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Walmart Mechanic Ruined the Inside of My Car
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Rating: 1/51

LINDON, UTAH -- I had a slow leak in my tire and every place around was closed. So I tried Walmart and they were the only place open so I decided to get the flat fixed there. I asked the man working if he would fix my tire and he said sure and that he would call me when it was finished so I could go shop around while I waited. I handed him the keys and then went to go get some shopping done.

Then after about an hour and still no call (and this should have taken 30 minutes tops honestly), I finally went to see what was up and the guy did he just forgot to write down my number (you couldn't just page me? I was in that exact building -_-) and so then I asked if everything went well and if I was OK to take my car home. He then proceeded to tell me how he couldn't replace it because the car was too low and he couldn't get a jack under it, (honestly I could see that being realistic because my car sits extremely low but THEY SELL LOW PROFILE JACKS THAT WOULD FIT IN THE STORE) and so I sighed and said that was alright and asked for my keys.

But then while he was getting them he started telling me about how he heard my car going when he tried driving it up a ramp to get the tire up but it was grinding on the bottom of my car. So he said he tried a few times to see if going faster would help him clear it but he said the sound was only worse each time. Why the hell wouldn't you stop after the first time my car is scraping all of its weight across the bottom!? I didn't say anything and just rolled my eyes and groaned and took my keys and left.

When I got in the car he had adjusted basically everything you can adjust from the seats, to the mirrors, to the temperature and so my car was a wreck when I got in it. I know that's not a huge deal, but what really bugged me was he was absolutely filthy when he got into my car and so it ruined my seats from the oil, my steering wheel was all slimy and sticky, my shift knob (I have it covered with a hacky sack to make it pop just for fun) was completely ruined too and wet because of how much oil was on his hands and he broke the plastic side off my seat that has all the buttons to adjust it.

I had an hour of my time wasted. He scratched the paint off the bottom edges of my car, he ruined the inside of my car, and I didn't even get my tire fixed. I am likely going to try to get reimbursed for the damages caused to the bottom and insides (mostly the seat but the whole thing needs to be replaced now) of my car. If you are planning to have something done with your car, don't get it done at Lindon Walmart! You'll regret it!

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Do Not Buy Tires at Walmart
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RENO, NEVADA -- On December 23 my son purchased 2 Goodyear tires from your Walmart store. These tires were placed on the rear of his 4x4 Isuzu Rodeo. On March 16th he was driving in the Truckee CA area on Hwy 80 and felt a sudden bump in the rear of his car. He attempted to pull over right away and luckily there was a turn out for him to stop in. He got out of his car and the entire rear tire was shredded. The tread was literally off the rim of the tire. AAA came out and put his spare on so he was able to safely drive home.

On April 1st (he was working previously and unable to bring the tire in earlier) we brought the tire into the Walmart where we purchased it and were immediately brushed off by the tech. He looked at the tire (did not even attempt to pull the tire out of my son'€™s car so he could see the whole thing) and made a snap decision that my son must have driven on a flat tire and that is why the tread came off. Of course his first question was "Did you buy the hazard warranty?"€ As soon as we said no, the attitude changed and he just shrugged and walked away.

We then requested to see the tire shop manager, who like the tech, did not even attempt to remove the tire from the back of the car to see it in its entirety. He took 2 seconds to say "No, we won't give you a new tire." When asked whether this should be covered under the manufacturer's warranty since the tire was only 3 months old, he brushed us off. Apparently the 25 year old tire manager has enough expertise to be able to just barely look at a tire and determine that it couldn't possibly be a defective tire.

He told us that my son must have run over something to make it do that. We inspected the tire ourselves and there is NO hole in the circumference of the tire. So basically, according to the manager, something hit the rear tire at a horizontal angle (while my son was driving) which caused the rupture of the tire. Really? I don't know about you, but I have been driving for many years and have actually had to drive on a flat tire for a while, and never, ever has a tire done that. I have never seen a tire do that and have never heard of a tire doing that.

