AutoZone rant
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Re: AutoZone rant
You could have taken the poor cat over to your neighborhood
Schroedinger's Kitty Klinic....
Clint proclaimed:
> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a month
> later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>
> Clint
>
> "Greg" <greglc84@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1yUgh.489955$5R2.268502@pd7urf3no...
>
>> I can beat that, my daughter's cell phone bill got up to $600.00,
>> behind in payment, they cut her off last month, yesterday she got a
>> card from them saying preferred custumer, she can get a free box of
>> chocolates.
>>
>> "Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:45836233$0$7003$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>
>>> One of my nephews is a very good musician and last Christmas I got
>>> him a gift certificate from the Guitar Center. Ever since then I've
>>> been getting stuff in the mail from them because I'm one of their
>>> preferred customers.
>>>
>>> If a guy who can only play the radio and bought ONE $25 gift
>>> certificate from them is one of their best customers than they are in
>>> REAL trouble! <G>
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guitar Center is widely derided by most pros because of the
>>>> sales-drones and their attitudes. On the flip side they ususally do
>>>> have the best prices anywhere, but most of the folks that work there
>>>> are clueless. Imagine a large group of rock musicians providing
>>>> customer service...
>>>>
>>>> "JimG" <JimG@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:h4ogh.7533$Ka1.5937@news01.roc.ny...
>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand that analogy... Are you saying they don't play
>>>>> your tune?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Matt Macchiarolo" wrote in message...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Auto Zone is like the Guitar Center of auto parts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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Re: AutoZone rant
You could have taken the poor cat over to your neighborhood
Schroedinger's Kitty Klinic....
Clint proclaimed:
> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a month
> later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>
> Clint
>
> "Greg" <greglc84@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1yUgh.489955$5R2.268502@pd7urf3no...
>
>> I can beat that, my daughter's cell phone bill got up to $600.00,
>> behind in payment, they cut her off last month, yesterday she got a
>> card from them saying preferred custumer, she can get a free box of
>> chocolates.
>>
>> "Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:45836233$0$7003$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>
>>> One of my nephews is a very good musician and last Christmas I got
>>> him a gift certificate from the Guitar Center. Ever since then I've
>>> been getting stuff in the mail from them because I'm one of their
>>> preferred customers.
>>>
>>> If a guy who can only play the radio and bought ONE $25 gift
>>> certificate from them is one of their best customers than they are in
>>> REAL trouble! <G>
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guitar Center is widely derided by most pros because of the
>>>> sales-drones and their attitudes. On the flip side they ususally do
>>>> have the best prices anywhere, but most of the folks that work there
>>>> are clueless. Imagine a large group of rock musicians providing
>>>> customer service...
>>>>
>>>> "JimG" <JimG@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:h4ogh.7533$Ka1.5937@news01.roc.ny...
>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand that analogy... Are you saying they don't play
>>>>> your tune?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Matt Macchiarolo" wrote in message...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Auto Zone is like the Guitar Center of auto parts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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Re: AutoZone rant
You could have taken the poor cat over to your neighborhood
Schroedinger's Kitty Klinic....
Clint proclaimed:
> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a month
> later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>
> Clint
>
> "Greg" <greglc84@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1yUgh.489955$5R2.268502@pd7urf3no...
>
>> I can beat that, my daughter's cell phone bill got up to $600.00,
>> behind in payment, they cut her off last month, yesterday she got a
>> card from them saying preferred custumer, she can get a free box of
>> chocolates.
>>
>> "Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:45836233$0$7003$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>
>>> One of my nephews is a very good musician and last Christmas I got
>>> him a gift certificate from the Guitar Center. Ever since then I've
>>> been getting stuff in the mail from them because I'm one of their
>>> preferred customers.
>>>
>>> If a guy who can only play the radio and bought ONE $25 gift
>>> certificate from them is one of their best customers than they are in
>>> REAL trouble! <G>
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guitar Center is widely derided by most pros because of the
>>>> sales-drones and their attitudes. On the flip side they ususally do
>>>> have the best prices anywhere, but most of the folks that work there
>>>> are clueless. Imagine a large group of rock musicians providing
>>>> customer service...
>>>>
>>>> "JimG" <JimG@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:h4ogh.7533$Ka1.5937@news01.roc.ny...
>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand that analogy... Are you saying they don't play
>>>>> your tune?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Matt Macchiarolo" wrote in message...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Auto Zone is like the Guitar Center of auto parts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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Re: AutoZone rant
One of life's little signals you might want to consider moving on is how
the sheer weight of cremation and grave site offers tend to increase as
you pass the mid 60's.
twaldron proclaimed:
> At least it wasn't a funeral home.
