What the hell Wal-Mart???

[ants]

I'm sure we have all had our problems with Wal-Mart "associates" but come on.... Went in today looking for a new battery for my ATV. (mine died as I was loading up on Wednesday to head to camp, but different story) I walk into the automotive section with the dead battery out of my machine. I set the battery on the counter and tell the woman, working the counter, that I need a new battery for an ATV. She responds "good luck" and points to a whole row of ATV batteries on a shelf. She says "its one of those I guess" I asked her "can't you look it up?" and she says to me ( now I'm not kidding) "you can, I'm not sure how to" and she hands me the reference book ( which a 5 year old could figure out how to use) . Now I get a little pissed and ask her why she's working the auto section when she can't even perform such a simple task ( I wasn't a total pri-k) and she went on to tell me about how she really should be working in the grocery section and she shouldn't be in automotive and blah....blah... blah.

Good prices almost nonexistent "associate" knowledge.... WOW! !! Needless to say, i went somewhere else.

[shawnhu]

This is true. A lot of times the sporting section is covered by those from electronics. Usually its no big deal, but trying to get a key for ammo or a license sale is tough and usually requires a long wait.

[Dan92]

ants try autozone for stuff like that.. i work there i know we carry atv batteries. not 100 percent sure off the top of my head if we carry the kind you need.. by chance do you know what the battery number is?

[ants]

I ended up going to a local place called Battery World. In and out in 10 minutes. $80... Although it was a little out of my way.

[Dan92]

if you have an autozone try them out if they are more convienient.. warranty policies are really good and depending on the battery they are fairly cheap

[tughillhunter]

dont even get me started with them........... department store associates................ But, i did see on yahoo that walmart wrkers are planning sme strike on black friday. they arent union either, beats me.

[fasteddie]

I have shopped at several WalMarts and have run into a few dummies but I am pretty satisfied with most of the stores except maybe the WalMart on Hudson Ave in Irondequoit .

I needed a holster for my Ruger LCP which has a Crimson Lazer on it . I went to one of the stores and talked to the Sports Dept manager to tell him I wanted to bring in my pistol (unloaded) and try out the holsters they had in stock . He said , okay and I was there a day later . I grabbed 3 holsters , found him in automotive , we went to the counter and tried the pistol for a good fit and I was able to find one for $13 . It's a Blackhawk Sporster Hip Holster . I have also bought ammo in a couple WalMarts with no problem .

The nice thing about those stores is ....... they are better than most stores if you want to return an item .