The manager just kept saying "You didn't buy the hazard warranty so we can't help you." We don't recall being asked about the hazard warranty when we purchased the tire, however, according to the manager, who apparently is privy to all conversations between sales reps and customers, that we were offered the hazard warranty. REGARDLESS, with or without the hazard warranty, this tire should be covered under the manufacturer's warranty.

We then asked to speak to the store manager, who we were told, was on vacation. After many times of prompting, the tire manager offered to get an assistant manager. When the assistant manager ** (?) walked up, her demeanor was hostile. She in no way shape or form wanted to help us and acted put out that she even had to look at the tire. We showed her the tire, and apparently she is also a tire expert, because without even touching it or attempting to remove it from the car to have it actually looked at, she said "No, we will not help you. You need to call 1-800-Walmart."

I asked her again and again about the manufacturer's warranty because it was such a new tire and she brushed my question off. I can tell you by this time, our level of frustration was high. My son was extremely upset due to the way we were being treated. We were able to get another manager, **, to come out and once again, look at the tire but in no way attempted to get the tire removed to do a detailed inspection.

Time and time again we referenced the back of the work order that talks about Walmart's pledge to the customer. (See the back of your work order!) ** apparently had never read the verbiage on the back and even though we asked about that - we were brushed off again. At no time did anyone answer our question about the manufacturer's warranty.

Why did no one even offer to provide us with the information so we could go to the manufacturer? After ** "inspection" of the tire we were told that the best they could do was give us 25% off a new tire. I am adamant that this tire was defective. All I had to do when I got home was Google "Goodyear tire recall" and lo and behold, as of November, Goodyear has been silently recalling tires due to injuries and deaths caused by "TREAD COMING OFF THE TIRE". I would hope that your tire technicians would be up to date on tire recalls and not just assume that every tire that comes in with the tread off is due to road conditions.

Our family spends on average $1000 a month at Walmart. I am not just saying that, we really do. We love Walmart. We have always have had good experiences. I have family members who work for Walmart. I am very disappointed in the level of contempt that the employees of the tire department and the managerial staff treated us with. I personally have been in the customer service industry for over 25 years and I know what good customer service is and I absolutely will not tolerate poor customer service.

I want a resolution to this matter. I am not the type of person who complains, but I sincerely believe that the staff was rude, not helpful in any way and just wanted to get rid of us. I am prepared to take this to the next level if need be - I will not give until we are given a refund for this tire. As you can guess, our level of confidence with Goodyear tires and Walmart at this time is low. I expect a prompt response to this inquiry or as stated above, I will take necessary measures to ensure satisfaction.

At no time was the tire removed to be inspected. The techs and the tire manager “poked it” a few times to come up with their diagnosis. Goodyear tires have been recalling tires due to the tread coming off the tires. I would like to think that Walmart wouldn't be selling recalled tires and I would assume that their tire techs would be aware of such defects in Goodyear tires and wouldn't just make a snap judgment without inspecting the tire in its entirety!

It is now in the claims department and I was just told that our claim will be denied because we don't have the tire for them to inspect... really? Walmart had 4 opportunities to pull out the tire and inspect it and they did not. Next step... attorney!!

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Uneducated Employees Will Cost YOU Money, Not Wal-Mart
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HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS -- I sold our lake house below Tyler, Texas and was bring home my bass boat. I knew the tires were old but had a spare and it was on a Sunday so decided to go for it. I got about 20 miles outside of Huntsville, Texas when the driver side trailer tire blew out. I removed my little Suburban jack, changed the tire and was on my way again but was very nervous as the other tire on the other side it was as old as the one that blew out, and if it went I would be stranded and again Sunday afternoon.

I still had about 100 miles to go before I reached home and was coming into Huntsville Texas, used my iPhone and found a location for Wal-Mart and decided not to take a chance on the tire not blowing so I went over to Wal-Mart. I pulled in with my 18' bass boat, two wheel trailer, into the tire lane and their employee came out and asked what he could do. I replied "Put me two new tires on my boat trailer." He responded that Wal-Mart did not have a jack big enough to lift my trailer. I raised my trunk lid and showed him my little screw jack that came with my Suburban and said use this. They also had floor jacks sitting everywhere in their tire shop.

