you to buy.
Those light poles have to meet Building and City Ordnance Standards. The Contractors put them where they belong. Not the Auto Zone Company itself .
On another note, Auto Zone does sell Back up Camera's for around $70 and sometimes even have a $20 mail in rebate. If you can dent your bumper backing up at Auto Zone, I'm sure you have a hard time at Wal Mart or Sports Stadium Parking lots too? $50 might be worth the Investment. Or maybe see your Optometrist for new glasses.
I wonder if every light pole in your town has a sign that says " BEWARE, LIGHT POLE BEHIND YOU " ? I also wonder how many times that Light Pole has been Abused and Beaten by Cars ? Poor Thing, it has now chance to move out of your Way.
well said Sampsonite, and learn how to spell [censored]
You are probably lazy and fat and just didn't want to walk over 50 feet to the door. And those dang light pole bases... always to close to the curb. Learn how to drive!