I purchased a motor through autozone commercial back on 02/26/2025. They ran my debit card for an amount over $5000. The motor was scheduled to be delivered to my shop on 4/16/2025. I called and kept being told the engine was still being built and would be another 5-6 weeks. Once 5/21/2025 came, I still had no engine and no updated eta. I called the vendor directly, and was told they never gave an ETA as this engine is on back order; for months. That's fine I understand. So, no it's 5/27/2025 and I asked them to go ahead and process the return since I never received the engine. I got told it would be handled and I would have my refund soon. I call in to verify on 5/30/2025 and get told they haven't started the return because they were waiting on approval from higher ups because the store doesn't generate enough to do the refund. (This is a lie as I know the commercial department averages $2k a day, not including the DIY Department). I got a hold of the TSM Sandy. She then confirmed that it has been processed and messaged me. "Looks like it was processed on June 3rd. I have the DM Michael reaching out to the Credit team to ask when you should see it on your credit card." After checking in multiple times and getting a round around. Shawn, was the best communicating manager at hand letting me know they had actually processed the return, and it had been posted to my account as an instore credit charge account, he didn't know why, and it's not his fault. Above his pay grade. But what I will not accept is for this multi billion dollar company to take my money as a debit, for over $5000, and then refuse to refund me my money. It has now been over 2 weeks, over 9 business days. And I still don't have my money back. I have now taken this to my bank directly and started a dispute for payment. The CSM Jesse and A.S.M. Shawn have tried all they could to get me my refund. At this point, it's just the greedy multibillion dollar company holding back my own funds; from a small business.
As a former CSM, I never saw the TSM Daniel, or DM Rick R. Make a customer wait this long for a refund. When a customer brought back a $4k transmission in the same way I was returning this engine, they had that 4k in cash brought to 4201 for Nathan to process the return. This has been the worst case scenario for me as I now stand to lose a sale and a customer.
Shame that Daniel and Rick no longer run this district and territory. read more