He informed me that they could not do that as it was against their policy to change trailer tires. Thought it strange but they have no authority to override Wal-Mart's policies so I asked would he at least put a tire on the rim that the other tire blew out on. He said yes if I handed it to him and all he had to do was mount a tire on the rim and hand it back to me - this at least gave me a spare to make the next 80 miles. They put the tire on and I paid him and left and did make it home.

Next day took the other tire off of the other side, went to Wal-Mart and told them I wanted a tire just like the one I bought from Huntsville and had the tire with me. They laughed at me and said did I not know that they could not put a car tire on a trailer. I replied "Just match the one there that I got from y'alls other store in Huntsville." They replied "No this is a car tire not a trailer tire." Then why did Huntsville put a car tire on my trailer rim and their response was "We have no idea unless he was just not educated on tires."

Because of that Wal-Mart would not touch or sell me trailer tires and I asked "Being this is Wal-Mart I cannot buy trailer tires from you and you give me credit for the car tire I was sold in Huntsville." Their reply was "Go take it up with Wal-Mart in Huntsville." "Huntsville is 80 miles from here, 160 miles round trip - why can't you do it?" The manager came out and said "No go to Huntsville. We want nothing to do with this."

I went to another company and bought 2 new trailer tires and have a brand new Douglas 215 70r14 tire that I paid $74.00 for laying on my garage floor. I called Wal-Mart in Huntsville. Their response was "We will talk to the Wal-Mart in your area and ask if they will do the refund," but the Wal-Mart in my area refused and now I have to drive 180 miles to return a $74.00 tire which I will not do as It will probably be a hassle when and if I go to Huntsville for the exchange.

Wal-Mart used to be a reputable store but not anymore. I have told all my neighbors about this and have instructed my wife, 3 daughters, grandchildren do not do business with Wal-Mart. I know losing my business will never ever phase them at all. They are too large and too strong but if enough does it will start to show.

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Wal-Mart Tire And Lube Broke A Hose Of My Car While During An Oil Change
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CHANDLER, ARIZONA -- On August 25th 2010 I brought my car to Walmart Tire and Lube Store #2671 1175 S Arizona Ave, Chandler AZ. Besides the oil change I asked them to change the oil filter the air filter and to also change 2 tires, balance them. I want to clarify that my car was in perfect conditions before I brought it to Walmart.

After around 2 hours they spent working on my car they called me saying it was ready. I picked it up around 5pm and drove home. On my way though, the light of the coolant on the front console start flashing but as I lived 30 minutes from the store and I was almost arriving my place I decided not to return to the store immediately but to go home, call them and ask them what did they do with my car.

After waiting long minutes on an automatic machine I finally could talk with the person in charge of the Tire and Lube store. He told me they just did what I asked them to do and that they didn't mess with the coolant system at all. As the store was closing soon they asked me to go the next day to have my car checked. That afternoon after visual inspection under the hood I could see that the coolant liquid was lower than usual.

The next day in the morning I opened the hood again just to find out no coolant at all! Obviously there was a leak somewhere. I didn't risk it to go all the way to Walmart, so I went around the corner to Big O Tires where they found out that the upper radiator hose which connects the coolant with the radiator was broken and worst that it had been glued to provide a temporally solution. I went mad and after paying 226.77 dollars for replacing the broken hose and adding new coolant.

I went to Walmart and put a claim, complaining on Walmart breaking the upper radiator hose, gluing it to provide a temporally solution and not telling me what happened - risking the life of my car's motor, not to mention my own life as this incident could lead to a sudden accident on the highway.

The weird misbehavior of Walmart didn't end up there. I put a claim on August 26th 2010 and the person in charge, I believe his name is **, told me that I should receive shortly a letter from Claims Management. After two weeks I went back to Walmart and complained about my claim and that I didn't receive, nor heard about it in 2 weeks. The person in charge checked the claim and just told me "I don't know why but something happened and it didn't go through, let me try it again".

