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Okay.......here's yesterday's tale about an airbed and meds.......

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I get my med at Walmart, because it is easy for me to get to and Cliff and I purchase food there and I get my household products there! Well, Cliff got his prescriptions filled for anti-biotics and for prednisone, which he doesn't care to put in his body, but I told him that I went through two rounds of them earlier this year and he will be all right, as he needed to get his coughing and nasal drainage under control! Then, problems with my prescriptures were the cough med with codiene I was supposed to get filled, was $75.00 for a very small bottle of Tussen or something like that! So, I said I can't afford that and I didn't get it. I did purchase Musinex OTC, as they wouldn't fill a prescription for it, and I read the label and it has Guaifenesen in it and I was using cough syrup by that name! But they couldn't fill my breathing med or Quinine which is needed for leg cramps! They needed to call my dr. and that was Tuesday!

Went back yesterday, to return an airbed Cliff purchased because his old one leaked too much and he likes airbeds to sleep on! I went to the pharmacy to see if they had done anything about my meds. They did fill the Quinine with another type of med that is more powerful than the original, but those who have Malaria need Quinine, so can't understand why they aren't making it any longer? They still were trying to sell me the $75.00 small bottle of cough syrup, which they kept because I refused to pay for it! And my Symbicort inhaler prescrip was filled and my ins helped pay for the Quinine med and Symbicort! So that is my problem taken care of!

Now, for Cliff's airbed problem! When he opened it to use it Thursday night, after removing his twin bed because the airbed wouldn't fit on the frame and would be too high to get in and out of....would have been higher than his foot board at 20' height of the airbed! He opened the box and wasn 't a new one, as that one was filthy and had to be pumped with air twice during the night! So he tried to return it and get it exchanged, but no more were there that he wanted! While I checked out, he tried getting his money back and they refused because of a notice sent to the people who accept returns and he could only get an exchange, but as I said, there weren 't any more! After I checked out he called me to him, and said they wouldn't give him his money back! So, after this redhead's feathers got ruffled, but not real loud and no cursing or anything like that, I said well what is he supposed to do, when you have no more for an exchange! The clerk and the manager both said, we would have to go to another Walmart store and see if they could exchange it! Well, that didn't suit either Cliff or I, as we get so tired and driving to other stores far away was not in my agenda!!! Besides he needed to get back on his oxy supply! No small tank and holder to carry with him, as yet!

We asked if there were more in the back to bring out and was told they were all on the shelf! That's when I asked the manager, is there a manager over you, and she went and got the other one! He took one look at the date on Cliff's receipt and said what's the problem and why haven's you given them their money back! They tried to tell him about the notice, but he just handed her the receipt and left! She finally gave Cliff the money, as he had put it on his debit card!

Well, brothers and sisters, I recommend that you either open boxes in the store and check what is in them or find out about their return policies! Someone had used the airbed for a long time and returned it for an exchange and therefore rec a new one, and left the old one to be purchased by an unlucky customer! WalMart only accepts exchanges or unopened boxes! Therefore, they have no idea what is returned! Dirty business practices but I think most stores are doing that now because the love for money is the upper eschelons' main objectives and they want that profit for themselves and their stockholders!

SO BE AWARE WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RETURN! Take time to investigate what is in the box!

God Bless! :angel:
Betty
 
I could tell you a few things about Wal-mart since I worked for one for about 5 years...before I was fired with no explanation and they used 'gross misconduct' which means I could not work for any Wal-mart anywhere and they never said what it was I was supposed to have done to warrant being fired. Unemployment Office wasn't going to pay me either...until they said there was no just cause to be fired..then they paid unemployment benefits. But that still doesn't clear my name or let me work for Wal-mart here where I now live. One store manager trying to make a buck by firing those who worked for his store the longest. He fired 5 people I know unjustly so he could save money and not pay out the bigger bucks we had earned.

I have medicine for my glaucoma Betty that is about $125. Sherry bought me one bottle that probably isn't even an ounce. Like the gas, someone somewhere is making money at the expense of God's children's health.

