Sick of Autozone and Checker.

My latest trip to NAPA:

I stopped in and ordered a rear axle seal and the gaskets to go with it for a 8.75 rear end. I ended up giving him part numbers because he couldnt find them for my old car.

Ok.

Next day parts are supposed to be in.....I go down end of day and I get a "yeah they are in....." I explained I didnt have my receipt but the kid remembered me paying...problem is he couldnt locate the parts...He spent the next 10 minutes trying to find me in the 'puter.

I asked why my parts (which I had bought and paid for the prior day) werent waiting fior me....I was told "Everything is shelved when the parts come in".

HUH!? Those are MY parts.

It took 20 minutes of my life for him to finanly find my parts.

Their parts are geting cheap too....they used to have good rotors...but now they are cheap...lucky for me that they do lifetime replacements.

I have had good service there too....but also at AZ and Advanced....

Basically its hit or miss.

We hav a Franks Auto Supermarket here and they are pretty good knowledge wise....

Was searchng for an o-ring for the speedo pinion on my 727 and all teh otehr places gave me blank stares. At Franks, the guy said "hold on"...went in teh backroom and came back with one...FREE! Turns out he was an old transmission mechanic and kept stuff like this at the store "just in case"....

Great shop usually...

I like AZ for th lifetime warranty on stuff....thats about it.