I stayed calm and just told them to please understand my situation, the car was working perfectly before the oil change. The person changing the oil, the oil filter and air filter may had stepped badly on the hose and after breaking it tried to glue it. Anyway, the claim went through this time and after a couple of days I received a letter on September 9th from ** from "CMI, Claims Management, inc. Respect Service Excellence". He took my case and told me he would ask Walmart for the video of that day and revise it for any weird behavior of the workers under the hood.

On October 8th I received another letter from CMI from the case manager **, saying that a decision concerning my claim had been taken. I called him and he just limited his time to tell me that my car was already 10 years old and that that could happened by chance. He added that he didn't need to ask for the video and just limited to ask Walmart for a report on the case.

I tried to make my point on the fact that it is really suspicious that the car has been working perfectly and just after an oil change the radiator hose is broken, appeared to be glued and specially that "no way" I could have been driving the car in that conditions over to Walmart in the first instance. No positive answer regarding my claim came from ** who stopped listening to my complaints and in an impolite and unprofessional way tried to get rid of me on the phone by saying a couple of times "This conversation is over".

Now, the only thing that is left to me is to advise everyone out there to stop buying at Walmart, not only for the bad quality of the products and services but also for the irresponsible behavior they show everyday to their customers. I am not alone. There are plenty of this type of cases complaining against Walmart. I just wish I had listened to them before.

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Tire Lube Express
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My daughter took her car to our local Wal-Mart to have her oil changed. She shopped while waiting on it. Soon they called her to come get her car. She drove it home, which is 5 or 6 miles from Wal-Mart, then drove it to school the next morning, which is maybe 2 miles from our home. That afternoon she got in it to come home and water started going everywhere, so we knew a hose had busted. So it was a few days before I got my mechanic to come check on it, after all it was in a safe spot at the high school.

When he came I meet him there. He started it and my god it was knocking so bad and smoking - it was unreal. He told me there was no oil in the car. I told him she had just had it changed a few days ago. Sure enough when he pulled the dipstick out, NO OIL was even on it. He added oil to start it to see where the water was coming from, and yes it was a hose. But it did not explain where the oil was. I called the Wal-Mart and a manager came out, took pics and looked under the can. And sure enough no oil under the car. No oil on the filter and the oil plug was OK.

He said he would file a complaint with the home office. Well after a month or more, I called the home office and they said they had closed the case due to no one responding to their calls. Well they were calling a child's phone #1. And the manager failed to give them My number that I had given to him. So my daughter had no clue what it was all about no message was left and when she would call back it said this office is closed.

When I got to speak to ** today he said Wal-Mart was not responsible, that it not having no water must have blown the oil out. LOL, I was like I have driven many years and never have I drove a car that overheated that it blow the oil out. He said he had video showing the mechanic had put oil in the car. I ask to see the video. He refused. He said it was the property of Wal-Mart store. So he said at my expense I could have the car towed to a mechanic shop, and have them call him with a report on what they think cause the problem to begin with, I'll NEVER SHOP ANOTHER WAL-MART.

I will take it to a mechanic, and I will have it seen to and have them call Wal-Mart. But I sure doubt they will do anything about their mistake. They want you to spend your hard earned money at their store's and buy all your wants and needs there, but they sure don't want to own up to anything they do wrong to you.

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Buyers Beware...100% Satisfaction NOT Guaranteed
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AURORA, INDIANA -- Monday Feb. 11, 2008 I went into Wal-Mart at 12:00pm to get new tires on my car. I asked if they could be done by 1:55pm because I had an appointment I needed to be at. They said no problem. I sat at Wal-Mart for 2 1/2 hours waiting for my tires to be changed. I purchased 4 tires. They finished at 2:30pm. I paid for my purchase, $416.66 and left. I drove home, parked my car and didn't leave again.

Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008 I got up for work, went out and was going to start my car, and realized the 2 of the 4 new tires were flat. I was 1/2 hour late to work because I had to use a different car. I called Wal-Mart at approximately 8:30am. ** answered the phone. I let her know that I just bought new tires the day before and that 2 of the 4 were flat. She told me to bring the car back. I told her that I didn't have any way of airing up the tires. She said I could use a can of fix-a-flat and they would reimburse me when I brought the car down. I told her I was at work and would bring it when I got off.

