Stupid return policy to hide employee theft?

Unregistered said:

I enjoy watching the CT Owner/Liars being humiliated on this forum as much as the next person.

However, I wonder if there isn't a sneaky strategy at work by the Owner/Liars to bury any useful consumer information in an avalanche of bs, lies and general insults.

Kind of like what happens at the Returns Desk at a CT store.

I mean, they don't seem to be even bothering to post plausible lies anymore.

It must be nice for the site owners if they get revenue based on site traffic, though.

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Unregistered said:

Luckily for the average Canadian, it's not necessary for this site to "damage" CT, because the corporatoin is systematically destroying their own customer base, through their own crappy policies and a voluntary descent into the trap of discount retailing.

Jordan Timm's insightful article sums up CT's sad decline and the poor prospect in an increasing competitive marketplace:

"Canadian Tire: Fixing a flat | Managing | Strategy | Canadian Business Online"

The financial arm seems to be making up for the poor retail and auto service performance, but how long can that last?

Despite the hysterical claims of the CT Defenders who desperately post here, there are serious problems, with a poor "Customer Experience" as a key element.

Based on the response we've seen on this site by the CT faithful, their smug and self-righteous attitude, let along their strategy of 'attack the customer', may seal their fate more decisively than will Target or other US competitors.

No, the value of this site isn't in damaging the self-harming CT corporation.

It's for those unfortunate customers who don't get the news in time, and fall victim to the various in-store scams. For them, this site is becoming a valuable resource for consumer remedies.

Just Google "pressure washer refund" or "repair only warranty", and see what comes up at the top of the list.

But the greater benefit of this site will hopefully be to spread the word about CT's uniquely devious and exploitive policies, so that innocent consumers learn to take their business elsewhere, before falling prey to the greedy Owner/Liars.

Anything my fellow posters and I can do on this site to help our fellow consumers is time well spent.

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Unregistered said:

why do they continue to grow?

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Unregistered said:

What are the other retailers doing to give a better customer experience over CTC? What are the key differentiators?

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Unregistered said:

At least read the article in question before displaying your ignorance.

You are an embarrassment to CT Defenders everywhere.



Have you even bothered to read the "Repair Only" thread? Quite a few stories there about other retailers. Lots that CT can learn from the success stories at the other end of the parking lot.

Do a little research - you'll be less humiliated in the future.

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Unregistered said:

I wonder if there isn't a sneaky strategy at work by the Owner/Liars to bury any useful consumer information

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Unregistered said:

do you really believe, i mean truly believe that this site is doing any damage to canadian tire or even to a specific store?

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Unregistered said:

This reads like a confession by a CT Owner/Liar.

Their interpretation of "consumer information" is automatically "damage to canadian tire".

Nice world view.

It helps explain the seige mentality, and explains the guilty mind of the owner/liars who are knowingly exploiting the very people who are (mistakenly) keeping the store alive.

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Unregistered said:

Denying the truth doesn't make it a lie.

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Unregistered said:

do you really believe, i mean truly believe that this site is doing any damage to canadian tire or even to a specific store? do you think that the multi millionaire canadian tire dealers are concerned that a dozen disgruntled customers come here to bitch to each other, and argue with everyone else?

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Unregistered said:

Typical response from canadian tire. Rather than deal with a response to a legitimate concern they start with insulting the customer and blaming everyone else for the problem. Anyone else tried to return something like a simoniz pressure washer and get pushed out of the store? Oh as for the insults, that's ok. I'm sure smart enough not to work in retail or make a living misleading the public.



What you don't say, and what we already know is that most of North America have cell phones and have switched from landlines. That information isn't in the phone books. Again you're telling us to look the other way when it suits you, like when the obvious is in our face. So convenient for the CT retailer! Consumers decide for yourselves.

You don't like the fact that smart consumers can decide for themselves and shop every where else but Canadian Tire. Dangerous to you, good for the rest of us.

So our information is safe with a Canadian Tire store you claim? 500 dealers all doing their own thing, all with different policies all across canada. And yet you intimately know that "most don't ask for ID for returns". Sure buddy. Sure. Didn't somebody say a dealer got criminally fined and sentenced sometime ago? Consumers decide for yourselves if your information is safe.

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Unregistered said:

You may be asked ... for information ... such as your name, e-mail address, postal address and telephone number.

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Unregistered said:

The above is from this website, Canadian Tire Sucks

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Unregistered said:

Umm, why do they need my e-mail address, postal address and telephone number?

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Unregistered said:

.... when you order certain goods or services from our Web Sites, we will need to know your credit/payment card number and expiration date.

Golly-that sounds kind of dangerous.

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Unregistered said:

Is my information safe with this business ....

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Unregistered said:

Well, I'll be darned, it looks like some genius at CT has finally stumbled across the Privacy Statement.

Bravo! It's only been there since 2007. Good catch!



Yup, it's right here: https://www.canadiantiresucks.net/content/113-privacy-statement.html

(Typical CT morons still haven't figured out the modern miracle of links.)

Let me guess, they are all devious and deceiptful here, because they post a privacy policy! Heaven forbid!



Umm, nobody said they need it, CT Liar.

And are you trying to draw some infantile analogy between CT demanding that customer provide information that's even more sensitive than this, before they'll follow their own policies, or provide the legally required refunds for defective items?

Nice try.



Golly-that sounds kind of like e-commerce.

Moron.



Geez, if you don't think it's safe, then don't provide it.

Pretty simple, if you think about it for 2 seconds.

It's not like CT Sucks is going to issue a trespass order against you or something.

(Which is unfortunately, methinks.)

Please, please CT morons. How many times must you openly embarrass youself before you learn even the basics?

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Unregistered said:

Hey, no problem....as long as we all agree that this site is nothing more than E-Commerce for someone. Just pointing it out.

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Unregistered said:

I think all we can agree on is that the self-confessed CT Owner/Liars are a greedy bunch on a-holes who won't hesitate to screw people over for some extra cash-ola.

Thanks for your agreement!

Oh, and I'm sure the site owner thanks you, too, for 'donating' by bringing your traffic to this site!

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Unregistered said:

This site has 0 (zero) advertisements and who knows how many donations....I'm guessing very few if any.

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Unregistered said:

So much for the recent spate of honesty on the part of the CT owners and their Rep's. Back to your old deceptions. It was nice while it briefly lasted.

Maybe your browser works differenty that most, but there are always ad's on this site.

Yet another lie. Shall we resume making lists of repetitious lies of CT Owners and Reps? We must be into triple digits by now.

And the hypocricy of the Owner/Liars is disgusting. As if anyone asking for a donation (does that include charities?) can be compared to a greedy store owner trying to cheat a customer!

If you don't want this site to get revenue, then don't be a hypocite: stop posting here, and generating traffic and ad hits.

But, let's not get too far off topic:

- CT sucks.
- No other Canadian retailers has the same, lousy return policies, including the despicable "Repair Only" policy.
- Refunds for defective items are legally required by the CPA.
- CT Owners and Reps are admitted greedly liars.

It's important to stay focused.

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Unregistered said:

Same old delusional post by you. If the return policy was truly illegal, some lawyer would have jumped all over it.

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Unregistered said:

Keep trying to cause controversy for your E-Commerce site. People are not as gullible as you make them out to be.

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Unregistered said:

Same old twisted logic.

Still wrong.

Too bad, so sad.

How about addressing the sections of the CPA, instead of making blind guesses?



If you think this is really an e-commerce site, you've got a lot to learn about business.

But I guess we already knew that, based on prior posts.

Typical CT moron.

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