<VV> Re: Was> Younger crowd Now Sam's

[Vanderlind, Patrick]

It was not all that perfect. Took them 1.5 hours to mount two tires and the
guy behind the counter would not sell me tires that were not the same size
as what I had on the car. Matter of fact, he would not even look at the car,
he went straight to a book. I told him, good luck fitting what your book
says on my car, it now has 15" rims. He kept looking... I also have two
different sizes originally on the car from the P.O. -  front 195-60-r15 and
rear 225-60-r15. The 225's are WAY too big so I wanted a smaller set. I felt
the 195's were too small. 215-60's seemed more appropriate but they refused.
"Have to be the same size all the way around" he says. I was surprised to
see them look in the glove box for the correct tire pressure. The tire size
difference was not that big of a deal for me to make a stink, so I went the
195's.



Pat Vanderlind
62 Monza 900 cvt 102 PG
65 Corsa 180 cpe DCOE40  - with 195-60-r15's all the way around...
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From: goofyroo at excite.com [mailto:goofyroo at excite.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:44 PM
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Cc: PVanderl at mwestmp.com
Subject: RE: <VV> Younger crowd


I wish my experiences at Sam's had been so positive!

The first time I went in to have my EM's tires rotated, the guy called me
out to look at the rear wheels dangling from the lift.  "You have a camber
problem," he said.

I explained the swing axles.  He shook his head:  "You have a camber
problem."  I explained swing axles again, and he repeated himself again.  I
told him to rotate the tires and put the car back down.

He did, then backed into a shopping cart.

Next visit, I decided not to let them near my car with tools unless
absolutely necessary, so I brought in a flat off the car.  The kid working
the counter looked at the nail stuck in the tread, pronounced it "not
fixable" and said I would need a new tire.

He did not know I was busting tires when he was in diapers.

I pointed to the nail's location and said I wanted a plug put right there.
I assured him I would be in next week for a whole new set of tires, which
was my plan going in, as soon as payday rolled around.

He repeated that the tire was "not fixable."

We went 'round and 'round about this until I left the store.  I had a
roadside tire shop plug the leak, then spent $100 more at NTB than I would
have at Sam's on excellent tires that lasted eight years.

Michael Smith
Dallas

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