At 5:30pm I went to Wal-mart. I spoke with a manager on duty, **. He said they would pay to have the car towed from my house to Wal-Mart. I agreed. He then said he could send me home with an air tank and I could fill the tires and drive back down there. That was a better idea. I took the tank home, filled the tires, and drove the car to Wal-Mart.

I got back to Wal-Mart at 6:30pm. When I got there, ** was there with his boss, **. ** and ** said they would figure out what was going on and fix the problem. At around 7:30pm they came and got me and said “This is the problem - your rims are bad. It looked like somebody had pried at the rims.” I was very confused on how the old tires were never flat. ** said they could try grinding them down. I went back inside. At 8pm ** came back in and said he needed to put the spare tire on my car because the tire wasn't holding air. I told ** to put my old tires back on and refund my money.

I have spent a total of 5 hours in the past 2 days down there trying to get my car new tires. ** refused to put my old tires back on. He said he found them, but they were too bald, and it was against the law to put them back on. I told ** that the tires were not bald, and it was my mistake, I didn't know that my boyfriend had just had 2 new tires on the car 1 year ago.

** decided then, that he couldn't find my tires. I asked for a refund. ** said the Tire Center was now closed and that they would put the spare on. He said it was safe to drive my car on the interstate with a spare tire in the sleet, rain, snow, and ice. I was very upset that ** wouldn't help me, that I went up to the Customer Service desk. When I was there, I asked to speak with somebody higher than **. They said to call the Florence Walmart and ask **. My cell phone went dead so I asked to use the phone at the jewelry counter. They called the number for me, and the manager called back, but ** wouldn't let me speak to him.

** threatened to call the cops on me because I told him that I wouldn't leave until I had my $400+ back. He refused. He said that I would have to come back on Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008. I told ** that my 10 month old son was ordered by the Doctor to go have a chest x-ray at Children's Hospital to make sure he doesn't have pneumonia.

I told ** that I haven't been able to take him because my tires are flat, and they won't stay inflated to make it downtown Cincinnati to the hospital. ** still refused to refund my money and give my old tires back. I asked ** to speak with his manager. He said "I don't play that game". He said he was not going to argue with me, and his decision was final.

I told ** that I was going to contact the news, and an atty. He still stuck by his decision. NO REFUND. He said he would refund my money when I came back with the tires. I told ** that I would get a second opinion on the rims, because they held air in my other tires just fine. ** told ** to walk me back to the tire center and let me out and give me my keys. ** did, and apologized for what was going on. He said ** is his boss and couldn't override what decisions ** made.

When I got home, after 9pm, I called the Florence store. I talked to the highest manager there, **. I explained to her everything that had just happened. She apologized sincerely and couldn't believe ** didn't give my money back. The slogan is 100% satisfaction guaranteed. I also told ** the slogan, he didn't seem to care. ** was so upset.

She gave me the number to the District manager and said ** just cost their company more money because not only will they refund my money, but they are going to have to make it right with me. She told me to call **. Gave me is direct line and said he would be in at 7am. I called **, but again, they wouldn't let me speak with him. I spoke with a manager under him.

I went to Aurora Tire Center and asked if they could help me. They said they could. They took the Wal-mart tires off, and put their tires on. They said my rims are not bad at all, they just needed cleaned. They cleaned my rims, put on 4 new tires. Loaded the Wal-Mart tires for me and sent me on my way in 15 minutes. They even charged me $70.00 less than Wal-Mart.

I drove down to Wal-Mart, went inside and got my refund. That was it! I called 1-800-WALMART. They said somebody would be in touch with me to make this right. Nobody ever called back. So, BUYERS BEWARE. If you want to purchase tires… Do NOT get them done at the Wal-Mart Tire lube and express. They need to change their name too.

