Jim85IROC

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I ordered some TPI gaskets from autozone.com last week. I've made a few orders from them in the last few months because I have a shoprunner account that provides free 2nd day shipping at autozone.com.

The package was shipped flat (a box that was never "opened up"). Rather than use a slightly larger box, the baboon that packaged this decided that it would just be easier to fold the gasket set to fit it into the box he already had.





I can't wait to see what the replacement set looks like.

Be forewarned, unless you're buying something that's unbreakable, you may want to look elsewhere.

1ADan

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wow, that's nuts. have you contacted them yet about the screw up? if that's how they treat gaskets, I have a feeling they're going to be eating a lot of returns...

Jim85IROC

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Yeah, I called them last night. The customer service rep asked me if my item was damaged during shipping. I replied "No, it was damaged before shipping by the clown that folded it in half to fit it into the box". She went on to ask more questions about the condition of the item, then said she'd get another one out right away. I asked her if the same clown was going to package this set as last time.

Confuzed1

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Sorry Jim....I can't help but to laugh. I could have told you they are one of the worst for shipping. I ordered a gas tank for my truck, and a week later I had still not recieved it. When I called them, I was told it was still "In Processing". Now I see what happens when they try to deliver parts fast.

-Autozone's by far the worst I've ever dealt with.

pvr007

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i was getting job offers from the... im just going to apply to oreillys XD

conlinj

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I had summit do that to me with the door glass weather striping. just folded it in half to fit it into a small tube. I got it the metal was sticking out of the rubber. At least they over-nighted me the replacements this time in a full size tube

ZZ3 Z28

Wonder what they do if you order a windshield?



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Caveman305

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fold it in half to fit in a smaller box duh

TTOP350

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Thats just crazy..

jmd

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Autozone fulfills my "other places are closed at that time of day" / "Need this now at this time of day" parts needs. Never ordered from there.

KiLLJ0Y

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I got my head gaskets from them, came fine and in large box

Kidfromthe951

I'm sorry for your troubles but this made me laugh.

When I first bought my car in high school I went into Vatozone to buy a open element air cleaner, they didn't have any in stock so I asked a random employee (was actually store manager) when they would get more in, tool tried to sell me a Cold air intake filter. I told him that wouldn't fit on a SBC and he replies "it should". Ended up going to pepboys instead. Vatozone stories always put a smile on my face.

platynumx

Back in the day when I had my first buick regal I had swapped an olds 307h.o. out ofa lesabre in it.went to autozoo(what we ve called it forever)and was waited on by the store manager to order a set of headers.told her a bazillion times it was an olds engine not a sbc.she ordered the sbc headers.came in and they were wrong obviously and rusted to all hell.comapred them to see if I could mod them to fit and couldn't.went to take them back and they didn't want to because of how rusty they were.after arguing with that dumb **** for 30 min or so she finally took them back.never been back in an autozone since. Nice to see they still employ ****tards.

articwhiteZ

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Vatozone....LOL Hey.. Vato homes

platynumx

double post due to phone glitch.(i hate my ****ing droid 3)

jrz28

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Yep, my Dad always told me Autozone employs the height of automotive smartness.

TheMonster

Another story, right after I rebuilt my motor it was a little slow starting and we had to keep charging the battery. I asked a manager to check it and he said it was fine. He then said that could be any number of things and paused... then he said "Have you checked your exhaust to see if it is clogged." I just stood there half dumbfounded and thought to myself, I forgot to take the potatos out of the exhaust tips while it was being rebuilt.

Took it back the next day and waited to get a manager that has worked at autozone for years that has helped my dad and I on getting the right parts to check it out and he didn't even check it just gave me a new battery. He also swapped the battery for another type so that my warrenty would be renewed for free, and what do you know my car has been running like a beast since! I've had to deal with workers that didn't know anything, but a few are pretty knowledgeable.

budfreak1

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That place is full of retards and wannabe boy racers. I can tell you this: They DON'T want experienced people working there for whatever reason. I tried quite a few times over the years to get a job there and have never received as much as a phone call, but yet this little 21 year old idiot I know that needs someone to hold his hand to change oil (yes, he had to call me to ask how to change his tranny fluid) got in there on his first try. Majorly insulting to me to say the least. I just make sure I already have the part number of what I need and I go right to the store instead of ordering online to try to avoid the little idiots screwing it up.

