[Shotimes] Re: AutoZone

[Ronnie Smith]

So you had some bad counter people.  This is normal for almost any business.
Don't let the counter people give the company a bad name. Our autozone is
packed with customers all day long. You just have to be careful which
counter person you talk with.  A not so smart salesman doesn't mean the
company sucks.  We have some not so bright people working at my workplace,
doesn't matter though, we are still number 2 egg producers in the country.
Avoid the dummies and you would be fine.

Have a good day!

Ronnie D Smith Jr

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:18 PM
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: AutoZone

Going through my spam filter someone asked me what was wrong with 
Autozone............My answer what's NOT wrong with autozone. I had a 
"friendly" parts counter person argue with me that My 90 SHO had rear 
drum brakes and was not wasting his time looking up rotors and pads for 
a car that never had rear disk brakes.............But he did pull me a 
set of drums and shoes which I glady bought. Pulled out 4 way and jack 
removed the rear tires and went and got Mr parts genius and said how the 
F&*( do I get these to go on there? For which he was dumbfounded. Next 
Autozone was when the clutch went bad, Mr parts man at another store 
agrued with me that the Taurus never came in stick not even the SHO and 
the SHO was only an apperance package and nothing else. He was not 
looking up a clutch for the simple fact it did not have one.  And of 
course my Favorite Autozone experience of all. I stopped in there for 
throttle body gasket the counter guy said he would have to see the car I 
opened the Hood he dropped his jaw and said these exact words to me. You 
Might want to try NAPA there is no way I'll be able to get anything to 
fit your custom built intake.
Dave

MonsieurBoo@aol.com wrote:

>RonP:  "I have a NAPA nearby (Dave Pillsbury's favorite shop here  in 
>Oxford), plus there is an Autolite parts store nearby.....a typical,
old-school 
>grimey shop that has oddball stuff I need, like the drain plug for my  '99
AX4N 
>tranny pan, oil pan drain plugs (std & magnetic), and bins of  metric 
>bolts/nuts/washers."
> 
>I love those greasy old places.  After moving to DC from Hawaii where  
>everyone works on their cars out in front of the house, I have a theory
that the  
>higher the average annual income of the community, the crappier the auto
parts  
>places will be.  The ones in this county all have 20 kinds of carnauba wax

>and a window full of spinner rims.  Asking about, oh let's say, Grade  8
bolts 
>is only good for a blank stare from the counterdude.  They are  clueless if
it 
>doesn't have a part number in the computer.  I gotta go  over to the
low-rent 
>county next door to find anything close to a real parts  shop staffed by 
>people who actually know something about 'em, thankya  kindly.  It's like a
breath 
>of fresh air to go in there.
> 
>Mark LaBarre
>94 atx 130k
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