Re: AutoZone rant
 

Demand that the Auto Zone reimburse you for the stop payment fee if they do
not give your check back. What the clerk did was illegal...keeping your
check without giving you the merchandise. Remind the manager of this.

"Red Jeep" <no@way.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9899D97BBBF5A314568729@69.28.186.121...
>
> 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
 

Demand that the Auto Zone reimburse you for the stop payment fee if they do
not give your check back. What the clerk did was illegal...keeping your
check without giving you the merchandise. Remind the manager of this.

"Red Jeep" <no@way.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9899D97BBBF5A314568729@69.28.186.121...
>
> 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
 

Kate, Irish??? Whood a Thunk!!!


"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
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>
> "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, Irish??? Whood a Thunk!!!


"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:dOogh.1613$DJ4.482@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>
> "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, Irish??? Whood a Thunk!!!


"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:dOogh.1613$DJ4.482@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>
> "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
 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:57qdnbXS3NgXAR_YnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Demand that the Auto Zone reimburse you for the stop payment fee if they
> do not give your check back. What the clerk did was illegal...keeping your
> check without giving you the merchandise. Remind the manager of this.

Or you can remind the local police department.

Re: AutoZone rant
 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:57qdnbXS3NgXAR_YnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Demand that the Auto Zone reimburse you for the stop payment fee if they
> do not give your check back. What the clerk did was illegal...keeping your
> check without giving you the merchandise. Remind the manager of this.

Or you can remind the local police department.

Re: AutoZone rant
 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:57qdnbXS3NgXAR_YnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Demand that the Auto Zone reimburse you for the stop payment fee if they
> do not give your check back. What the clerk did was illegal...keeping your
> check without giving you the merchandise. Remind the manager of this.

Or you can remind the local police department.

Re: AutoZone rant
 

I think I would of picked up the nearest thing worth that check and walked
out, let the cops come, ask the cops how they know it was you, if the cops
says he has your check, then say well how could it be steeling then?

"Red Jeep" <no@way.com> wrote in message
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>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
 

I think I would of picked up the nearest thing worth that check and walked
out, let the cops come, ask the cops how they know it was you, if the cops
says he has your check, then say well how could it be steeling then?

"Red Jeep" <no@way.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9899C93E23DAE314568729@69.28.186.121...
>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!