>
> tw
>
> Clint wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a
>> month later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
>> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
>> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>>
>> Clint
>
>
>
the sheer weight of cremation and grave site offers tend to increase as
you pass the mid 60's.
twaldron proclaimed:
> At least it wasn't a funeral home.
>
> tw
>
> Clint wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a
>> month later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
>> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
>> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>>
>> Clint
>
>
>
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Re: AutoZone rant
One of life's little signals you might want to consider moving on is how
the sheer weight of cremation and grave site offers tend to increase as
you pass the mid 60's.
twaldron proclaimed:
> At least it wasn't a funeral home.
>
> tw
>
> Clint wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a
>> month later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
>> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
>> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>>
>> Clint
>
>
>
the sheer weight of cremation and grave site offers tend to increase as
you pass the mid 60's.
twaldron proclaimed:
> At least it wasn't a funeral home.
>
> tw
>
> Clint wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a
>> month later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
>> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
>> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>>
>> Clint
>
>
>
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Re: AutoZone rant
One of life's little signals you might want to consider moving on is how
the sheer weight of cremation and grave site offers tend to increase as
you pass the mid 60's.
twaldron proclaimed:
> At least it wasn't a funeral home.
>
> tw
>
> Clint wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a
>> month later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
>> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
>> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>>
>> Clint
>
>
>
the sheer weight of cremation and grave site offers tend to increase as
you pass the mid 60's.
twaldron proclaimed:
> At least it wasn't a funeral home.
>
> tw
>
> Clint wrote:
>
>> Yeah, well, a few years ago, we had to put our cat down. About a
>> month later, we got a nice card from the vet, saying "Thanks for your
>> business, and we hope you'll keep us in mind the next time" sort of
>> message. Thought that was kind of insensitive...
>>
>> Clint
>
>
>
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Re: AutoZone rant
It has been a long time since our money worth anything more than
the paper it's printed on. There was a time when a bill was backed by
gold or silver as these certificates indicate:
http://----------.com/coins.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> You might be thinking of the legend on US paper currency that says that it
> is "legal tender for all debts, public and private." It doesn't require
> the debtee to _accept_ the form of payment, only that it is legally
> acceptable. There's several test cases on this, mostly around people
> making "protest payments" of taxes in the form of barrels of pennies, and
> it has been held that a creditor can refuse accept such payment without
> voiding the debt.
>
> In Billy Ray's example above I'm guessing that the bill-payment outposts
> refuse to handle cash because the other payment forms are much more
> difficult for common folk to steal and easier to account for. My credit
> union refuses to accept large quantities of loose coin for much the same
> reason -- rolled coin is easier to handle and there can be no claim on my
> part that they dropped some and it rolled under the counter before being
> credited to my account.
>
> --
> "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
> whips....r"
> R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.
the paper it's printed on. There was a time when a bill was backed by
gold or silver as these certificates indicate:
http://----------.com/coins.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> You might be thinking of the legend on US paper currency that says that it
> is "legal tender for all debts, public and private." It doesn't require
> the debtee to _accept_ the form of payment, only that it is legally
> acceptable. There's several test cases on this, mostly around people
> making "protest payments" of taxes in the form of barrels of pennies, and
> it has been held that a creditor can refuse accept such payment without
> voiding the debt.
>
> In Billy Ray's example above I'm guessing that the bill-payment outposts
> refuse to handle cash because the other payment forms are much more
> difficult for common folk to steal and easier to account for. My credit
> union refuses to accept large quantities of loose coin for much the same
> reason -- rolled coin is easier to handle and there can be no claim on my
> part that they dropped some and it rolled under the counter before being
> credited to my account.
>
> --
> "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
> whips....r"
> R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.
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Re: AutoZone rant
It has been a long time since our money worth anything more than
the paper it's printed on. There was a time when a bill was backed by
gold or silver as these certificates indicate:
http://----------.com/coins.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> You might be thinking of the legend on US paper currency that says that it
> is "legal tender for all debts, public and private." It doesn't require
> the debtee to _accept_ the form of payment, only that it is legally
> acceptable. There's several test cases on this, mostly around people
> making "protest payments" of taxes in the form of barrels of pennies, and
> it has been held that a creditor can refuse accept such payment without
> voiding the debt.
>
> In Billy Ray's example above I'm guessing that the bill-payment outposts
> refuse to handle cash because the other payment forms are much more
> difficult for common folk to steal and easier to account for. My credit
> union refuses to accept large quantities of loose coin for much the same
> reason -- rolled coin is easier to handle and there can be no claim on my
> part that they dropped some and it rolled under the counter before being
> credited to my account.
