Autozone

I like this place. But realize that their prices are more than O’Reilly’s.
I went in looking for a special size of spark plug that came out of a 25 year old self propelled push style lawn mower. I had looked every where for it. No manual listed a suitable alternative. Nothing listed on the internet. Nada. Zilch.
I had even contacted several friends with over a 100 years of small engine experience. The advice I received from them could succinctly be summed up as «get a new lawn mower, tight ass.»
So I go into the new Auto Zone. Their people are still pretty new. For instance I had to sit through the coaching by a manager to a sales plebe on how to SELL me a «points» program. Let me provide a few pointers, save this stuff for people not in a hurry, and that they look like they are so lonely that they would love the privilege of paying for their email to be spammed.
Once through this ritual of passage, the incompetents found the one seasoned employee who knew things. They had the spark plug I needed, and it was in stock. I bought it and left.
I would say that this place would replace O’reilly’s for me except. 1. I do not like the up selling retail psychology crap, and 2. The «tight ass» thing is kinda true.
They get an extra star for having it in stock!

They were your average Autozone, you go in and if you need help go to the counter and get someone who should be able to point you in the right direction and assist you with getting the right part your asking for, the guy here didn’t mention any kind of special tool i would need for the job i was doing which kind of sucked after getting halfway through the job, maybe that’s just how they get you to come back and spend more money!
Get in and out and get the job done, they were A-​OK at helping me accomplish that!