why is it when you go to a parts store
12-04-2006, 03:48 PM
#11
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Re: why is it when you go to a parts store
Originally Posted by laports_best_crx
HMT needs to open a chain of parts stoes only run by people that are members and know what they are talking about.
12-04-2006, 04:55 PM
#14
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Re: why is it when you go to a parts store
Have you ever seen the parts lookup systems that most auto parts stores use?
No wonder they suck.
Plus most of the time parts stores are too cheap to pay for an employee that knows their ----. They would rather pay a high school kid to stand behind the counter, follow orders, and look parts up on their awesome computer systems.
I almost always look the part up myself before I go, just to be sure, because there's nothing that pisses me off more than buying a part, coming home, installing it, and THEN finding out it dosen't work.
No wonder they suck.
Plus most of the time parts stores are too cheap to pay for an employee that knows their ----. They would rather pay a high school kid to stand behind the counter, follow orders, and look parts up on their awesome computer systems.
I almost always look the part up myself before I go, just to be sure, because there's nothing that pisses me off more than buying a part, coming home, installing it, and THEN finding out it dosen't work.
12-04-2006, 07:29 PM
#17
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Re: why is it when you go to a parts store
I work at Advance Auto, it pretty much blows ***. Shops ask for me to deliver parts to diagnose cars for them. I got offered jobs at 3 shops my first week on the job.
Most of the people dont know ---- about cars, the system sucks, and so do most of the customers. I've had a guy call in yesterday,
"Hi I need parts for a 85 cadilllac"
"alright, what model"
"Uh, I don't know, it's big."
-----
so yeah, I still look parts up online before i go in. Advance's website has more parts available than the stores.
Most of the people dont know ---- about cars, the system sucks, and so do most of the customers. I've had a guy call in yesterday,
"Hi I need parts for a 85 cadilllac"
"alright, what model"
"Uh, I don't know, it's big."
-----
so yeah, I still look parts up online before i go in. Advance's website has more parts available than the stores.
12-04-2006, 09:30 PM
#18
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Re: why is it when you go to a parts store
Ive started taking their own part number in to make sure i get the right part...and the last 3 times..Ive STILL gotten the wrong part..thats advance auto for ya tho...so i started using rockauto.com to order my parts..unless its a last min emergency part..then i go to advance and pray someone with at least 2 brain cells is workin...
12-04-2006, 10:57 PM
#19
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Re: why is it when you go to a parts store
i worked at oreilly for a year while in college, i think i met maybe one other person there that actually was interested/worked on their own ----.
but yea advance sucks, its either the redneck ---- telling me i need to get some real american muscle ( then see his *** at the track that week running 15.8, lol) or the manager telling me that they don't have bkr6e-11 plugs and they can't order them, don't even show em. ------- aurgued with her for ten minutes ad finally just asked for ngk plugs for a 91 civic si, omg guess what the part number was?
*******, part stores **** me off.
then again, i sold myself the wrong parts a few times,
but yea advance sucks, its either the redneck ---- telling me i need to get some real american muscle ( then see his *** at the track that week running 15.8, lol) or the manager telling me that they don't have bkr6e-11 plugs and they can't order them, don't even show em. ------- aurgued with her for ten minutes ad finally just asked for ngk plugs for a 91 civic si, omg guess what the part number was?
*******, part stores **** me off.
then again, i sold myself the wrong parts a few times,
12-05-2006, 03:17 PM
#20
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Re: why is it when you go to a parts store
I worked at advance auto for the last 6 months or so, our store manager got cought stealing rims, tires, mad cash, it was pretty funny, then this dumb bitch assistant manager took over. I told her to "go to hell and ---- yourself" the most proud moment working for advance was the time I quit.
