As usual the crain highway glen burnie Maryland store has proven they are about as incompetent as it can get. Incompetent or commiting fraud, makes me wonder.
I have had bad experiences in the past at this location so its no surprise what happened last night.
After plowing snow for 14 hrs my alternator and battery started to die. They are both way over due for a change so I was not too upset.
I hesitated to go back to this location but as stated 14 hrs of plowing I was tired and needed to get the parts and get them installed, at 6pm.
After doing the research I stopped in to pick up the alternator and battery, easy enough right?. I stated to the counter person i wanted a NEW high output plow package alternator and high 850-1000 cca battery.
He went on his merry way to gather the parts. He charged me for a NEW high output plow package alternator and battery I requested.
I went home to do the install, in the cold and dark. I installed the parts and found that the alternator was no good. Great, now I have to take the new one out and reinstall the old one to get back to the store. This is when, much to my dismay, the box to the "NEW" alternator said REMANUFACTURED! I missed this fact in my hast to get the install done. By this time the store was closed. I rechecked the receipt and sure enough I was charged for a NEW alternator. I checked the stores stock online and found they were OUT OF STOCK!! Was this a mistake? Kind of hard to believe seeing as the box had REMANUFACTURED written all over it. How could he look for and pull off the shelf this box if he is a trainer professional? Also if they had none in stock the computer should have told him that. So I'm leaning toward someone who knowingly sold a remanufactured one and charged for a new. Ummm, thats called FRAUD!
Not wanting to deal with the headache and argument I knew would happen i check another store to look for the alternator i was charged for. There was only one in stock 20 miles away. So this morning I trudged up to the store in less than ideal road conditions to get the correct part, hopefully!
To my great surprise I was met by a gentleman named Terrance at the Reisterstown ( Baltimore md) store. He was very understanding and the first words out of his mouth were " thats a remanufactured alternator". I told my story of woe and to this he just shook his head. He was understanding and very pleasant. He took back the wrong part and brought me the correct part with no headache. He truly saved the day.
After installing the correct alternator the truck still doesn't appear to be right. Now I have a huge question in my mind, is the damn battery any good?
After seeing many reviews about the glen burnie store and my previous experience it boogles my mind why corporate has not stepped in to rectify the incompetent behavior there. I doubt this review will even be acknowledged, but felt people need to know what going on at that store. read more