87ohcamaro

Also not a fan of the Zone. Havn't been there since some idiot tried to tell me that I was stuipid, and my 87 Camaro wasn't a Unibody. It took some type of will power not to give that punk a smack in the head.

TTOP350

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I had a guy at AZ tell me a alternator uses amps to make volts....
My moms car burned up 3 of their alternators years ago and the guy told me it was because of a aftermarket radio in the car... stone stock 91 cutlass ..

91phoenix

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He just had that backwards...lol

I have had them trying to tell me that the 350 in my 2000 chevy truck is not original because they did not have 350's in that year. The guy would not even believe the original window sticker I had with me.

I must agree that they do seem to hire some brilliant people.

89TTopPearl

This is why i lasted at Ghettozone for 6 months and just completed 5 years at O'Reillys. If its not in the computer then they can't get it apparently. Thats why we have 36 binders of paper catalogs to go through everyday if its not in computer and a tech line to call if we still can't find it. I called Ghettozone to get the plastic elbows for the 3800 motor because our 4 stores in town were out and i said "I need the 3800 elbows you have in the help aisle." he replied with "whats the make and model?" I replied "you shouldn't need that info. its a common part in your guys help aisle." his reply "Sir I can't do anything if I don't have the year, make, model." i just hung up and walked in and grabbed it. You don't always need computers.

TheMonster

Any tips for getting hired on at O'Reillys? I've had to deal with the management at autozone just to get hired on and it's unbearable. I put in my app for O'Reillys about a month ago

RoboYogi

Last year I went to see if autozone could order me a steering arm for the old k10. The assistant store manager said they have 3 in stock. He brings me a pitman arm. I politely asked him to get me somebody who has experience with 4x4 steering. So he gets the store manager. After 2 seconds of typing they tell me there is no such thing, and tell me I'm in over my head and should have a mechanic fix it... ok
A week later I brought my brand new sky jacker steering arm in and showed him. I expected oh I'm sorry. Instead I get OH you didn't tell me your truck was lifted. So according to this guy before I lifted the truck the tie rod ends just bolted to the axe.
I politely told him he was in over his head and should have a mechanic look the parts up for him

Thirdgen89GTA

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Dude, its cruel to compare Autozone employee's to Baboons! Thats an insult to Baboons everywhere!

I had a autozoo guy once refuse to sell me a brake rotor because I wouldn't give him a VIN number. I tried explaining that the Axle on my car was from a 98+ F-body and not the original equipment so I couldn't give him a VIN number as it wouldn't match the part. We argued on and on....

Till a manager was walking buy and heard the argument and all but slapped the counter guy on the back of his head for being an idiot.

Tuned Performance

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you must have ordered the mr gasket 146 3/4

t-top havoc

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What did Jeff Foxworthy & Ron White say??
" Here's your sign "
" You can't fix stupid "
The zone here has 2 guys that know their stuff. They'll talk to you and describe what you're looking for, pull it for you then show it to you,
THEN they'll do the computer thing.

Worst experience I ever had was at a transmission shop that was " fantastic, they really know their Shiznitz " but that's another story...

chevelle600

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Sorry to hear about that Jim, i work for the company and i know what alot of you are talking about. Its pretty disgusting what you get in some of our stores...

89TTopPearl

yeah go to the oreilly website and apply online. they got rid of paper apps so now they go straight to the manager and district manager can look at them also on the computer.