When I was in Wal-Mart, a manager, NO NAME listed to protect them, let me know that this is NOT the first incident with **. I quit shopping at Wal-Mart for a few weeks. Now when I go in there, ** makes sure he makes an appearance. I guess to let me know, HE WON. It's OK though. He will run more business out of the place. I don't go there as often as I used to. I go out of my way to make purchases that I once just drove there to get. I am very unhappy with Wal-Mart, and I feel now that the Customer is NOT always right in their eyes. They aren't looking out for their customers. It's a shame. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed? Not in my case!!

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Wal-Mart Gave My Car Away to a Complete Stranger
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HOUSTON, TEXAS -- I entrusted Wal-Mart @ 7075 1960 West Houston, TX 77069 with my vehicle which I took in for a tire replacement which I had warranty for. A Wal-Mart Associate released my vehicle to a stranger off the street. Wal-Mart is now saying that they are not responsible for my losses. Not only did Wal-Mart release my vehicle, but my house keys which were on the same key ring. There was mail in the car which in turn had my address. This in turn put me in an unsafe situation resulting in me having to move.

Wal-Mart is refusing to accept responsibility for their negligence. They refused to show me the surveillance on that day. It is my job to make the general public aware Wal-mart is capable of, and as easy as it happened to me it could happen to anyone. For more details on my story you can find my story on abc13.com (go to archives), telemundo.com and houstonchronicle.com (story titled "Wal-Mart is unlike Oprah"). I protested this store this past weekend and my story will be out in 2 other newspapers. I came to this website to make the public aware so it won't happen again to someone else.

I am adding this to my post for all the people that don't understand why I moved. I came on here to make people aware and instead I have people that are doubting me and my story and in some ways criticizing me. The reason I went to the extent of moving was because of how my car was recovered. 2 hrs after my story aired on ABC I received a phone call from someone who claimed to be a tow truck guy. When I asked how he got my phone # is said from inside the car. When I asked if HPD was there he hung up on me. I called him back and said he had lost signal. He was unable to give me a physical address. He only gave cross streets.

To make a long story short he had me and the police on a wild goose chase giving me 3 different addresses. The whole time he continued calling me asking me if I had called the police. When I asked why he said that he would get in trouble because he should've towed my vehicle. He had no idea I was following the police to each address he was giving me. The 3rd address was a fake but was close to a park. On a hunch the police decided to drive by the park. This park was a dark secluded park with no lighting and was in a very bad area of Houston Called Acres Homes. This is where my car was found.

After my car was recovered who ever this individual was continued to call my phone and not say anything. I made a second police report for harassment and fear of safety. I had already changed my locks but because of this and finding out that my mail, personal belongings, amongst other things were gone and this guy had them is why I moved. This story is a fact and it happened to me. I'm here to warn people. I have TV, newspapers, and radio coverage. These reporters do their homework. I also have support from Al from Sprawl Busters and the people over at Wake Up Wal-Mart & Walmart Watch!!!

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Bicycle Tire Air Pressure
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CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE -- On 26 April, 2006, I went to Walmart on Fort Campbell Blvd in Clarksville, TN to purchase an inexpensive multi-speed bicycle in response to the surge in gas prices (currently 2.87 in Clarksville, TN). I had to have them page twice for someone to assist me.

Rocky, a Hispanic male, came and got the bicycle I selected out of the rack. I asked him to air it up, since the sign on the rack says "free assembly" and I figured air is part of the assembly process. The tire clearly states "Inflate to 50 PSI", yet he only put 32 PSI in the tire. When I asked why, he said "That's what you put in your tire on your car." I pointed out that this was not a car and asked for a manager. The other salesman there, an early 20s male, said that he didn't know anything about bikes.

The manager came and I explained to her that the tire pressure is listed on the tire and that the assembly person would not inflate it to the proper pressure and I stated that I wanted it at 50 PSI. She escorted me to the auto service center where they aired up the tire, or so I thought. I purchased the bicycle along with a helmet, lock and speedometer; the total came to $103.

