Horrible manager! I went in to get 4 new tires. I was told it will take about 2 hours. That's fine. No other cars there. I check in 2 hours later and they haven't even started my car yet, but I saw it go in to the shop at least an hour in. Ok, wait around a little longer with bored toddlers. Check in 30 min later, they still hadn't started. At this point I'm pretty irritated but what can I do? They finally get "finished" in the 4th hour! Then I go to pay and they let me know that one rim was damaged so they didn't replace the 4th tire! I asked why they didn't call when they realized that they wouldn't be able to performed all of the work agreed on. The cashier was appologetic and polite, but the manager was snapping at her and rude to her too. The manager was short and rude with me from the beginning and even worse when I expressed that I was not happy that they weren't able to do all 4 tires. I wouldn't have gotten them there if I knew I wouldn't be able to get a matching set. He asked if I wanted them taken off in a snarky attitude, but I decided that I didn't want to wait another 4 hours to remove the three tires. I ended up going to a nice place down the road that fixed my rim and gave me a new tire at a waaaay lower price, and fixing the rim and replacing the tire took 15 minutes!
I attempted to get tires for my mother's car about a year later (short on cash and needed cheap tires, I shouldn't have even tried. Lesson learned) and of course it's the same manager. Ok maybe he was just having a bad day. I'll give him another chance. Well it took an hour to help the 2 customers infront of me. I get to be next and he tells me there are 5 cars ahead of me and then just stares at me. Ok, we knew it would be a long time, so we planned to hang out and wait all day. We saw that they were busy too, but were willing to be patient because we needed them that day. We say ok, how long should that be? He doesn't really answer, just tells us what other customers are getting done. Ok we really need them, so we will wait. Then he says with an attitude "Well let's see if we even have your tires." I checked online and it said they do, but of course, he takes the numbers and they don't have them in stock. Like they didn't want more work. I say ok fine and leave. As long as that manager works there at the Lodi CA Walmart Auto Center, I will never go back. So incredibly rude!! read more