Re: AutoZone rant
 

So the guy STOLE your check!?!

I'd have a very firm conversation with the manager of that store. They
certainly have a right not to accept your check, but they have no right
to steal it!

Jeff DeWitt

Red Jeep wrote:
> I need to vent and explain why AutoZone just lost me as a customer.
>
> The driver's side headlight on my XJ went out tonight. I stopped by the
> nearest car parts place to pick up a pair of Sylvania SilverStars. The
> closest place turned out to be AutoZone.
>
> 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.
>
> The Checker store just down the road was much nicer to deal with. They took
> my check and AutoZone's loss with be Checker's gain.
>
> BTW, the SilverStars are a big improvement over stock halogen headlights!

Re: AutoZone rant
 

Most of the time I prefer to use my debit card for purchases over $50 and
cash for anything less. If I had planned to buy lights, I would have hit
the cash machine before leaving work. I didn't plan on having the headlight
go out on me tonight...

My father always said, "Don't get so mad you spend your own money." Maybe
by tomorrow I will have cooled down enough to call AZ and talk to a
manager. Otherwise I will pay the stop payment fee and figure it was a
cheap lesson.

Re: AutoZone rant
 

Most of the time I prefer to use my debit card for purchases over $50 and
cash for anything less. If I had planned to buy lights, I would have hit
the cash machine before leaving work. I didn't plan on having the headlight
go out on me tonight...

My father always said, "Don't get so mad you spend your own money." Maybe
by tomorrow I will have cooled down enough to call AZ and talk to a
manager. Otherwise I will pay the stop payment fee and figure it was a
cheap lesson.

Re: AutoZone rant
 

Most of the time I prefer to use my debit card for purchases over $50 and
cash for anything less. If I had planned to buy lights, I would have hit
the cash machine before leaving work. I didn't plan on having the headlight
go out on me tonight...

My father always said, "Don't get so mad you spend your own money." Maybe
by tomorrow I will have cooled down enough to call AZ and talk to a
manager. Otherwise I will pay the stop payment fee and figure it was a
cheap lesson.

Re: AutoZone rant
 

"Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4582143f$0$22185$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> So the guy STOLE your check!?!
>
> I'd have a very firm conversation with the manager of that store. They
> certainly have a right not to accept your check, but they have no right to
> steal it!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I agree with Jeff.
I would have made enough of an issue that the manager would have been
contacted if he were off site or I would have called the Police myself.
They had no business keeping your check.

The first time this happened to me, i was taken back a little, especially
when they handed me my check back after running the EFT. It was pretty
unsettling but now I only write about one check every three months. I don't
miss it a bit.

You seriously should have gotten your check back. I'd keep an eye on your
account to be sure the transaction didn't go through anyway. It just seems
like the sales person didn't know what he/she was doing. Maybe your boot up
their ass would have snapped them out of it.

Kate
(Cranky old Irish woman)

Re: AutoZone rant
 

"Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4582143f$0$22185$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> So the guy STOLE your check!?!
>
> I'd have a very firm conversation with the manager of that store. They
> certainly have a right not to accept your check, but they have no right to
> steal it!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I agree with Jeff.
I would have made enough of an issue that the manager would have been
contacted if he were off site or I would have called the Police myself.
They had no business keeping your check.

The first time this happened to me, i was taken back a little, especially
when they handed me my check back after running the EFT. It was pretty
unsettling but now I only write about one check every three months. I don't
miss it a bit.

You seriously should have gotten your check back. I'd keep an eye on your
account to be sure the transaction didn't go through anyway. It just seems
like the sales person didn't know what he/she was doing. Maybe your boot up
their ass would have snapped them out of it.

Kate
(Cranky old Irish woman)

Re: AutoZone rant
 

"Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4582143f$0$22185$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> So the guy STOLE your check!?!
>
> I'd have a very firm conversation with the manager of that store. They
> certainly have a right not to accept your check, but they have no right to
> steal it!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I agree with Jeff.
I would have made enough of an issue that the manager would have been
contacted if he were off site or I would have called the Police myself.
They had no business keeping your check.

The first time this happened to me, i was taken back a little, especially
when they handed me my check back after running the EFT. It was pretty
unsettling but now I only write about one check every three months. I don't
miss it a bit.

You seriously should have gotten your check back. I'd keep an eye on your
account to be sure the transaction didn't go through anyway. It just seems
like the sales person didn't know what he/she was doing. Maybe your boot up
their ass would have snapped them out of it.

Kate
(Cranky old Irish woman)

Re: AutoZone rant
 

Kate wrote:

> Maybe your boot up their ass would have snapped them out of it.
>
> Kate
> (Cranky old Irish woman)

Please run for President of the United States in 2008.

Please?

Re: AutoZone rant
 

Kate wrote:

> Maybe your boot up their ass would have snapped them out of it.
>
> Kate
> (Cranky old Irish woman)

Please run for President of the United States in 2008.

Please?

Re: AutoZone rant
 

Kate wrote:

> Maybe your boot up their ass would have snapped them out of it.
>
> Kate
> (Cranky old Irish woman)

Please run for President of the United States in 2008.

Please?