I had an absolutely awful experience at the O'Reilly Auto Parts in New Britain. I came in regarding a warranty issue for my motorcycle battery which I had purchased there. Yesterday, one of the associates tested my battery and charged my battery but told me that since it wasn't holding a charge, I should come back today to exchange it under warranty. He placed a new battery to charge for me to pick up today. When I returned, I was assisted by Danielle, and the experience quickly went downhill. She was extremely rude, dismissive and unprofessional from the moment I approached the counter. She raised her voice, spoke to me in a belittling tone and outright refused to honor the warranty, even though I had all the information and had just been told by another employee to come back for a replacement. To make matters worse, she threw me out of the store, which was completely uncalled for. The entire encounter was embarrassing and infuriating. I left feeling completely disrespected and I can't help but feel that her behavior may have been racially motivated based on the way she spoke to and treated me compared to other customers. She even implicated the general manager, Dylan, saying that he is aware of her "behavior" and that he is ok with it. I had to send my girlfriend to the store to buy the battery instead of being able to exchange it thru my warranty. O'Reilly Auto Parts needs to seriously address this kind of behavior. No paying customer deserves to be treated this way, especially when simply trying to resolve a legitimate warranty issue. I've always gone to O'Reilly's for parts and service, but after this experience, I will not be returning to this location, and I will be warning others to avoid it as well. read more