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Complaint Review: Home Depot - Annapolis Maryland
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Annapolis, MD Annapolis, 21401 Maryland, U.S.A.
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Home Depot ripoff deceptive company Annapolis, Maryland
My husband came home and told me that he was suspended and he was not sure why. A week later he had been fired for fraudlent activity. This was not true on his part. A co-worker came to him and asked him to borrow some money and he said no and asked the co-worker why he neede the money and the co-worker said he wanted to purchase some paint.
My husband purchased the paint with his own credit card and the co-worker was going to bring the money back to him like he had done before. The co-worker came back in later that afternoon and told my husband that the paint was the wrong color so my husband returned it for him. To us that was the end of it, but no the co-worker came back in and purchased the same paint at discount from another casheer. My husband did not know this until recent. The co-worker was fired but he said that my husband knew about it and Home Depot fired him as well. I asked the manager if my husband, he and myself could sit down and talk about this.
I knew my husband would never do anything illegal and the manager refuses. I am upset that he was fired for the reason he was and Home Depot will not even address their failing to provid proof that my husband was guilty of anything. Maybe being to nice to some one and believing in the company he worked for.
Pamela
Annapolis, Maryland
U.S.A.
My husband purchased the paint with his own credit card and the co-worker was going to bring the money back to him like he had done before. The co-worker came back in later that afternoon and told my husband that the paint was the wrong color so my husband returned it for him. To us that was the end of it, but no the co-worker came back in and purchased the same paint at discount from another casheer. My husband did not know this until recent. The co-worker was fired but he said that my husband knew about it and Home Depot fired him as well. I asked the manager if my husband, he and myself could sit down and talk about this.
I knew my husband would never do anything illegal and the manager refuses. I am upset that he was fired for the reason he was and Home Depot will not even address their failing to provid proof that my husband was guilty of anything. Maybe being to nice to some one and believing in the company he worked for.
Pamela
Annapolis, Maryland
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Ron
Dallas,Texas,
U.S.A.
Internal theft happens
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, June 17, 2003
Sorry your husband got caught up in a scam by a fellow employee. Not much of a friend! But believe it or not what you described with the paint really does happen on a regular basis. Employees and customers both do it. In my store we terminated 5 people in one day when it was brought to management's attention that the exact same thing you describe was going on in the paint department. I've found out from loss prevention that this scam is common through out the home improvement stores. From HD's point of view they had the proof that your husband bought the paint then returned it a few hours later. Then his friend came in and bought it as a mis-tint. Your husband was probably innocent but from their point of view the situation is too suspious. Now anytime I see an employee looking at the mis-tinted paint I tell them that they need to go through a manager to cover their butt and mine. Personally, I buy my paint at any store but my own and never buy anything for anyone on my ID or credit card.
Shawongunk
SOCKSVILLE,Nebraska,
U.S.A.
Unfair Firing Practices - Don't Take the Burn!
#3Consumer Suggestion
Thu, May 08, 2003
What happened to your husband is extremely unfair. The company has chosen to terminate a good, honest, friendly man who seems to exemplify the outstanding qualities of a driven team player and one who has the concerns of others on his mind. It is truly Home Depot's loss that he is no longer working there. They most likely replaced him with some high-school or college kid who does not even have one-tenth of your husband's knowledge, skills, or abilities. This for one disgusts me! I hereby declare a ban on shopping at Home Depot! Is anyone out there wit me? There are plenty of other places to shop for the same items, such as Lowes, Scotty's, and The Scotch Man. I simply refuse to go to Home Depot any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's protest this horrid company and their crude interpersonal relation skills!