>
> --
> "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
> whips....r"
> R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.
the paper it's printed on. There was a time when a bill was backed by
gold or silver as these certificates indicate:
http://----------.com/coins.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> You might be thinking of the legend on US paper currency that says that it
> is "legal tender for all debts, public and private." It doesn't require
> the debtee to _accept_ the form of payment, only that it is legally
> acceptable. There's several test cases on this, mostly around people
> making "protest payments" of taxes in the form of barrels of pennies, and
> it has been held that a creditor can refuse accept such payment without
> voiding the debt.
>
> In Billy Ray's example above I'm guessing that the bill-payment outposts
> refuse to handle cash because the other payment forms are much more
> difficult for common folk to steal and easier to account for. My credit
> union refuses to accept large quantities of loose coin for much the same
> reason -- rolled coin is easier to handle and there can be no claim on my
> part that they dropped some and it rolled under the counter before being
> credited to my account.
>
> --
> "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
> whips....r"
> R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.
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Re: AutoZone rant
It has been a long time since our money worth anything more than
the paper it's printed on. There was a time when a bill was backed by
gold or silver as these certificates indicate:
http://----------.com/coins.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> You might be thinking of the legend on US paper currency that says that it
> is "legal tender for all debts, public and private." It doesn't require
> the debtee to _accept_ the form of payment, only that it is legally
> acceptable. There's several test cases on this, mostly around people
> making "protest payments" of taxes in the form of barrels of pennies, and
> it has been held that a creditor can refuse accept such payment without
> voiding the debt.
>
> In Billy Ray's example above I'm guessing that the bill-payment outposts
> refuse to handle cash because the other payment forms are much more
> difficult for common folk to steal and easier to account for. My credit
> union refuses to accept large quantities of loose coin for much the same
> reason -- rolled coin is easier to handle and there can be no claim on my
> part that they dropped some and it rolled under the counter before being
> credited to my account.
>
> --
> "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
> whips....r"
> R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.
the paper it's printed on. There was a time when a bill was backed by
gold or silver as these certificates indicate:
http://----------.com/coins.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> You might be thinking of the legend on US paper currency that says that it
> is "legal tender for all debts, public and private." It doesn't require
> the debtee to _accept_ the form of payment, only that it is legally
> acceptable. There's several test cases on this, mostly around people
> making "protest payments" of taxes in the form of barrels of pennies, and
> it has been held that a creditor can refuse accept such payment without
> voiding the debt.
>
> In Billy Ray's example above I'm guessing that the bill-payment outposts
> refuse to handle cash because the other payment forms are much more
> difficult for common folk to steal and easier to account for. My credit
> union refuses to accept large quantities of loose coin for much the same
> reason -- rolled coin is easier to handle and there can be no claim on my
> part that they dropped some and it rolled under the counter before being
> credited to my account.
>
> --
> "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
> whips....r"
> R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.
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Re: AutoZone rant
> I didn't have $40+ in cash on me, so I decided to write a check. While I
> was writing the check, the sales droid said something about electronics. I
> was busy writing the check and ignored him. He took my check and proceeded
> to demand that I sign another slip of paper allowing them to
electronically
> take the money out of my account immediately. If I had wanted to do that,
I
> would have used my debit card! He refused to give me my check back and
> wouldn't give me a receipt, so I left sans lights. Tomorrow I will be
> stopping payment on that check. I won't be back to AutoZone.
When you write a check you're pulling from your account. You're basically
complaining they wouldn't let you play the float of a day or two. Big deal.
> BTW, the SilverStars are a big improvement over stock halogen headlights!
Yes, I like the ones I put in my WK. I hear they've got a somewhat shorter
lifespan though.
> was writing the check, the sales droid said something about electronics. I
> was busy writing the check and ignored him. He took my check and proceeded
> to demand that I sign another slip of paper allowing them to
electronically
> take the money out of my account immediately. If I had wanted to do that,
I
> would have used my debit card! He refused to give me my check back and
> wouldn't give me a receipt, so I left sans lights. Tomorrow I will be
> stopping payment on that check. I won't be back to AutoZone.
When you write a check you're pulling from your account. You're basically
complaining they wouldn't let you play the float of a day or two. Big deal.
> BTW, the SilverStars are a big improvement over stock halogen headlights!
Yes, I like the ones I put in my WK. I hear they've got a somewhat shorter
lifespan though.