I rode the bike home (6 miles) and checked the air pressure with a tire gauge from my van; the tire pressure was 40 PSI, not 50. I called and spoke to one of the managers on duty. I asked her if the employees there were too stupid to read the tire pressure rating and follow it. She assured me that if I came back they would take care of it.

When I got there, I went to customer service, who called for a manager. The previous manager, the second manager, a third woman (who I believe is who I talked to on the phone), Rocky, and the auto service tech all came to the customer service desk. The auto tech said that if I wanted the pressure at 50 that I would have to do that myself. I had my tire gauge with me and showed him the pressure was at 40. He said "you lose air pressure every time you use that thing". Not 10 pounds of pressure - you don't!

They refused to tell me why they could not put the proper amount of air in the tires and escorted me to the auto service bay where the tech handed me the air hose and I topped off the air myself. I agree with those on this site and others that Walmart service is lower than whale excrement. I, too, am no longer shopping at Walmart and will spend my money elsewhere.

One more thing. While waiting for the assembly tech and the auto service tech, the manager told me that it was their policy to put the tire pressure at the midpoint between the minimum and maximum ratings. She said that changes in the weather make the tire pressure change. Despite the fact that I told her how many bikes and how many miles I had ridden, she kept to her story that they didn't inflate them to the recommended pressure because "the tire could blow out". I've never had a bicycle tire blow out on me.

The store manager is always off and I got only the answering machine when I called the district manager's number listed on the sign that brags about "customer satisfaction is #1". Ten thousand Philistines were killed with the jawbone of an ass. Ten thousand sales are killed daily using the same method. This is especially true at Walmart!

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TIRED OF TERRIBLE SERVICE - NO LONGER SHOP THERE
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RHODE ISLAND -- Here is a copy of a letter I emailed to Walmart... unfortunately, I'm sure it will fall on deaf ears. The last time I have set foot in a Walmart store was well over 4 months ago. This interaction was the last interaction I have had with any of your stores because not only was it the service horrible at that time, it was the hundreds of other equally horrible interactions I have had with the management who work for your stores.

I don't blame the "non" management employees for their apathetic attitudes, as if I had to work for CSM's and assistant CSM's who treated me like dirt, I would have the same attitude. You have management in your stores who put on the red vest and go on a power trip, and they talk down to the employees who have the unfortunate experience of being "under" them.

Allow me to make this as simple as possible. I live in RI, I have visited ALL of your stores in RI (and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut), and my interactions have all been equal. Keep in mind, the statements are snippets of different things I have heard or witnessed out of the mouths of your MANAGEMENT TEAM.

Every store I have gone into there is at least a 10-minute wait, on a good day, because only one or two registers are open. However, there are at least 2 to 3 CSM's standing at the podium chit-chatting about how they got drunk the night before and are hungover, or about other non-work related issues - while the two registers that ARE open have at least 5, 6, 7, even 8 or more customers waiting. Suggestion: STOP PAYING YOUR MIDDLE MANAGEMENT TO STAND AROUND CHATTING while there are customers in line waiting to be taken care of, and get on the register and help out the poor cashiers!

Your customer service is terrible (again, not your regular employees' fault, MANAGEMENT'S FAULT). Your reps are not friendly and willing to help. You are lucky if you can find one in the stores and if you do you're lucky to get a smile. Suggestion: If you paid merely $1.00 more per hour and made it aware that you value your employees you would MINIMIZE YOUR ATTRITION PERCENTAGE AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES.

Sam Walton must be turning over in his grave to see what his empire has been reduced to. I don't believe that he wanted things this way. It is too bad because what I used to spend there on a regular basis (at minimum $500.00 a month between food and groceries) is now lost revenues for you and more for Target and others... Hmmm... let's see $500.00/mo x 12 months = $6000.00 per year, x say even... 20 years (because in my opinion, hopefully, Walmart will be out of business by that time, or at least cleaned up their act) that's $120,000 to your competition. Fine with me.

The purpose of this email is to make you aware of the interactions that happen in your Rhode Island units. I'm sure it goes on elsewhere within your company. Hopefully, if enough customers tell you what it is really like in your stores, maybe it's not too late for you to take care of the problem.

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