[Shotimes] Re: AutoZone

[Chris Godshall]

Exactly, my thoughts are the same, a few stupid
counter people should not deter you from going to a
good parts store. 


--- Ronnie Smith <rsmith@goodegg.com> wrote:
> 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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