Glad you went over there heads to find a manager that was decent. God bless you and Cliff.
 
Ma Betty,
No one should have to go through what you and Cliff did with Wal-mart! This is outrageous!!

I'm glad you persisted and spoke up and got debited for the product..they should have never put a used one on the shelf ..in the guise of it being new..

That is terrible...I'm sorry for the trouble that you had to endure..I'm glad it worked out in the end

The prescriptions ..that's another terrible situation.

Thank God , Hank and I are enjoying good health..except Hank takes drops for glaucoma. .like Pete said ..tiny bottle ....used up really fast..

Take care.....tell Cliff I said "hello"

Me? I have to be "at death's door" before I see a Dr.... don't like 'em..don't like to take meds....
 
some people just don't care about others. Sorry Ma and Cliff! They did you wrong.
 
Thanks Pete, Lorraine and Mike! But I don't blame the ones or the manager working in the returns department! It really wasn't their fault as they were only following company rules! The manager over the returns manager just didn't want to be bothered, I think! He took one look at us and one look at the receipt dated 4/22/08 and said, What's the problem and why haven't you given them their money. The girl said but what about the notice! He just shrugged his shoulders and said give them their money! She and the manager weren't very happy, as I know they are the ones who will probably get in trouble, if there is any! We were glad to get the whole things over with and since Sears was on our way back home, we stopped in there and he bought one costing just a little bit more and it is new and he likes it real well! He likes sleeping on an air mattress, which keeps his back from hurting so much while sleeping! He slept well last night, he said!!!

Princess, his cat, likes it too! She sleeps on top of the Comforter most of the day and fusses if he doesn't have his bed made soon enough! :lol:

Tara is feeling better! Had fever and was drinking water and sugar water because she wasn't eating. She has to go out often but she is eating some now, so we thank you all for your prayers! Earnest is better also and the inflamation has gone down a lot, Virginia, his sister, thanks everyone for their prayers too!

God Bless! :angel:
Betty
 
I sold radios, stereos (about 30 years ago :). Anyway, whenever they used something for a display, the box was opened from the bottom. This way, if you wanted to sell it, the top would look perfectly sealed. Same went for "returns". Unfortunately, for stores like Walmart and others, they have no choice. People do the most incredible things to rip them off. That air mattress? Here's what happened... Someone had an air mattress that developed some leaks and wanted a new one. So, they go to Walmart and buy the same one. They then go home and put the old leaking mattress into the new box, go back to Walmart and return it because they don't need it. If the store doesn't check the contents when it comes back, someone gets the short end of the stick.



I know someone at work who bought a piece of stereo equipment from a major dept store, opened the box when he got home to find 2 bricks neatly packed inside. Go figure.
 
I knew a guy running a small computer business. He'd buy programs and games for the computer...all shrink wrapped of course. He make copies of the programs and games and sell them to his croonies. The original program and games he put back in the boxes they came in and he had a shrink wrap machine...he resealed them and took them back to the store to get his money back. Not everyone is honest.
 
Yes. Joe and Pete.......................there are many dishonest people in this world and I already figured out what had happened. The ones who bought the air mattress before us had used it a lot. Apparently children had used it to sleep on! There was dry spilled milk in several places, other spots and milldew besides the leaks! It probably started leaking and that's when they purchased another one and put the old one in the new box using the new receipt! I can understand this, but I wasn't going to be the one to run around to all the Wal-Mart stores trying to find one to exchange and maybe they wouldn't have one in stock! It wasn't mine or Cliff's fault, so I spoke up and he got his money back! I didn't get biligerent or nasty, I just talked in a normal tone but firmly and God moved on our behalf, which He wouldn't have had I acted like a sinner instead of a Christian, which I am!

But I look at it this way, what goes around comes around and everyone who does crooked, evil business will get their just dues sooner or later! They will not get by with it, and the suffering from unjust ways will come to them! I thank my Lord for loving me enough to forgive me of all the sins I committed and saved my soul and is giving me godly wisdom to know what is right and what is wrong! Praise God and bless His holy name, Jesus!


God Bless! :angel:
Betty
 
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