I have been working on cars for nearly 20 years…read more
I called the store on Thursday 01/29/26 to order brakes for my car, as mine had exploded catastrophically -- leaving me stranded in Los Angeles and reliant on my girlfriend to stay alive, as I live in the OC and she stays here in LA.
When I called the store to order my brakes, I was informed that I was unable to order a part over the phone and must come into the store (without a car apparently). I have never had an issue in the entirety of my time as a customer with O'Reilly Auto Parts, in placing an order over the phone, and going to the store to pickup and pay for my parts.
The store manager, Alex, decided it would be fun to play games with me when I called him, and told him his policy (which I have never heard of until that day, and has never been "enforced") didn't matter to me, and I found it inappropriate and discriminatory. After much back-and-forth, where Alex attempted to gaslight me over the phone in an effort to pretend I didn't order the assembly for this vehicle for the other side of the car a week prior the same way -- which I have receipts for and are also available in O'Reilly's POS database.
He also thought it would be **funny** to lie to me and tell me that my parts would take two days to order and show up at the store, because they had to "come from Arizona." No worries, I was given a total and told to report to the store to pick my parts up at 10:30AM on Saturday morning (2/1/25), which I did, and not surprisingly, Alex hadn't ordered my parts on 1/29/25 -- for "some" reason. No worries, I let the associate have a piece of my mind and re-ordered the brakes AGAIN from the store, however I was informed it would only take 5 hours for the parts to reach me this time (as in they were not being shipped from Arizona as Alex claimed).
When I showed up at the store for a 2nd time, at the suggested time for parts delivery (4:30PM) my parts were still not there, so I confronted Alex verbally about it:
He told me that the part I (thought) ordered on Saturday, would be on the same delivery truck as the part I had supppsedly ordered on Saturday -- when I called the O'Reilly on E Lincoln Ave in the OC, and ordered the part for a third time -- I was told by that store manager that parts were coming from Stockton -- not Arizona.
Alex also told me that the caliper core was unacceptable, despited being presented a factory brake piston part stamped with the Audi badge, Germany, and Lukas in addition to having a piston -- when I took this core to AutoZone they accepted it without incident or comment. Alex it seems, was just trying to take from my pocket, he took zero time to examine the core. I believe he is incompetent and has never worked on cars in his life.
This is hands down the worst and most unprofessional customer service I have ever experienced after being a customer for over a decade. Additionally, this has personally affected my life and relationships, as Alex has wasted time that was not mine to waste. I expect immediate remediation, and I warn anyone with sense not to do business with this O'Reilly.