Guest

LOL, wow that's terrible. Damn baboons just shoving things in boxes like neanderthals. Hopefully your next set will be fine. I personally never order parts from the main part suppliers websites, as I know how badly they screw up in person, let alone somewhere remote...

ghettocruiser

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I worked at probably the best Autozone in the tri state area for a couple years. I worked there between college and my real job. We had an awesome staff... Almost everyone there was ASE cert (which I know for a parts salesman doesnt mean THAT much)...but we knew what we were doing. An Advance Auto opened 2 blocks away, and didnt do good at all because we had such a good rep. Then a few key people left, including the manager, and it went downhill pretty quick.

Fast forward to me being a new father. I got a job at the Autozone in Norristown. Oh..My...God... Ive never been around such incompetent people. Same district manager...but this store was a mess. Thieves, lazy, stupid, and just plain horrible customer service. I had people asking for me by name within a couple weeks. I couldnt take it. I only lasted a little while, and then the little extra pocket change wasnt worth the aggrivation of working in that place. So I soaked them for all I could while I had my discount and bounced haha.

Autozone packing isnt the only place that lacks common sense. I ordered no less than 6 reman cranks through them, before I got one that wasnt damaged due to poor packing. One of the nice advantages to working there, besides the discount, is being able to order whatever you want, without pre-paying, and being able to send it back if you dont want it. No shipping, no UPS stores, no dealing with RMAs. Other than that...the place is a pit anymore.

J.

2007xl50

About a month and a half ago I had some younger black guy about 22 or so that was new at my local Autozone ask me who made the Trans Am. I just looked at him and a bit and was like UM! Pontiac. I was like never mind and left. he doea not work there anymore.

Maverick H1L

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Only time I ever step into that place is if I need an ignition module tested (not anymore, though) or Advance doesn't have something but they do (happened a few times). But, they couldn't test the ECM I brought in there to be tested. This is when I was having trouble with the 90-92 730 V6 harness. Originally thought the ignition module crapped out, had it tested, it passed, but bought another for grins. While they were HUNTING for the test harness for the ICM (they apparently NEVER put anything away in the test bench where it's supposed to be!), there was a test harness for a 730 ECM. Saw it with my own 2 eyes, and the instructions to use it as well when the guy running the test was flipping through the book to find out how to hook up the module. Brought the ECM in a couple weeks later (keep in mind I know they have the harness and the instructions on how to use it!), and basically told them, "I need this tested." Got "Sorry, we can't test that, there have been many different versions of that ECM over the years and we could never test it." Right. I could swear that the only thing that changed in the 730 was the MEMCAL, or it wouldn't have the same part number, right?

Anyways, since this is about shipping, while I was in school in 2008, I was forced to order a couple brake line adapters for a Plymouth (you know, since their split brake system is diagonal and of course they HAD to use different size fittings on one half of the system!). I ordered 2 of the things (you know, since I only needed 2 as 2 lines for 2 wheels needed them!). Waited and waited, and got a tube of them with FIVE (5) in it. I still have yet to figure out if they sent the other 3 for free or I got stuffed for them.

I'll say another thing about that place... DON'T EVER BUY THEIR CHEAP LINE OF PLUG WIRES, even if you REALLY need them (say, an emergency on a trip and you're short on cash). I've had a couple of sets and EVERY single terminal had pulled off of the plug wires when they were removed from the plugs ONCE. The cheapos I got from Advance still work just fine, after being YEARS older than the NEW Autozone wires, and have NEVER pulled apart on me.

91phoenix

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When I had my Corvette I had a parts guy ask me who made it. Just for laughs I told him it was made by Lamborgini. I do not know why but he could never find it.
Went to O Reilly's next door for my parts.

midias

Wanna have some real fun with them ask for a part for a small block chevy.

They always get mad at me when I just go in with part numbers.

SpeedDemon91

LOL!!

ghettocruiser

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Having real fun is asking them for a radiator or water pump for a 60's VW Beetle.

Or ask for a starter for an 83 Corvette.

That really sends them into a fit haha. But you have to find someone that doesnt know their crap...it wont work on all of em haha.

