O'Reilley's plug

[Baby Lee]

In the interest of passing on good customer relations.

In August of 2006, I replaced the climate control blower motor in my GP with a unit from O'Reilly's, last fall, between it working when I needed the air conditioning and not working when I needed heat [October or so?], that unit crapped out. I weathered the cold, getting by on my heated seat, this winter, and now that spring break rolled around I had time to pull that effer out [a bit of a PiTA without a garage].

Tracked down my receipt, noticed the fine print said '1 year warranty,' but seeing as the OEM lasted 7 years and this one lasted little over 2, I figured it couldn't hurt to see if I could get a little off with a little pleading [it was $90 new, a figured $60-$70 would be fair and would buy some good will as O'Reilly's was relatively new to the area, which is saturated with AutoZones [I bought the last one in Belton].

At first the manager gave the company line, we won't recoup anything from the manufacturer, nothing we can do, etc. Then he pulled up my particulars. It must've held my long time history [O'Reilly's was THE place for the BL fam growing up], he called in to their customer service, mentioned that I was a 'long time customer. They [according to him] said they'd likely not recoup anything from the manufacturer. Then he got an 'eff it' look on his face and pulled up a return sticker. Gave me FULL credit for a new unit, more than I expected, and more than enough to alter my auto repair purchasing decisions going forward. Spread it around. Go in with the right attitude and they take care of you.