O’Reilly Auto Parts

Came in here needing to purchase a couple new parts for a car. As I didn’t want to go hunting around, I went straight for the sales staff. They were there to help and asked if I needed help right away. They didn’t have one of the parts in-​stock, but within minutes, it was ordered to be in the store within 3 days. They’ll call me when it’s in for me so I can come pick it up.
I also needed a battery. That’s where things got a bit more confusing. The employee seemed a bit confused about what I needed as well. I’ll admit that I’m not always the easiest person to communicate ideas with, but I did think I got the main points across: that it needed side posts and needed to be high-​powered. He recommended a battery and said it was the highest power they had. But after ten minutes of stressing how much I needed, he went and actually talked about the «high power» batteries they carried. So it took a lot longer to get to the point where I could actually use the battery. I ended up not purchasing a battery there since they made it more frustrating than I originally imagined.
I did purchase some work gloves there. The check-​out process was simple, and I was out of the store relatively quickly.
I do find that their prices are a bit insane. I have no problem paying locally because I prefer to support the community versus going online. I also understand that internet stores have more purchasing power, so they might have cheaper prices. However, on the few items I wanted, I checked the price differences before I bought. From Amazon, an item was $ 7. This store wanted $ 25. I don’t mind a small difference, but jeez. It was similar with other items. On some other items, it was a lot less marked difference. So I suppose it depends on what you’re buying, but have a general idea of the price range to avoid getting ripped off.
Final Thoughts: It’s an okay store, and I’m hoping picking up the part later will go smoothly. I’ll have to be careful in the future due to their prices, though, and despite helpful sales associates, I’m not sure they actually understood what I needed.

I don’t know much about cars, but I do know that I need regular oil changes. I also know that it’s way too expensive for me to pay someone else to do it. Hooray for my BF! The staff here is very friendly and helpful and have never tried to upsell me crap I don’t need or terrify me into buying something by saying if I don’t purchase this certain item that my car will blow up or ruin the engine etc, which I appreciate.