J.

ringo234

An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.

It doesn't turn amps into volts or volts into amps. a conductor moves through magnetic field and induces an AC voltage. 1 volt passing through 1 ohm of Resistance equals 1 amp.
The AC voltage is rectified into the 13.2 VDC to keep the battery charged.

platynumx

LMAO i'm gonna do that next time i feel like trolling in real life. thats some funny stuff there. LOL

91phoenix

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This is exactly why I put the lol on the end.
Older cars could sometimes run without a battery so it had to be the rotational mechanical energy.

91phoenix

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They actually made a few 83 Vettes but they were all reVin'd as 84s. There however is a rumor that the back end of the Vette that is or was over the entry is an 83.

Apeiron

'cept volts don't pass.

Could say that 1 amp of current through a resistance of 1 ohm means a potential of 1 volt, though.

1991_RS

Only 44 were ever assembled, none released to the public. Some were shown off pre-production (in 1982) then all but 1 were used in destructive testing. The remaining one is at the Corvette Museum and owned by GM.
source: http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/1983.php

Corvette fanatics and collectors were upset that GM never released a 1983 30th Anniversary Corvette. (What many people don't realize is that GM nearly axed the Vette - if not for the introduction of the 1955 T-bird, they never would have continued with the program.)

ghettocruiser

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While that may be true...Autozone's computers, nor their employees, have any idea and will pull their hair out trying to find an 83 Vette in their system

While working there, I used to prank call other stores when it was slow trying to find someone that knew either of those jokes. ONE guy in maybe 20 calls I made knew that the VW was air cooled. No one ever figured out the 83 vette. One fella even called autozone's tech support to say the computer was buggered.

UnderCover89TBI

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well in my experience autozone employ's baboons in all area's. retail, commercial, online, management.

88 350 tpi formula

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sad to say you need to know what you want before you go into autozone. Correct part numbers that you have already verified online usually helps.


I will say its annoying when they tell you BS off the wall stuff but at least they are giving useless people who likely could not handle flipping burgers a job

InfernalVortex

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I dont know how you guys can expect these poor minimum wage cashiers to be experts on literally every brand of every vehicle made in the past 40 years. Some of this stuff is trivial. I didnt think anything of the time I went to Advance and tried to get an HEI spring/weight kit. Was completely foreign to everyone there but I found it behind the counter and had to point at it. Not a big deal, probably no one has ever been to that store to buy one of those.

Regardless, then you have idiots like a guy I used to know, who came to me bragging about how he had stumped the O Reilly guys. I was like "oh really, how is that?" and he went in therea nd asked for parts for a 93 Fleetside. Because he thinks the fact that his Silverado has a badge that says "Fleetside" means its officially known as a Fleetside in lieu of a brand or model being mentioned. He was so proud of himself because they cuoldnt figure out what a "Fleetside" was.

Remember guys, these are people who would be working registers at Walmart, if it werent for teh fact that they have a vague interest in a certain type of car.

Its not a good situation, and they should be more informed than they are, but paying $15-$25 an hour for cashiers who are educated and qualified just wouldn't make sense business-wise.

Caveman305

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I'm not one to pick on employees of an auto chain for lack of knowledge, I do not know everything about every car either,

I do expect at a minimum some knowledge of branding on cars, countless times I walk into the zone and ask for a part for my Camaro, the typical response I get is "who makes the Camaro", we shouldn't have to walk someone through their system to find a basic part, I can understand parts that are uncommon for I would probably be stumped

That fleetside thing is pretty rediculous, I at least give the name of the car not just an option of the car, kinda like asking for a part from an Iroc and that person has never heard of an Iroc-z but they do know what a Camaro is

Believe me, I know how it feels to work for minimum wage, I've been doing it for the past 3 years and still trying to make ends meet, to me that's no excuse to having poor knowledge of your job unless they are brand new(within 6 months) and have zero knowledge on cars.

Justins86bird

my gaskets have come several times like that from az